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2022/2023

Work Placement

Code: 44393 ECTS Credits: 12
Degree Type Year Semester
4315497 Communication and Language Disorders OT 0 A

Contact

Name:
Sonia Darbra Marges
Email:
sonia.darbra@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
catalan (cat)

Other comments on languages

The vehicular language will be the one used by the practice center

External teachers

Laura Gonzalez Sanvisens

Prerequisites

None

Objectives and Contextualisation

G1 To expand the practical training of speech-therapy professionals.

G1.1 To observe and gradually participate in activities that prepare for professional practice as a speech therapist.

G1.2 In the context of applied practice, to relate previous theoretical knowledge with that obtained in the master’s degree.

G1.3 To learn to identify the limits of future professional competence and to know how to refer the specialist to cases not corresponding to their training as a speech therapist.

G1.4 To identify and understand situations requiring advice or supervision from the specialist.

G2 To broaden the theoretical-practical knowledge facilitated by qualification and specialization in diagnosis and speech therapy intervention.

G2.1 To be familiar with the deontological code of the profession.

G2.2 To interact with other professionals.

G2.3 To learn how to manage speech-therapy centers.

Competences

  • Adjust and monitor speech therapy plans, depending on the evaluation and individual and social variables concurrent versus new and complex problems.
  • Apply the fundamentals of bioethics and act according to the ethical code of the profession considering the cultural diversity and the limitations associated with various diseases.
  • Apply the scientific method in professional practice.
  • Collect, analyze and critically use sources of information necessary for the evaluation and speech therapy.
  • Develop professional practice from the perspective of quality and continuous improvement, able to evaluate and optimize.
  • Knowledge and understanding that provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and / or applying ideas, often in a research context.
  • Master the skills and resources necessary to teamwork and multidisciplinary groups.
  • Show interpersonal communication skills and managing emotions for effective interaction with patients, families and caregivers in the process of problem identification, evaluation, communication of diagnosis and intervention and monitoring.
  • Students can communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
  • That students are able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity and formulate judgments based on information that was incomplete or limited, include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
  • That students have the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
  • That the students can apply their knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study.
  • Update, relate critically and apply to the professional activity of different theoretical frameworks on the processes of learning and acquisition of communicative processes.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Adapt communication taking into account the socio-cultural diversity of users and their families and communities.
  2. Adapt the speech to the user's language and communication skills and your family.
  3. Adjust the performance the code of conduct in the context of speech therapy practices.
  4. Analyze speech therapy treatments in the context of learning theories that support them.
  5. Critically interpret the results of assessment instruments and techniques most relevant to exploration and speech therapy intervention.
  6. Critically use the tools and techniques relevant evaluation and exploration for speech therapy.
  7. Establish the objectives of speech therapy from an interdisciplinary perspective.
  8. Identify the characteristics of the family and social environment to determine their influence on the intervention process.
  9. Know the language of speech therapy no sources of information in order to properly interpret the information provided by other professionals in the context of speech therapy practices.
  10. Knowledge and understanding that provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and / or applying ideas, often in a research context.
  11. Master the techniques of speech therapy interview.
  12. Meet and intervene on the facilitators and barriers to treatment adherence.
  13. Proper use of procedures and technologies for effective communication between professionals.
  14. Recognise the importance and identify resources for continuous updating in the exercise of professional activity in the context of speech therapy practices.
  15. Recognise the need for additional scans, complementary sources of information gathered in the context of speech therapy practices.
  16. Recognize affective states and experiential processes user and his family.
  17. Selected so argued, based on screening criteria and quality, relevant documentary sources for the purpose of research, evaluation or speech therapy intervention in the context of speech therapy practices.
  18. Students can communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
  19. That students are able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity and formulate judgments based on information that was incomplete or limited, include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
  20. That students have the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
  21. That the students can apply their knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study.

Content

Modul do not have a specific syllabus; instead, It has objectives that are described in the OBJECTIVES section and which must be fulfilled in accordance with the Learning Outcomes, in the internship centers.

Methodology

Students will have to attend the internship centers. Students will also need to attend an informal group tutorial session and follow up on the internship process, which will provide information on the general organization and characteristics of the report that must be presented at the end of the internship.

 

“N.B. The proposed teaching and assessment methodologies may experience some modifications as a result of the restrictions on face-to-face learning imposed by the health authorities. The teaching staff will use the Moodle classroom or the usual communication channel to specify whether the different directed and assessment activities are to be carried out on site or online, as instructed by the Faculty”.

 

 

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Healthcare practices 178 7.12 19, 18, 21
Type: Supervised      
Tutoring 4 0.16 19, 20
Type: Autonomous      
Reading of articles and reports and elaboration of the report, agenda of activities or procedure that is agreed with the internship center 118 4.72 19, 18, 20

Assessment

The assessment guidelines of the Faculty of Psychology can be found at the following link:

 https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/avaluacions-1345722525858.html 

According to “The assessment guidelines of the Faculty of Psychology” (see above), the subject will be assessed based on the following learning evidences (EV):

EV1:  Report by the tutor of Healthcare practices (80 % of final grade)  

EV2:  Report or schedule of activities or procedure that is agreed upon (20 % of final grade) The assignment is scheduled for week 17, second semester

The requirements for the performance of these evidences will be explained in detail in the informative tutorials and the Virtual Campus.

 

 

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
EV2: Report or schedule of activities or procedure that is agreed upon 20% 0 0 3, 4, 9, 7, 19, 18, 20, 15, 17, 13
EV1: Healthcare practices 80% 0 0 2, 1, 9, 12, 11, 8, 5, 19, 21, 20, 16, 14, 15, 10, 13, 6

Bibliography


Compulsory readings will be indicated at each practice center.

Software

N/A