FVP:UPPVJP021 Professional Internship II - Course Information

UPPVJP021 Professional Internship II

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

During their studies, students carry out work experience in facilities such as day service centres, daily and weekly care centre (facilities of charitable services, Silesian Diaconate, Salvation Army, etc.) where they will have the opportunity to become familiar with the planning, provision and structure of educational activities provided, they will be planning and implementing their educational activities aimed at the target audience based on the facility type under the leadership of their work experience facility supervisor.

Due to the fact that the elderly may spend a considerable part of their day and week in the facilities, it is necessary for the students to learn to apply knowledge from the discipline of geriatrics and psychology of old age, in regard to respecting the health status of the clients in their performance of educational activities and practices.

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

• The course aims to provide students opportunity to familiarize themselves with the specific issues of activity practice when working with the elderly in the facility where education takes place in an effort to gain and exercise their skills, combine their theoretical knowledge with practical problem solving skills in the target group of seniors. 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.
• 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. It will focus on the specifics of educational organizations, provision of educational activities and their content.
• 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 output. 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

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
  
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