Teaching code

4S000449

Credits

6

Coordinator

Carlo Chiurco

Language

Italian

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

The teaching aims to familiarize students to science and logics philosoPhy, in order to enable them to critically analyse their clinical practice. It provides a critical analysis of the main theories and concepts of nursing and midwifery, of the main diagnostic classification systems currently used and of the nursing process, in order to guide nursing and midwifery care toward nursing/midwifery sensitive outcomes, with attention to the proper planning and documentation tools and to innovative reporting formats. ETHICS, PRACTICE AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: Learning outcomes: to acquire increased awareness of complexity of care through the analysis of philosopical miths of care (Care, Prometeus, Babeles). To follow the historical development of care in order to identify some of the current challenges of care. To familiarize with some categories of science and logics phIlosophy, to critically analyse through this lens students' clinical practice. To recognise characteristics of practical ethics versus applied ethics. THEORIES AND PHILOSOPHIES OF OBSTETRICS SCIENCE: learning outcomes: to deepen the knowledge of midwifery care through the analysis of scientific evidence and to analyse the impact of evidence in regard to changes of clinical practice and improvement of health promotion services, with focus on sexual and reproductive services and health. THEORIES AND PHILOSOPHIES OF NURSING SCIENCE: learning outcomes: To understand the relation between science and methods in nursing and its application in clinical practice, teaching, research and health management. To describe the concept of "nursing outcome" following old and new definitions and available classifications. To describe emerging methodogical themes in outcome related research and practice. To analyse planning tools and documentation in nursing care.

Prerequisites and basic notions

There are no necessary pre-requisites. A high-school level knowledge of the history of Western philosophy may be useful.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

EXAMINATIONS
The final test consists of an oral examination for all students (including those who did not attend the classes), comprising up to three questions concerning the topics of the classes.

EXAMINATION CRITERIA
The examination aims to ascertain a) the level of knowledge acquired by students, b) the level of their acquired competences, and c) the properness of their ways of expressing their knowledge and competences.

SCORE COMPOSITION
In the oral examination, each question scores up to 10 points: 4 for the level of knowledge and competences respectively, and 2 for the properness of language.