Learning objectives
At the conclusion of the course students will be developed:
1. Knowledge and understanding capabilities concerning the functioning of cognitive and motivational processes as base of patients behavior and in the context of health.
2. Students will be able to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in dealing with medical-surgery issues in interdisciplinary contexts and will be able to interact with patients, their families, and health care personnel. They will be able to tolerate physically workloads to function effectively under stress.
3. Independence of judgment. Students will develop critical thinking skills and independent judgment and they will be able to evaluate patients compliance addressing their beliefs and motivations on appropriate clinical choice.
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, considering non-verbal aspects of communication, establishing therapeutic relationships with patients that consider 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. Students will be able to upgrade their their professional development from reliable sources and to continue on their own.
Prerequisites
None
Course unit content
From scientific psychology to neuroscience; Main methods and research paradigms.
Fetal development, learning and neuronal plasticity, programming and adaptive response. Teratogenic factors in fetal development.
Cortical representation of pain and modulation;
Learning: paradigms and conditioned responses.
Memory: memory systems, processes of information retrieval;
Emotions, emotional competence and communication.
Emotion and stress management in health care and helping professions: the burnout syndrome.
Full programme
Neurosciences. Methods of investigation. The paradigms of respondent and operant conditioning, of observational learning and through insight.
Prenatal origins of neurological development. Prenatal experience and neural placisticy. Fetal learning and memory. Stimulation studies and their effect on the neonatal development.
The cortical representation of pain. Anticipation and empathy in the perception of pain. Pain modulation.
Assessment tools for pain masuring.
Non-verbal communication: facial expressions, eye contact, posture.
Understanding and communication of emotions.
The emotions in the medical and health contexts.
Psychological impact of pathologies on health professions: stress and burnout syndrom.
Bibliography
Slides from the lectures and the two 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 Article ID 901812. doi:10.1155/2012/901812
Teaching methods
The course will be held by means of lectures to students either in the classroom (“in presenza”) or in synchronous-streaming (“in telepresenza”) on the Teams platform. 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.
Assessment methods and criteria
The oral examination will ascertain the attainment of all the objectives of the course. 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).
In case of the persistence of the health emergency, the exams will be conducted remotely, as follows:
remote oral questions, through the Teams platform (guide http://selma.unipr.it/).
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).
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