Learning objectives
For the module of GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
1. Knowledge and understanding. Functioning of cognitive and motivational processes as base of patients behavior. Fetal and neonatal development, neurological plasticity. Verbal and non-verbal communication, functioning of groups, processes of social influence.
2. Students will be able to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in dealing with clinical issues in health contexts. they will be able to interact with patients, their families, and health care personnel. They must be able to tolerate physically workloads to function effectively under stress, and to display flexibility and adaptability to changing environments. Obstetrics will be able to work thoughtfully and skillfully under pressure and variable work schedules. They will enjoy practicing both medicine and surgery showing clinical acumen along with dexterity, precision.
3. Independence of judgment. Students will develop critical thinking skills and independent judgment with respect to the clinical protocols including reflection on social and ethical responsibilities.
4.Communication skills. Students will be able to communicate effectively and efficiently with patients, their families, and members of the health care team. They will be able to obtain a medical history in a culturally competent manner, interpret non-verbal aspects of communication, establish therapeutic relationships with patients and to recognize and regulate cognitive and emotional processes associated with stress and pain.
5. Learning ability. Students will be able to contribute to collaborative learning environments, accepting constructive feedback from others and taking personal responsibility for making appropriate positive changes. Students will be able to upgrade from reliable sources and to continue their professional development on their own.
For ELEMENTS OF PEDAGOGY:
The course aims to make students aware of the political, cultural and organizational framework and also of the political context , at the micro level of the health care organization, where they will work as professionals.
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
The course also aims to provide students with the tools to understand and analyse health organizations, their components and their processes.
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Knowledge of safety regulations and prevention of occupational risks in the healthcare sector as operators, supervisors, managers or employers. Identification of risk conditions for chemical, physical, biological agents and behavior.
DEMO-ETNO-ANTROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES
- Know and understand the general principles of demoetnoantropology
- Deepen issues such as dialogue, listening, relationship, recognition and respect in order to identify and describe the problems present in the relationships that are established with subjects-patients from different cultures.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
The goal of the course is to provide the student with specific knowledge and skills in clinical psychology applied to basic nursing and midwifery sciences; understanding of the physiological and pathological processes related to the state of psycho-emotional-relational state of health in the prenatal period and in the reproductive phase of life; understanding the methods for evaluating aspects relating to clinical psychology within the birth path.
Prerequisites
None
Course unit content
The IC consists of modules of:
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
ELEMENTS OF PEDAGOGY
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
DEMO-ETNO-ANTROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
From scientific psychology to neuroscience; Main methods and research paradigms; Fetal development and neuronal plasticity, programming and adaptive response; Sleep and psychological effects. Cortical representation of pain and modulation; Learning: paradigms and conditioned responses. Memory: memory systems, processes of information retrieval; Emotions and Communication.
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
The Occupational Medicine in the regulatory system of prevention and safety at the workplace;
European and national regulations for safety and prevention in the workplace;
Responsibility of the employer, the manager, the person in charge of the worker;
Occupational hazards in the health field;
Chemical agents, safety data sheets, labeling, risk assessment, prevention of risks and occupational diseases, procedures and personal protective equipment and the environment;
Presence of physical agents, risk assessment, prevention and protection;
Presence of biological agents, risk assessment, prevention and protection;
Ergonomic risk and behavioral. Evaluation and Prevention.
DEMO-ETNO-ANTROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES
Elements of contemporary society.
- The migration phenomenon.
- Concept of culture: the view of anthropology
- Interculturalism: ethnocentrism and cultural decentralization.
- Citizens of the world.
- Cultural skills
The ELEMENT FROM PEGADOGY course intends to investigate the concept of education in general pedagogy, both in relation to adulthood and infance, with particular reference to the line of libertarian pedagogy. Effective application to the training objectives of the degree program will be given through the study and analysis of websites dedicated to moms.
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
The course aims to make students aware of the political, cultural and organizational framework and also of the political context , at the micro level of the health care organization, where they will work as professionals.
Program for CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Objects and methods in clinical psychology
- the contribution of clinical psychology in obstetrics
- Health and relational dimensions
- Clinical psychology in the woman's life cycle:
- puberty
- pregnancy
- childbirth
- post-partum
- puerperium
- menopause
- Pre-term birth
Full programme
Module of GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Neurosciences: Methods of investigation.
Prenatal origins of neurological development.
Prenatal experience and neural placisticy.
Maternal–Fetal relationship.
Brain changes following vibroacustic stimulation.
Cortical representation of pain.
Anticipation, modulation and empathy in the perception of pain.
Self-assessment tools of pain.
Learning. The paradigms of respondent and operant conditioning, observational learning and through insight.
The nonverbal communication: facial expressions, eye-gaze and postures.
Understanding and communication of emotions.
Stress and burn-out in health professions.
For the module of ELEMENTS OF PEDAGOGY
- Concepts and basic theories of the organization: the organizational environment, social structure, technology, organizational culture
- Changes in healthcare organizations: analysis of recent developments in the hospital setting and in the territorial setting.
- The process approach: context and definitions
- From the process to the clinical pathway
- The implementation and monitoring of clinical pathway.
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
- Concepts and basic theories of the organization : the organizational environment , social structure , technology , organizational culture
- Changes in healthcare organizations : analysis of recent developments in the hospital setting and in the territorial setting
- The process approach: context and definitions
- From the process to the clinical pathway
- The implementation and monitoring of clinical pathway.
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
The Occupational Medicine in the regulatory system of prevention and safety at the workplace;
European and national regulations for safety and prevention in the workplace;
Responsibility of the employer, the manager, the person in charge of the worker;
Occupational hazards in the health field;
Chemical agents, safety data sheets, labeling, risk assessment, prevention of risks and occupational diseases, procedures and personal protective equipment and the environment;
Presence of physical agents, risk assessment, prevention and protection;
Presence of biological agents, risk assessment, prevention and protection;
Ergonomic risk and behavioral. Evaluation and Prevention.
