FVP:UPPVJP012 Professional Work Experience I - Course Information

UPPVJP012 Professional Work Experience I

Extent and Intensity

0/13/104. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Lucia Drotárová, PhD. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Educational Care for Seniors (programme FVP, EPOS)

Course objectives

The course aims to provide students room for familiarization with the specific problems of the preparation and implementation of educational activities in practical work with the elderly in facilities in an effort to map needs and interests of clients using observation. Combine theoretical knowledge with practical problem solving skills with the target group of the elderly. The purpose of the course is to focus on organizational structure and functioning of the facility, search for sources of cooperation in the wider area of professional practice, identify client needs, living conditions etc., and in this context, to be able to create conditions for educational activities of clients, along with the subsequent implementation of educational activities.

Learning outcomes

Professional knowledge: Students will learn to work with the elderly in the facilities, based on shadowing, they will learn the basics of the activities working with the target group with a focus on educational activities.
Professional skills: Students can apply theoretical knowledge in practice, design and, under the supervision of the facility staff, implement educational activities for the elderly.
General qualification: Students can independently assess effectiveness of educational activities for the elderly and use their theoretical knowledge in practice.

Syllabus

• Professional work experience will be implemented on an ongoing basis (for part-time students according to their schedule and the possibilities of the facility in blocks), totalling 110 hours per semester in the selected facility. The work experience will take place in the scope of 13 weeks, 8 hours at the facility each. Continuous practice will be accompanied by supervision seminar of 6 hours per semester.
• As part of the work experience, students obtain information regarding the mission of the institution, its history, the composition of client groups, organizational structure, staffing, links to other facilities and to the local community, relevant legislation, etc. Information associated with the performance of professional activities of the student in direct relation to educational activities with clients will be considered as key.
• During work experience, students will carry out six days of shadowing activity, including educational activities, and six of their own educational outputs for an appropriate group of the elderly. Students consult their educational outcomes with the responsible facility employee (i.e. their supervisor), then implement the educational activities under their supervision. Inspection of class activities is recorded into record sheets (to be provided to students as part of the work experience paperwork before its onset). The output proper becomes part of daily work experience records in the structure provided by the relevant documents.
• Shadowing of classes and the output are part of daily work experience journal in the structure of the relevant document. Students prepare a professional work experience journal. The structure of the journal is given by the instructing pedagogue.
• Educational outcomes will be processed according to the methodical structure. A necessary condition is the implementation of specified number of output items. Part of the work experience journal will be the student’s own evaluation of work experience and the relevant facility’s assessment of the student.

Literature

required literature
• Vnitřní předpisy zařízení.
• Zákony a vyhlášky vztahující se k danému zařízení a k výkonu odborné praxe.

recommended literature
• Viz literatura jednotlivých předmětů oboru Edukační péče o seniory (viz sylaby předmětů)

Assessment methods (in Czech)

zápočet

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

The student prepares a practice diary from professional practice. The structure of the diary is given by the teaching pedagogue. Credit will be awarded for fulfilling the conditions of practice specified in a special document, active participation in the seminar, positive evaluation of the practice and prepared practice diary in the specified scope, structure and quality. The student will be able to continuously consult the progress of the internship through e-mail, individual or group consultations.

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
  
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