Subject
Practicum
- code 13216
- course 1
- term Anual
- type PR
- credits 8
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish,
Teaching staff
Introduction
In the event that the health authorities announce a new period of confinement due to the evolution of
the health crisis caused by COVID-19, the teaching staff will promptly communicate how this may effect
the teaching methodologies and activities as well as the assessment.
The practices are following the provisions of Royal Decree 1707/2011, of November 18, which regulates the external academic practices of university students, as well as the provisions of the Internal Regulation that regulates practices in companies and institutions approved by the Executive Committee of the Governing Board of the International University of Catalonia (UIC) on 14.10.2013.
Pre-course requirements
There are no prerequisites for taking this subject
Competencies
- CB8 - Students should be able to integrate their knowledge so that they can deal with the complexity involved in making judgements based on information that may be incomplete or limited, and may therefore require considerations of the social and ethical responsibilities involved in applying knowledge or judgement.
- CE01 - To respect the ethical standards and laws that govern healthcare and the relationship with the patient in urgent and emergency care, as well as the ability to provide information on basic aspects of the same when required.
- CE04 - When a patient has an intense or worsening condition, students should know how to identify and assess clinical indications of a risk to their life or a serious danger to their functions, establishing priorities for their treatment.
- CE07 - To use a patient's medical history and physical examination to identify the signs and symptoms of the most common serious conditions and serious complications to chronic conditions, correctly interpreting the information.
- CE08 - To demonstrate their knowledge and flexible and decisive handling of protocols and guidelines for clinical practice when dealing with the most serious or common conditions in urgent and emergency care.
- CE09 - To carry out a continuous re-evaluation of the patient in urgent and emergency care in order to readjust the provisional diagnosis and consequent change to the treatment plan when necessary.
- CE11 - To recognise the risks associated with operation procedures and the diagnostic techniques and treatments employed in emergencies, and to carry them out as safely as possible in terms of the safety of the student, other professionals and the patient.
- CG6 - To apply current healthcare legislation related to both pre-hospital and hospital care.
Learning outcomes
- Knows and manages specific skills to communicate with patients and families in case of urgent or emergent pathology.
- Knows and appropriately uses the individual safety equipment (PPE) and the action procedures for accident prevention concerning himself and the rest of his team members.
- Knows the organizational and operational models of the relationship between medical, nursing, and emergency technicians in out-of-hospital emergency medical services.
- Knows how to take steps to activate emergency health resources.
- Comprehensively manages the patient in an emergency: respiratory arrest and cardiorespiratory arrest.
- Comprehensively manages the patient in an emergency: severe trauma patient.
- Knows how to properly handle immobilization devices for the transfer of severe trauma patients.
- Comprehensively manages the patient in cardiac, vascular, respiratory, neurological emergencies.
- Comprehensively manages the patient in gynecological and obstetric emergencies, including attendance at eutocic delivery.
- Comprehensively manages the patient in a pediatric emergency.
- Comprehensively manages the patient in trauma emergencies.
- Comprehensively manages the patient in analgesia, sedation, and relaxation procedures in emergencies and emergencies.
- Knows how to perform: compression and functional bandages, plaster splints.
- Able to perform, indicate, or refer appropriately: wound healing and suturing, bite treatment, burn treatment.
Syllabus
This subject supposes the approach to the integral application, in real circumstances, of the knowledge and skills acquired, under the supervision of an internship tutor, through the rotation by the following health services, both out-of-hospital and in-hospital:
● Out-of-hospital: Mobile units and coordinating center of a Medical Emergency Service (SEM): 75 hours (3 ECTS).
● Hospital:
- Cardiology Service: 25 hours (1 ECTS)
- Neurology Service: 25 hours (1 ECTS)
- Pediatric Service: 25 hours (1 ECTS)
- Obstetrics Service: 25 hours (1 ECTS)
- Traumatology Service: 25 hours (1 ECTS)
The student must prepare and deliver a final practice report that must contain at least the following information:
- Personal data of the student.
- Centers and services that have been rotated.
- Concrete and detailed description of the tasks carried out in each service throughout the time of the rotation.
- Evaluation of the tasks carried out with the knowledge and skills acquired.
- List of the problems raised and the procedures followed to solve them.
- Identification of the contributions that the practices have made in terms of learning.
- Evaluation of practices and proposals for improvement.