Course syllabus for Somatic nursing, surgery - Clinical education 1

Somatisk omvårdnad, kirurgi - verksamhetsförlagd utbildning 1

Specific entry requirements

- Fluent spoken English, Danish, Norwegian or Swedish.
- Passed 90 ECTS credits or 1,5 year of the Nursing programme.
- Basic computer knowledge (e.g. Microsoft Word and Internet research skills).

Outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
Reflect on questions that concern the nursing profession in Sweden compared with the nursing profession in the native country by:

• account for genesis mechanisms, symptoms and treatment principles at acid-base balance disorders
• account for indications and complications at enteral and parental nutrition
• account to and carry out health care technical parts
• identify pain conditions and evaluate pain treatment
• account for the wound healing process and principles at wound treatment
• be familiar with principles of handling of medical-technical apparatus
• apply and explain relationships for hygienic principles in the care
• apply observation - and evaluation forms with a focus on organ functions
• analyse the patient's care needs

Content

The course is work-based at the somatic care unit at one of the hospitals with which the Study Programme in Nursing at Karolinska Institutet has an agreement with. The content consists of operational modules in accordance with the learning objectives. The education consists of 40 hours per week, of which 32 hours are spent working at the unit in question. The remaining eight hours per week are intended to be used for independent study, such as literature searches and reading course literature. Attendance is mandatory for all clinical days. The supervisor will decide in consultation with teaching staff how students should make up for any absence.

Teaching methods

The working methods aim to both integrate the field of the education (nursing, medical scholarship, social- and behavioural science) and to integration of theoretical knowledge in clinic and clinical knowledge in theory. The working methods that are student-activating furthermore intend to training of a scientific approach through active knowledge acquisition, problem-solving and critical reflection. In this course, the following working methods are used : literature studies and placement. Under the placement, reflection is included individually together with teacher/clinical lecturer.

The examiner decides whether, and if so how, absence from compulsory course elements can be made up. The clinical training includes 40 hours/week of which 32 hours/week is located at the clinical placement. Day -, evening - and night shifts as well as weekends and holidays may occur. Students are not allowed to compress the clinical training.

Decide to deviate from the syllabus's regulations on the examination form, the number of examination opportunities, the possibility of supplementation or exemptions from the compulsory section/s of the course etc. Content and learning outcomes as well as the level of expected skills, knowledge and abilities
may not be changed, removed or reduced

Examination

Assessment of placement.

Compulsory attendance applies to all the days in the clinical activities. The supervisor, together with the teacher, determines, how the student should make up for any absence.

Assessment of the students' achievements and knowledge acquisition takes place continuously during the course.

The course is examined through individual assessment according to evaluation form.

Under placement, a continuous assessment of the student's achievements takes place. Final assessment should be carried out. Professional supervisor gives basis for assessment according to evaluation forms, the assessment is made together with teacher/clinical lecturer. The student should have satisfied the requirements of the component parts in order to get a Pass grade in the entire course. Grades are assigned by examiner.

For a Pass grade in the course, it is required that the expected learning outcomes are satisfied and participation in compulsory parts. To pass with distinction course is required passed with distinction results in satisfying of learning aim and participation in compulsory parts.

The examiner may, with immediate effect, interrupt a student's clinical placement (or equivalent) if the student demonstrates such serious deficiencies in knowledge, skills or attitude that patient safety or patient confidence in healthcare is at risk. If a clinical placement is interrupted in this way the student is deemed to have failed that element and to have used up one clinical placement opportunity.

If there are special grounds, or a need for adaptation for a student with a disability, the examiner may decide to deviate from the syllabus's regulations on the examination form, the number of examination opportunities, the possibility of supplementation or exemptions from the compulsory section/s of the
course etc. Content and learning outcomes as well as the level of expected skills, knowledge and abilities may not be changed, removed or reduced

Other directives

The course will be evaluated in accordance with the guidelines established by the Board of Education.