UPPVJP025 Professional Work Experience III

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/13/104. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
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
Course objectives
Professional work experience III is directed to residence facilities for seniors or for seniors with disabilities, to a geriatric or gerontopsychiatric facilities.

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.
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 carried out on an ongoing basis (for part-time students in blocks according to their schedule and the possibilities of the facility), totalling 104 hours per semester in the selected facility, with the students having supervisory seminars as part of the course progression.
  • 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 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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation winter, Winter 2020, Winter 2023, Summer 2024, Winter 2024, Summer 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2022, recent)
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