2024

Nursing and Formation

Name: Nursing and Formation
Code: ENF14472M
4 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/108 hours
Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

• It supports your understanding of the profession and discipline of nursing;
• Analyzes educational theories, concepts and learning practices;
• Applies the principles and characteristics of adult education;
• Design training programs and devices;
• Knows how to assess the impacts of training;
• Use supervisory skills as a training strategy.

Contents

1. Nursing
• Nursing development: profession and discipline
• Quality Standards for Specialized Nursing Care
• Professional development
• Nursing and Law
• Nursing Information Systems
2. Education
• Education theories and models
• Pedagogy and Andragogy
• Nursing supervision and training

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodologies consist of a model centred in the student’s learning outcomes which lead to the skills development and promotion of intellectual autonomy, his ability to think and solve problems, to communicate, to work in team, to leader, to innovate and to adapt to changes.
Direct Oral Exposure methodology: group work, cases discussion, role-play, “Brainstorming”, Autoscopy, Action Maze, view and critical thinking about movies as examples of future methodologies.
Evaluation:
- Group work (maximum 4 students), about one of the topics of the syllabus, with the following weighting: Written work (60%) and individual oral discussion (40%).
Exam evaluation:
- Written test.

Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )