Social and Humane Formation
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Medicine |
Instance: 2016/2017 - SP
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
In this unit, it is intended to promote social and human development of future physicians through service learning.
To create a space where the student could contact with the reality of society and interact with different types of people helping to better understand the Human Person.
It is intended that the student understand their role in society and become more socially responsible.
It is hoped through this course to contribute to a medical doctor more humane and attentive to social problems.
Learning outcomes and competences
This unit aims to promote social and human development and, for such, students will carry out volunteer activities in which they will take contact with other realities.
The action or actions developed have a defined purpose and it will be selected by the student. So, student can be responsible for the choice made.
Contacting with distinct realities will become students more aware of the various social and human problems, allowing to know reality that they often ignore.
By requiring at least twenty hours linked to health, it will allow the student to experience the difficulties and feelings that patients suffer, so it is expected to improve a medical-patient approach.
The final report will enable the student to reflect on the work performed and thus integrate the action in its formation. This reflection is very important to distinguish extracurricular voluntary services from a curricular activity where through voluntary actions students may acquire bio-psycho-social skills very important for the medical profession (R.G. Bringle, J.A. Hatcher, Implementing Service Learning in Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 67 (2), 1996).
Working method
Presencial
Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)
May be required for certain actions by proponents InstitutionsProgram
The Student should perform at least 50 hours of voluntary actions, being at least 20 hours connected to health
Mandatory literature
(Diário da República – I-Série A); Lei 71/98 de 3 de Novembro de 1998
Teaching methods and learning activities
Contact hours - at least 50 h
Total hours - at least 70 h
ECTS – 3
Students should complete a minimum of 50 hours of voluntary work in programs organized and approved by FMUP or by University of Porto or in voluntary programs organized by community institutions under protocols or cooperation agreements drawn up for this purpose.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Participação presencial |
70,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
30,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese |
25,00 |
Trabalho de campo |
50,00 |
Total: |
75,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Minimum of 50 hours
Students must attend at least 75 % of the programs and respect all the ethical principal of a voluntary work.
Calculation formula of final grade
At the end of each volunteer program students will have a mark ranging from 0 to 20.
The responsibility for monitoring the student's program of voluntary action or element shall assess the following criteria:
The element responsible for monitoring the student's in the action should evaluate the student according with the following criteria:
• Attendance (less than 90 % attendance , 0 values, between 90 % and 95 % attendance, 1 values, more than 95 % of attendance, 2 values)
• Fulfillment of Learning Agreement Goals & Objectives (0 values if not fulfilled, 1 if fulfilled with serious flaws and 2 values ii fulfilled with slight flaws and 3 values if fulfilled)
• Respect for others (0 values if not shown , 1 if shown with serious flaws and 2 if shown with slight flaws and 3 if shown)
• Commitment (0 if not committed , 1 if committed with serious flaws and 2 if committed with slight flaws and 3 values if committed)
• Integration in the program and ability to perform the job (0 if not integrated, 1 if the integration and ability were weak, 2 if presented minor flaws and 3 if successfully integrated into the program and performed the work requested)
The remaining 6 values results from the review of the report to be delivered by the student within 10 days after completion of the action.
The final grade will be calculated by multiplying the evaluation obtained in each action by its number of hours divided by the sum of hours of all programs attended.
Internship work/project
At the end of each action shall be delivered a report stating:
Site of action
Expectations for the work to be done
Descrition of the work done
Conclusion
Should not exceed 4 pages A4 with letter Arial 12 or similar
Observations
voluntariadofmup.med.up.pt