Integrated Care

Objectives

The subject of Integrated Care is part of the subject of Professional Development and Innovation, included in the module of Nutrition Sciences, Dietetics, Health and Community Nutrition, which is part of the compulsory training of the degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. There are no prerequisites, but it is recommended to have taken the subject of Dietotherapy I , II and Bioethics .

Integrated care is a principle of health care organization that seeks to improve health outcomes for patients through the integration of care processes. It seeks to give coherence and achieve synergies between the different areas of the health system to ensure that health care is less fragmented, more coordinated, has better efficiency and is of higher quality.

The objectives of the subject are:

• Understand the health system as a whole.
• Respond to healthcare processes that allow a global response to the patient.

Learning outcomes

• RA1. Interprets and integrates clinical, biochemical and pharmacological data in the nutritional assessment of the patient and in their dietetic and nutritional treatment.
• LO2. It recognizes interdisciplinary cooperative work as a working method for integrated care.
• LO3. He knows how to act in contexts of virtual interaction in the context of ICT.
• LO4. Solves problems and situations specific to professional development with entrepreneurial and innovative attitudes.
• LO5. It designs interventions that meet multidisciplinary needs.

Skills

General skills

• Meet the health needs of the population and the challenges of the profession itself through innovative and flexible attitudes.

Specific skills

• Act in accordance with ethical principles and manage healthcare and nutritional information securely, bearing in mind its essential importance for diet and nutrition specialists.

Basic skills

• Students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have competencies typically demonstrated through drafting and defending arguments and solving problems in their field of study.

Core skills

• Display professional skills in complex multidisciplinary contexts, working in networked teams, whether face-to-face or online, through use of information and communication technology.

Content

1. What do we mean by integrated care? Integrated care, comprehensiveness, interdisciplinarity and intersectorality. Basic resources available in the field of integrated care.
2. Case management:
   • Case 1. Integrated care for the patient with TCA (OT).
   • Case 2. Care integrated in the control of body weight.
   • Case 3. Integrated care for the athlete patient with inflammatory bowel disease.
   • Case 4. Integrated care for the vegetarian athlete patient.
   • Case 5. Integrated care for those with TCA (Nursing).

Evaluation

According to the UVic Regulations, approved by the University's Board of Directors, there will only be one official call that will cover two different evaluation periods:

Ordinary period, which will take place during the academic period.
Complementary evaluation period.

ordinary period

Continuous evaluation of the activities carried out by the student.

• Attendance at face-to-face class sessions: 10% (non-refundable)
• Case resolution:

Case 1. Integrated care for the patient with TCA (TO) (20% recoverable).

Case 2. Attention integrated in the control of body weight (20% non-recoverable).

Case 3. Integrated care for the athlete patient with inflammatory bowel disease (20% recoverable).

Case 4. Integrated care for the vegetarian athlete patient (15% recoverable).

Case 5. Integrated care for the patient with TCA (Nursing) (15% non-recoverable).

Complementary evaluation period
The student who does not pass some of the activities considered recuperable, may retake them during this period, as long as the total of unpassed parts of the subject does not account for 50% of the final grade.

important

Plagiarism or copying someone else's work is penalized at all universities and, according to the University of Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya Coexistence Rules , constitute serious or very serious offences. That is why in the course of this subject the plagiarism or misappropriation of other people's texts or ideas (see What is considered plagiarism? ) and the improper or undeclared use of artificial intelligence in a activity automatically result in a suspension or other disciplinary measures.

To cite texts and materials appropriately, consult the academic citation guidelines and guidelines available on the UVic Library website.

Methodology

In this subject, the resolution of practical cases will be worked on from the perspective of the integrated vision:

• Face-to-face mode: The dynamics will be similar throughout the 5 cases that will be worked on, on the first day the teacher will present the case and make a reminder about the dietary-nutritional treatment. Then, in pairs, the students will have to propose a resolution that they will have to present to the class group in the next class session. Not only the resolution of the case will be assessed, but also attendance in class and participation in debates.
• Semi-present modality: the dynamics will be similar throughout the 5 cases that will be worked on, when the case is opened in the virtual classroom the students will find the conceptual framework of the case in video format as well as the case proposal and resolution questions. In pairs, which may be the same throughout the course, students will have to solve the questions raised as well as establish a debate in relation to the resolution in the forum enabled for each case. Participation in the forums will be evaluated as part of the resolution of the case.

Bibliography

Key references

• Pagana, K. D., Pagana, T. J. (2008). Guía de pruebas diagnósticas y de laboratorio (8 ed.). Elsevier.
• Salas-Salvadó, J, Bonada, A., Trallero, R., Saló, M. Engràcia, Burgos, R. (2019). Nutrición y dietética clínica (4 ed.). Elsevier.

Further reading

Teachers will provide complementary bibliography and compulsory reading throughout the course via the Virtual Campus.