Practical Component in Clinical Supervision

Code: ENF15042O

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

3. Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

5. Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

Learning Goals

OBJECTIVES:
- To develop legal and ethical professional practice in Clinical Supervision, with reference to ethical principles, legal standards and Professional Deontology.
- To develop clinical supervision skills that contribute to the development of the discipline and nursing practice in accordance with the highest quality standards.
- Identify the supervisee as a central element in the learning process, establishing a relationship of collaboration and support, and personal and professional development.
COMPETENCES TO BE DEVELOPED:
- Demonstrates a safe and excellent professional practice for the supervisee, based on scientific evidence.
- Builds a dynamic, interpersonal and formal process of support in supervising supervisees and themselves;
- Mobilizes knowledge, skills and attitudes in mediating the supervision process.
- Implements models and instruments for evaluating clinical supervision in nursing.
- Communicates acquired knowledge clearly and unambiguously with peers and othe

The practical component presupposes the articulation and integration of content from the different previous curricular units. As a whole, it represents a set of skills to be mobilized and deepened by the student in the activities to be carried out during the period of clinical practice, developed in a supervisory situation.
- Concepts and Practices in Clinical Supervision
- Research Process in Clinical Supervision
- Supervision practices and strategies
- Organizational processes in health
- Communication techniques and group dynamization/conflict management.
This Unit is developed according to the professional context and previous supervision experience of each student, which includes clinical supervision practice in different contexts (initial training, continuing formal training and peer supervision).

Teaching Methods

The student must develop the practical component in a clinical context under clinical supervision for a total of 94 hours. The student, under the guidance of nurses with enhanced clinical supervision skills and the school lecturer, plans and implements a supervision plan and evaluates the supervisees. The nurse from the health unit is responsible for direct supervision and evaluating the student's performance. The school teacher is responsible for supervision and pedagogical guidance, ensuring that the objectives are met and that strategies are developed that respect the student's learning pace

Assessment

The teacher is responsible for the student's final assessment.
The practical component will be assessed using the continuous assessment method, using a measurement tool designed for the purpose and in accordance with Regulation 366/2018 of the Order of Nurses, which establishes the competences of the Clinical Supervisor in Nursing (60%).
In the last week of the practical component, the student must produce a descriptive, critical and reflective report on the internship (40%). To pass this course, the student must obtain a minimum mark of 9.5 in both assessments.