Practicum IV

The information in this section corresponds to the academic year 2023-2024

Course

Occupational Therapy

Subject

Practicum IV

Type

External Academic Practicum (PAE)

Academic year

Credits

12.0

Semester

Annual

Coordination

Maria Pilar Bove Porta

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. Applies 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:

Clinical practice stay in an occupational therapy center/service (240 hours).
Participation in follow-up tutoring at the practice center.
Personal reflection 1 analyzing 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)
Clinical cases:clinical history, models and frames of reference used, occupational profile, assessments, strengths and difficulties, objectives, intervention, evolution and personal reflection
Oral presentation of the two clinical cases developed:the clinical cases worked on will have to be explained to the rest of the classmates and to the UVic tutors. To do this, you will have 10 minutes for the exhibition and another 5 minutes to answer questions, doubts, etc. colleagues and teachers.
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)

Evaluation by the professional/tutor of the center where the internship takes place: 50% (non-refundable)
Follow-up of the work done: 20% of the final mark of the subject. 10% of the reflection and the remaining 10% in the presentation of the clinical cases (recoverable)
Completion of required work or projects: 25% of the final grade of the subject corresponding to the work on clinical cases (recoverable)
Preparation of the curriculum vitae and cover letter: 5% of the final grade of the subject (recoverable)

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 evaluation 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.