Practicum IV

Coordination

• Maria Pilar Bove Porta

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

• 3. Good health and well-being
• 4. Quality education
• 5. Gender equality

Objectives

This internship period involves continuous and systematic contact with users of a hospital center or institution.

The activities that the student must develop are related to the objectives of this internship period and to the work plan. In any case, these are activities that allow the student to acquire new skills, expand those already acquired by relating theoretical knowledge to practical experience and vice versa and generate reflections and skills that help them advance in their learning.

The student's profile allows them to carry out tasks that involve directed participation in all the activities that the center's tutor deems appropriate.

The student must:

• Apply skills of observation, analysis and reflection.
• Establish effective communication with the user/family/team.
• Systematically reflect on the practice carried out in the centre.
• Understand the relationship between the occupational therapy intervention, the context and the moment of the life cycle in which this intervention is carried out.
• Practice the professional exercise in an ethical way, respecting the users and taking into account the codes of professional conduct of occupational therapists.
• Reflect on the field of community-based occupational therapy.
• Show an entrepreneurial spirit and be able to propose improvements in the occupational therapy service based on scientific evidence.

Learning outcomes

• RA1. Know the role of the occupational therapist in the different areas of intervention within the multidisciplinary team.
• LO2. It recognizes the different occupational dysfunctions of the person and relates them to the stages of the intervention process.
• LO3. It applies the fundamentals of personal autonomy to real practice.
• LO4. Put into practice various evaluation techniques in a creative and innovative way, taking into account the way professionals proceed.
• LO5. It uses reference frames and models to evaluate or intervene in the face of various occupational dysfunctions.
• LO6. Apply interpersonal skills, communication and collaboration skills with team members in a given service and with the people they work with.
• LO7. Makes decisions, using ethical and professional reasoning.
• LO8. Organize information in an orderly and relevant manner for the occupational therapy process.
• RA9. It identifies, integrates and empowers the different actors in the intervention process.
• RA10. Use the services equipment correctly.
• RA11. It respects confidentiality rules, as well as the opinions, beliefs and decisions of users and their families.
• LO12. Apply the principles of ergonomics in real practice.
• RA13. He knows and applies his abilities and skills and shows confidence in the tasks he carries out.
• RA14. Demonstrates security and initiative in the interventions he carries out.
• RA15. Collects and interprets data and information to prepare reports on clinical reasoning or the relationship between occupation, health and environment.
• RA16. Shows an attitude of respect towards social and cultural diversity.
• RA17. It plans interventions in line with democratic and sustainability values and shows respect for people's fundamental rights.
• RA18. It designs interventions that meet the needs of the field in a multidisciplinary way.
• RA19. Shows skills for critical reflection in the processes linked to the exercise of the profession.
• RA20. It carries out evaluation processes about its own practice and that of others in a critical and responsible way.
• RA21. He identifies his own training needs and is able to organize his own learning with a high degree of autonomy in all kinds of contexts.

Skills

General skills

• Attend to the health needs of the population and the challenges of the profession through an innovative and flexible attitude.
• Demonstrate commitment to the profession and its values, to ongoing improvement in practice, seeking excellence in care for people, and the community.

Specific skills

• Adapt and apply the occupational therapy process in close collaboration with individuals and communities.
• Carry out appropriate treatment, respecting different phases and basic principles, through therapeutic occupations based on occupational science in the different areas of occupation, analyzing performance components and contexts.
• Carry out professional practice in an ethical manner, respecting people, patients and users, taking into account codes of professional conduct of occupational therapists.
• Encourage participation of the person and family in the recovery process.
• Know about the professional, ethical and legal context of occupational therapy, recognizing and responding to dilemmas and ethical issues in daily practice.
• Know about, design and implement the various modalities and general procedures of occupational therapy intervention appropriately, assessing their effectiveness in a collaborative work environment.
• Know about, understand and apply the principles of personal autonomy in activities of daily life with and without adaptations and technical assistance in the life cycle.
• Prepare, maintain and review documentation on the occupational therapy process.
• Promote health and prevent disability, to acquire or regain occupational performance at each stage of the life cycle in order to achieve independence and autonomy in the areas of occupational performance of those at risk, with organic deficits, with limitation of activity and participation, and social marginalization.
• Select, modify and appropriately apply theory, practical intervention models and methods to meet occupational health needs of individuals and communities.
• Show confidence, self-awareness, a capacity for self-criticism and awareness of one's own limitations as an occupational therapist.
• Use professional and ethical reasoning effectively throughout the occupational therapy process.
• Work in collaboration with individuals and groups in order to participate actively in occupation through promotion of health, prevention, rehabilitation and treatment.

