Course syllabus for

Theme Healthcare - Interprofessional Clinical Education, 3 credits

Tema hälso- och sjukvård - Interprofessionell verksamhetsförlagd utbildning, 3 hp
This course syllabus is valid from autumn 2021.
Please note that the course syllabus is available in the following versions:
Spring2018 , Autumn2019 , Autumn2021 , Autumn2024
Course code
1FY041
Course name
Theme Healthcare - Interprofessional Clinical Education
Credits
3 credits
Form of Education
Higher Education, study regulation 2007
Main field of study 
Physiotherapy 
Level 
G2 - First cycle 2 
Grading scale
Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Decided by
Utbildningsnämnden NVS
Decision date
2017-10-25
Revised by
Education committee NVS
Last revision
2021-03-31
Course syllabus valid from
Autumn 2021

Specific entry requirements

Eligibility for admission to the course Theme health care - Interprofessional placement (3 credits) requires that all courses semester 1 - semester 4 (120 credits) and component 1 in the course Theme health care - Physical therapy in out-patient care are passed.

Student who has failed in clinical training/equivalent as a consequence of having shown serious deficiencies in knowledge, skills or attitudes to the extent that the patient safety or the patients' trust for the healthcare have been jeopardised, is qualified to a new clinical training placement only when an individual action plan has been completed.

Objectives

Learning outcomes
The student should upon completion of the course, concerning team competence be able to:

  • together with the team, with an ethical and person centered approach, be able to analyse and meet the patient's needs and evaluate the patient's treatment, care and rehabilitation
  • reflect on own and on the skills of other professions for increased patient safety and demonstrate the ability to communicate and interact with patients and families, colleagues and other professions.

Content

The course consists of two weeks of coherent placement on clinical student ward/clinic (KUA/KUM).

Teaching methods

The pedagogical basis for the course is founded on a student-activating, reflective and problem-oriented working method. The instructional design vary between teamwork, client care team work, joint treatment planning, rounds, documentation, reflection seminars, individual treatment based on the perspective of respective profession. The client care team has, under professional supervision, responsibility for all activities under its shifts.

Compulsory educational elements
The whole course is compulsory and a written compulsory reflective assignment over the student's professional development that physiotherapist is submitted is also included and is saved in the student's portfolio.

The examinator decides if, and if so, how absence from compulsory educational elements can be compensated for. Until the student has participated in the compulsory parts (or compensated any absence with assigned tasks in accordance with instructions from the examinor) the final study results can not be reported. Absence from a compulsory educational element could mean that the student can not finish the compulsory educational element until the next time the course is offered.

Examination

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.

Transitional provisions

An examination will be made available for a period of one year in the event of the course being discontinued or a new course syllabus being devised.

Other directives

Course evaluation is carried out according to the guidelines established by the Board of Education.

Literature and other teaching aids

Att lära och utvecklas i sin profession Biguet, Gabriele; Lindquist, Ingrid; Martin, Cathrin; Pettersson, Anna