Teaching code

4S006188

Credits

10

Coordinator

Maria Gabriella Landuzzi

Language

Italian

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

The course aims to extend the research methodology, identify qualitative and organizational research tools and methods, and implement the ability to analyze the dynamics of work processes in complex organizations critically. It also encourages the development of problem-solving and decision-making skills between the individual, the workgroup and the organization to overcome the organizational problems. SOCIOLOGY OF WORK AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSES The course aims to encourage students: 1) to reflect in sociological terms on the changes that characterize the world of work, regarding organizational and communicative dimensions, especially in the health sector; 2) to understand the nature, characteristics and relationships of the working organizations within the current social context; 3) to use the acquired knowledge to improve their behaviour as professionals in a context of complexity. The course also aims to promote an understanding of the processes of job adjustment for the different actors involved and their relationships with the more general context as well as the ability to recognize the importance of organizational processes, especially communication and its related dynamics. Useful for understanding the work environment in its cultural and ethical aspects, the course provides students with a 'toolbox' to deal with today's complexity and to reflect on individual professional actions, broaden views and develop personal judgment as well as communication and relationship skills in both the patient and the organizational context. MULTICULTURALISM AND LANGUAGE THEORIES. The course aims to provide fundamental knowledge on various aspects of Indo-European languages - social and language changes caused by immigration. To this end, cornerstone concepts of the modern language science, including the discrepancy between major and minor languages, will be discussed. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY The course aims to provide fundamental knowledge of the design and implementation of qualitative research projects to improve the professional environment. The student will understand the essence of the field of qualitative research in health care settings and its guidelines, philosophical and methodological issues. At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the ability to implement and analyze qualitative research protocols in a health care setting, discovering strengths and weakness, and to understand the different possibilities available for the management and search of information. LOGIC AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE The course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of the fundamental gnoseological, methodological and epistemological problems of logic in health sciences and to know how to apply the logical method to the clinical reasoning in rehabilitation practice. BIOETHICS The course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of the method and the underlying themes in bioethics; to understand the interconnections between ethics and professional deontology with particular regard to bioethical issues; to be able to reflect independently on the ethically sensitive issues that could arise in clinical practice.

