FYBPRA2 Clinical Placement - II Course description

Admission to the programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge:

The student

• has broad knowledge of the impact of diseases on basic needs
• has broad clinical assessment processes in nursing aimed at attending to the patient’s basic needs and strengthen the patient’s own resources in the course of the disease
• has knowledge of pharmacology and drug administration related to relevant diseases
• has knowledge of acts and regulations relating to drug administration
• has knowledge of dignity and existential challenges in the target groups
• has knowledge of relevant patient phenomena
• has knowledge of the situation of next of kin
• has knowledge of management of municipal nursing services based on legal provisions: the right to necessary medical assistance, information and participation, and individual plans
• has knowledge of care services towards the end of life
• has knowledge of the meaning of aesthetics in nursing
• has knowledge of communication theory related to the target groups’ special needs

Skills:

The student is capable of

• providing nursing care that attends to the patient's basic needs and resources, with a focus on patients with permanent or recurring medical conditions
• organising, managing and coordinating nursing for a group of patients
• using the documentation system and documenting in accordance with professional and legal requirements
• using different mapping tools in patient treatments
• using professional ethical guidelines including the duty of secrecy
• considering relationships between multi diagnoses, polypharmacy and the patient's condition
• master relevant drug administration
• is capable of knowledge-based practice in Helsehus
• identifying ethical challenges and making decisions on the basis of professional reflection
• providing nursing care that safeguards the patient's dignity in relation to existential issues and challenges
• is capable of using the relevant documentation system
• using knowledge of legislation with particular focus on user participation and capacity to give consent
• reflecting on nursing care provided in the municipal health service
• using communication theory related to the target groups¿ special needs, and to interdisiplinary cooperation
• informing, teaching and providing guidance to patients and next of kin about problems that arise in connection with illness, suffering and death
• teaching and providing guidance to colleagues and fellow students

Competence:

The student

• is capable of planning and carrying out nursing work in the municipal health service
• is capable of sharing opinions and experience relating to ethical challenges
• is capable of sharing opinions that can contribute to professional development
• has insight into cooperation in and between the municipal health service and the specialist health service

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student can

• describe the practical training establishment’s professional basis and how the establishment describes the purpose of its activities

Skills

The student can

• obtain information through dialogue with the patient and in other assessment situations, and respond to the complexity of the patient’s life situation
• justify their choice of assessment methods and standardised tests on the basis of the patient’s clinical condition and level of functioning and the tests’ psychometric properties
• give an oral presentation of physiotherapy’s contribution to the interprofessional follow-up of a patient, and present the clinical reasoning forming the basis for decisions
• perform person-centred physiotherapy informed by research, evidence-based knowledge and the patient’s perspective, and demonstrate a broad range of measures that can be adapted in treatment, habilitation, rehabilitation, prevention and palliation
• continuously evaluate the patient’s response to treatment and other measures throughout the course of treatment, and adjust the measures as required
• guide patients undergoing change processes and strengthen their coping resources, and evaluate their development in relation to coping strategies
• adapt orthopedic and technical aids, and propose and contribute in the adaptation of surroundings to promote movement, functioning and participation
• explore how team members with different professional backgrounds can contribute to person-centred cooperation, and take the initiative to interprofessional cooperation, and cooperate with health workers involved earlier/later in the course of treatment
• use manual, bodily and educational tools in a clear, precise, confident, sensitive and respectful manner in assessment and treatment
• adapt their own communication in their dealings with patients and next of kin
• write and update patient records in accordance with applicable guidelines and the Regulations related to patient records in a manner that protects privacy, and so that the healthcare provided can be controlled later
• present and discuss a professional issue at professional meetings and/or student meetings that is relevant to the practical training establishment
• plan their own workday/workweek and prioritise tasks in a manner that safeguards their own health, collaboration with colleagues, scheduled appointments and patient safety.

General competence

The student can

• show respect, care and empathy in their dealings with patients/users/next of kin
• use knowledge of inclusion and equality in their own contributions to provide equitable and non-discriminatory services to all groups in society regardless of sex, ethnicity, language, religion or life stance, level of functioning, social background, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and age
• identify and handle ethical issues that arise in encounters with patients and reflect on their own attitudes and behaviour
• carry out tasks in line with requirements for professional responsibility, applicable legislation, and the practical training establishment’s regulations and personnel handbook (including clothing, hygiene and infection control) and can evaluate their own activities
• refer patients to partners and consult the supervisor as needed
• reflect on their own professional practice and competence level and independently identify learning strategies and learning objectives

All clinical training have different mandatory activities and tasks in the implementation. See chapter on Clinical training

The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course, the student's specification of the learning outcomes and the formative assessment made of the student during the clinical training period.

Students¿ clinical training can only be assessed if their attendance is sufficiently high.

• Less than 10% absence: The student can complete the clinical training course as normal.
• 10-20% absence: If possible, the student can make up for the clinical training missed. This must be agreed with the clinical training supervisor and the supervisor at the university.
• More than 20% absence: The student must retake the whole clinical training course.

Students are responsible for obtaining a copy of their assessment form from the supervisor. The form must be presented to the new supervisor in the next clinical training period.

Not relevant.

Not relevant.

All coursework requirements and compulsory attendance must be met and assessed to be approved before the students can prepare for the exam.

Coursework requirements

- Planning, implementation and presentation of 10 hours oral storytelling practice, carried out individually

- eight informal oral storytelling sessions in the local area and one brief log presented through a digital medium.

- three oral storytelling storytelling performances in a public context

- prepare a written note discussing their own experience, as well as observation of storytellers against theory

The coursework requirements are considered approved / not approved. Not approved cousework requirements can be improved and prepared for reconsideration.

Compulsory attendance in teaching:

Students can have no more than 20% absence in teaching and supervision situations where there is a requirement for attendance. including:

five storytelling performances with professional storytellers

skills training in oral storytelling

Oral storytelling performances with group work

See the syllabus for more information on compulsory teaching and supervision.

The exam in the course is twofold:

1. An oral presentation

The oral presentation has a duration of 15 minutes and will discuss a topic within the subject that the candidate finds relevant. In the oral presentation, the student will discuss his / her experience from the study against theory.

The assessment counts 20 percent of the final grade.

2. Individual assessment of the student in a oral storytelling performance with pertaining oral exams. Three-weeks of preparation time is given. The artistic expression lasts for 20 minutes. The oral exam lasts for 10 minutes. The exam is defined as an oral/practical exam, and cannot therefore be appealed. The assessment of the artistic solo expression with oral exam counts for 80 per cent of the final grade.

Both parts of the exam must be awarded a grade E or better in order for the student to be awarded a final grade. The two parts of the exam in the final exam result in one final grade. This will be stated on the transcript of grades/diploma.

Students who due to valid absence do not take one or several exam parts that make up the ordinary exam, or who are awarded an F in one or more of the exam parts that make up the exam, can register for a resit/rescheduled exam. If the student is taking a rescheduled exam in part 1, the in-depth assignment is written as in the ordinary exam.

If the student is taking a resit exam, the in-depth assignment graded F in the ordinary exam must be significantly reworked/improved - e.g. based on the explanation of grades. If the student is taking a resit/rescheduled exam in part 2, it must be taken pursuant to agreement with the faculty administration. Four weeks’ preparation time is given. The students are responsible for contacting the administration themselves.