Bibliography
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Slides of the lectures and the following scientific (one chosen by the student):
- Pino, O. (2016). Fetal memory: The effects of prenatal auditory experience on human development. BAOJ Medical and Nursing, 2 (3); 015. http://bioaccent.org/medical-nursing/medical-nursing20.pdf
- Somayeh, A. et al. (2020). Effect of Psychotherapy on Reduction of Fear
of Childbirth and Pregnancy Stress: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:787.: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00787
- García González J. et al. (2017). Effects of prenatal music stimulation on fetal cardiac state, newborn anthropometric measurements and vital
signs of pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Clin Pract.;27:61-67. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.03.004.
ELEMENTS OF PEDAGOGY
- D. Felini, Teoria dell’educazione. Un’introduzione, Carocci, Roma, 2020, only chapts. 1, 2, 7 & 8.
- Materiali online disponibili su Elly.
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
Bagnasco, Barbagli, Cavalli, Corso di Sociologia, Il Mulino.
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Leg.vo Dec. 81/2008 and subsequent amendments and additions;
Lezioni di Medicina del Lavoro. Mutti A, Corradi M. Edizioni Berti
Leg.vo Dec. 81/2008 and subsequent amendments and additions.
DEMO-ETNO-ANTROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES
A) Siniscalchi Valeria, Antropologia culturale, Carocci editore, 2012 (Parte prima: 1) L’antropologia sociale e culturale, paragrafi: L’antropologia e gli altri; Nascita e consolidamento dell’antropologia; Metodi e oggetti di studio. 2) I concetti di base dell’antropologia, paragrafi: la cultura; l’identità e la differenza. Parte seconda: 4) La nascita e la morte: ambiti di confine, paragrafi: Morte pratiche e rituali funebri; La nascita e il parto).
B) Un saggio a scelta più l’introduzione del libro Giuffré M. ( a cura di), Essere madri oggi tra biologia e cultura. Etnografie della maternità nell’Italia contemporanea, Pacini, 2018.
PSICOLOGIA CLINICA
C. Pruneti Rilassamento e Gestione delle Stress. Ed Esculapio
C. Pruneti Psicopatologia e fisiologia del comportamento alimentare, Ed. Esculapio
Teaching methods
The module of GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY will be held by means of lectures on-site in compliance with safety standards, provided that further instructions on the ongoing health emergency are not implemented. Supporting material will be available on the specific, student-reserved platform (Elly) and will include slide presentations, audio-video aids or video-recording of the lectures. also be available remotely in synchronous mode through the use of Teams platforms.
Lectures will be supported by slide presentations, which will be available to students on the Elly platform (https://elly.medicina.unipr.it). Similarly, video tutorial may accompany the lessons and will be uploaded on Elly platform with the aim to actively involve students.
For the module of ELEMENTS OF PEDAGOGY:
Interactive lessons, group works.
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
Interactive lessons, group works
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Oral lessons
For the module of DEMO-ETNO-ANTROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES Lectures with the support of audiovisual and classroom exercises in small groups on the proposed themes.
For the ELEMENTS FROM PEDAGOGY module:
frontal, discussion, case analysis, website analysis, work on the Moodle platform.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
According to the regulation of the Italian Government and the University of Parma about the COVID-19 pandemics, the present course is realized with frontal lessons via mixed in-presence and at-distance modality. In particular, the teacher takes lessons in the classroom with the help of PC (Powerpoint slides); simultaneous connection of the PC to the Teams platform in streaming modality ensures connection with students not present in the classroom. Each lesson is registered and loaded in the Elly portal of the course, together with the slides. The teacher is available for further explanations in office or by distance via Teams after e-mail appointment, or via chat on Elly platform.
To download the slides, you need to register for the online course.
The slides are considered as integral part of the teaching material. Non-attending students are reminded to check the teaching material available and the information provided through the Elly platform.
Assessment methods and criteria
For the module of GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY The oral examination will ascertain the attainment of all the learning objectives. Any questions regarding the contents tend to check whether the student has attained a solid foundation of knowledge and a deep understanding of what was discussed.
For the module of ELEMENTS OF PEDAGOGY:
The achievement of educational objectives of the course will be verified through an oral exam in order to check the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and his understanding.
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
The achievement of educational objectives of the course will be verified through an oral exam in order to check the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and his understanding.
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Oral test
The assessment of DEMO-ETNO-ANTROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES the achievement of the objectives of the course includes an Oral Exam. Intermediate test possibility.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
The student’s knowledge, topics’ comprehension and her/his skills to apply them on the occupational contexts will be evaluated by questions on the topics related to the course content. Failed answer to one or more questions or proved insufficiency of the basic knowledge on the subject will preclude the successful completion of the exam. In case of completion of the exam, an evaluation that contributes to the final grade of the course will be defined and it will be based on the achievement of the objectives (evaluated in thirtieth).
In case the COVID-related sanitary emergence continues, the examination will proceed on the Teams platform (see the guidelines at the address: http://selma.unipr.it/).
Given the presence of more intermediate tests, it is specified that the final grade of the test will correspond to the average of the marks on an evaluation scale 0-30).
Students with SLD/BSE can contact Le Eli-che for support addressed to students with disabilities, D.S.A., B.E.S. (https://sea.unipr.it/it/servizi/le-eli-che-supporto-studenti-con-disabilita-dsa-bes).
Other information
The total study load for this CI is 6 credits equivalent to 60 hours in frontal lessons.
