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 interdisciplinary contexts and 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
At the end of the course, it is expected that the student will:
- know the contribution of Clinical Psychology in the reading of significant events in the life cycle of women
- be able to apply the acquired knowledge and combining the health and the relational dimensions in the interaction with patients, their families and healthcare staff
- have acquired autonomy of judgment about the issues topics covered
- have acquired the ability to communicate clearly and precisely: knowing how to use a rich and specific language that aims to express comprehensible messages. The student must therefore have matured and exercised the awareness that communication uses verbal and non-verbal channels and includes the ability to listen to the other
- have implemented the ability to learn also through participation in active and collaborative learning.
Prerequisites
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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.
Fetal Programming, fetal psychology, adaptive response.
Prenatal experience and neural placisticy.
Maternal–Fetal relationship.
Sensory development in the fetus, neonate, and infant.
Fetal learning and memory.
Brain changes following vibroacustic and musical stimulation.
The representation of the body and the knowledge of pain.
Cortical representation of pain.
Anticipation and empathy in the perception of pain.
Stress and pain modulation.
Self-assessment tools of pain.
Attentional function and self-awareness.
Learning, memory and Language.
The paradigms of respondent and operant conditioning, overvational learning and through insight.
The nonverbal communication: facial expressions, eye-gaze and postures.
Understanding and communication of emotions.
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 papers:
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
- Arya, R. et al., (2012). Maternal music exposure during pregnancy influences neonatal behaviour: An open-label randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 2012, Article ID 901812.
doi:10.1155/2012/901812
ELEMENTS OF PEDAGOGY
Vittorio Mapelli, Il Sistema Sanitario Italiano, Il Mulino.
GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Leg.vo Dec. 81/2008 and subsequent amendments and additions;
Lezioni di Medicina del Lavoro. Mutti A, Corradi M. Edizioni Berti
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.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Slides and other material, uploaded weekly in Elly platform before the lesson.
Teaching methods
The module of GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY takes place mainly by means of lectures that will cover the main contents with many references to theories and theoretical models and applied aspects of the discipline. Video tutorial may accompany the lessons. In order to actively involve students, lectures will be supported from practice individual and/or group and collaboration in interdisciplinary research for active learning of procedures and methodologies.
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
Teaching activities focuses active learning methods such as lectures, group work, simulations and role-playing based on explanatory videos.
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. The final evaluation will be derived from the accuracy levels achieved for each training goal corresponding to 6 classes of evaluation (A to F).
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
Written test
The assessment of DEMO-ETNO-ANTROPOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES the achievement of the objectives of the course includes the preparation of a written text then discussed in the oral examination.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Assessment is a 30 questions multiple-choice written test. Each question weight 1 point. The final assessment is the sum of the points. The honors will be awarded if it is reached the maximum score and the mastery of the disciplinary lexicon is added. The results of the test will be announced during the return.
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