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.
• Students have developed the learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of independent learning.
• Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) in order to make judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific and ethical issues.

Core skills

• Become the protagonist of one's own learning process in order to achieve personal and professional growth and acquire all-round training for living and learning in a context of respect for linguistic, social, cultural, gender and economic diversity.
• Display professional skills in complex multidisciplinary contexts, working in networked teams, whether face-to-face or online, through use of information and communication technology.
• Exercise active citizenship and individual responsibility with a commitment to the values of democracy, sustainability and universal design, through practice based on learning, service and social inclusion.
• Project the values of entrepreneurship and innovation in one's academic and professional career, through contact with a variety of practical contexts and motivation for professional development.

Content

The subject consists of the following activities:

1. Clinical practice stay in an occupational therapy center/service (240 hours).
2. Participation in follow-up tutoring at the practice center.
3. reflectionanalyzing and describing the differential features and similarities of the TO in the different centers where all the practicums have been done (PI, PII, PIII and PIV).
4. Clinical cases: clinical history, models and frames of reference used, occupational profile, assessments, strengths and difficulties, objectives, intervention, evolution and personal reflection.
5. Oral presentation of the two clinical cases developed:the clinical cases worked on will have to be explained.
6. Preparation of the Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter

Evaluation

According to the academic regulations for UVic-UCC degrees, there will only be one official call that will cover two different evaluation periods:

ordinary period

The evaluation of the subject will be continued throughout its course. To pass it, it will be essential to have obtained a grade equal to or higher than 5, both in the evaluation of the tutor of the center and in the evaluation of the tutor of the UVic (reflections, clinical cases and oral presentation of the cases)

• Assessment by the professional/tutor of the center where the internship takes place: 50% (non-refundable).
• Evaluation by the UVic tutor (two clinical cases, reflection and oral presentation): 50% (recoverable). Each of these activities has a different weight on the final mark, which is specified in the classroom of the subject. Also, the recoverable activities must have a minimum grade of 5 to be able to make a weighted average.
• Preparation of the curriculum vitae and cover letter: 5% of the final mark of the subject (non-refundable).

The final mark of the subject is the result of the weighting of the marks obtained in each of the parts. The subject is passed if a grade equal to or higher than 5 is obtained.

Complementary assessment period

The student who does not pass some of the activities considered recoverable will be able to recover them during this period. The evaluation of this second period cannot account for more than 50% of the final mark of the subject.

In the event of not passing the Uvic tutor's assessment, the student will have to prepare an assignment indicated by the tutor himself. In this case, the maximum mark will be 5, in case of passing the assessment. If it is not passed, the student will have to repeat the internship period.

In the case of not passing the assessment of the professional/tutor of the internship center, the student will have to repeat the internship period. (The entire period of internship, with the corresponding assignments)

The final grade of this period is calculated by making the weighted average of the grades obtained in each of the parts, using the last grade obtained in the ordinary and the complementary assessment. The subject is passed if a grade equal to or higher than 5 is obtained.

important

Plagiarism or copying someone else's work is penalized at all universities and, according to the Coexistence rules of the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, 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 improper or undeclared use of artificial intelligence in an activity automatically results in a suspension or other disciplinary action.

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

Methodology

The subject consists of the following activities:

• Practical stay at the center (240 hours).
• Delivery in the classroom of the different works (clinical cases and reflection) following the instructions specified in the classroom of the subject.
• Oral presentation of the two clinical cases.
• Curriculum Vitae and cover letter

During the internship period, students will be assigned a professor/tutor from the university and a professional from the service, who will act as a tutor in the center. The UVic teacher/tutor will be in contact with the student and the tutor/tutor of the service performing:

• A face-to-face or online tutoring around the third week of the stay at the centre, with the student and the centre's tutor. If necessary, further tutoring will take place before or after this third week, with the student, with the tutor or with both.
• A follow-up via e-mail throughout the practical stay, maintaining contact with the student and the center tutor (resolve doubts, incidents, advice on work, etc.)

Tutoring with the student must allow the follow-up and renewal, if necessary, of the work plan and the contact with the professional/tutor must favor the evaluation of the integration and learning process of the 'student in the service.

Bibliography

Bibliography

• Kronenberg, F.; Pollard, N.; Sakellarriou, D (2010). Occupational Therapies without Borders : Towards an ecology of occupation-based practices (2 ed.). Elseviers.
• Schell, B. A. B. [et al.] (2016). Terapia ocupacional [de] Willard & Spackman (12 ed.). Editorial Médica Panamericana.
• Simó Algado, S., Guajardo, A., Galheigo, S., Oliver, F., García, Sol. (2017). Terapias Ocupacionales desde el Sur: Derechos humanos, ciudadanía y participación. USACH.

Reading

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