Program

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MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA QUALITATIVA
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PROGRAM The course intends to argue that a practitioner, who doesn't live his/her own profession as a mere executive or technician role, should characterize his/her actions with the capacity to deeply read reality in order to propose changes. In other words the course will present the idea that research is a fundamental dimension for health care professions, since it is considered to be a style and a method able to offer a profound vision of the context and of the real needs of the people living and acting in it (patients, health care practitioners, relatives), and also of the entire environment or institution. Different approaches to qualitative research will be presented, together with their related epistemological frameworks, philosophies, methods and instruments. In particular we will study in depth the approach characterized by the capacity: • to enter people’s experience (phenomenological approach), • to read the meanings that everybody elaborates personally (hermeneutical approach), • to be within the web of real relationships and settings (ecological and naturalistic approach), • to transform and improve the system in which he/she works (transformative research). The course, alternating frontal lectures and laboratorial exercises, will deal with these arguments: • theories of research in health care; • qualitative methods; • ecological paradigm, naturalistic epistemology and phenomenological-hermeneutical method; • practices of research: instruments for data collection, interpretation, sharing and transformation. PRE-REQUISITES Students will be requested to have the following pre-requisite: • a basical knowledge of paradigms and methods of the research in health care contexts. DIDACTIC METHODS During the course the students will be involved in laboratorial activities, so that they will be allowed to practice planning qualitative research experiences. This will allow them to face, in a direct or simulated way, all the epistemological, planning and ethical aspects of the qualitative research. Also case studies (taken from the professional context) will be presented to students. Moreover, students will be required to work in team in order to simulate the planning of a qualitative research.
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA ORGANIZZATIVA
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The module is structured in 5 lessons: 1: introduction and research design 2-4: ethnography, interviews, focus group 5: data analysis
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MM: SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI LAVORATIVI E COMUNICATIVI
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To achieve the training objectives, the course will deal with the following topics: • "Liquid" modernity and effects on society and the individual • Work in healthcare in a complex world • Organizational processes of differentiation and integration • Organizational culture, an instrument to improve performance • Communication in the organizational field • Health organizations and the challenges of diversity The topics in the program will be addressed during the lessons and an internal lecture note will be distributed for the preparation of the exam. The teaching methods adopted consist of: - lectures, dedicated to the transmission of the basics and the key-categories, useful for the implementation of theoretical knowledge; - interactive lessons, through the analysis of films and illustrative material, the common discussion, group work and exercises and, where possible, the intervention of privileged witnesses, in order to improve learning skills, applied comprehension, work in team, relationship and communication. Throughout the academic year, the teacher is available for individual reception by appointment. The monthly calendar of receptions is published on the web under "notices".
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MM: LOGICA E FILOSOFIA DELLA SCIENZA
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LOGIC Definition of Logic Short story of Logic Uses and functions of language Informal fallacies of relevance Informal fallacies of ambiguity Deductive reasoning and related fallacies Inductive reasoning and calculation of probability PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Epistemology: the scientific method Non-conventional practices Limits of scientific knowledge
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MM: BIOETICA
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INTRODUCTION Origins, features, fields of study and fundamental perspectives of Bioethics Care relationship (medical paternalism and informed consent-dissent model) BIOETHICS AT THE BEGINNING OF LIFE Voluntary interruption of pregnancy BIOETHICS AT THE END OF LIFE Informed dissent to safe-care treatments Advanced directives
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MM: LINGUISTICA NELLA MULTICULTURALITA'
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Slides of the lessons and some original articles

Bibliography

Examination Methods

------------------------ MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA QUALITATIVA ------------------------ EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT Written exam, with open questions. The discussion will test the personal study of the textbook and the student’s comprehension of the topics. Moreover the student will be asked to elaborate a personal research hypothesis, as a demonstration of his/her own personal reflection and project ability. Students should prove that they: • Have understood the relevant elements characterizing the qualitative research; • Are able to present the specificity of qualitative research, with precision and clarity; • Are able to critically analyze case studies and experiences. Tests will be evaluated taking into consideration the correctness of contents, the capacity to communicate in an efficient way and the quality of written composition. Every question will be scored with points, whose total sum will compose the grade expressed in thirtieths. TEXTBOOK: The Italian textbook is also published in an English version: • Mortari, L., & Saiani, L. (Eds). Gestures and thoughts of caring. New York-Boston: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014, pp. 200. Futher references: • Mortari, L. (2007). The ethic of delicacy in phenomenological research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 2007, 3(1), pp. 3-17. • Mortari, L., & Silva, R. (2018). Words Faithful to the Phenomenon: A Discursive Analysis Method to Investigate Decision-Making Processes in the Intensive Care Unit. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17(1), ------------------------ MM: METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA ORGANIZZATIVA ------------------------ The assessment will be based on an oral examination ------------------------ MM: SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI LAVORATIVI E COMUNICATIVI ------------------------ The assessment of learning outcomes involves a written test and the final assessment is expressed in 30/30. The written test consists of a personal essay to comment on the materials being studied. This document is aimed at ascertaining: - the ability to learn and the degree of knowledge of the topics on the program - the property of language - the ability to systematically connect knowledge - the analytical ability and comparison between different points of view ------------------------ MM: LOGICA E FILOSOFIA DELLA SCIENZA ------------------------ According to criteria and conditions to be fixed in relation to Covid-19' issue ------------------------ MM: BIOETICA ------------------------ According to criteria and conditions to be fixed in relation to Covid-19' issue ------------------------ MM: LINGUISTICA NELLA MULTICULTURALITA' ------------------------ The exam will be oral. Candidates will choose one article among those presented in class and will briefly present and discuss it.