Academic Year/course:
2022/23
270 - Degree in Psychology
25928 - Practicum
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2022/23
Subject:
25928 - Practicum
Faculty / School:
301 - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas
Degree:
270 - Degree in Psychology
ECTS:
18.0
Year:
4
Semester:
Second Four-month period
Subject Type:
External Placements
Module:
---
1.1. Aims of the course
The course and its expected results respond to the following approaches and objectives:
The main aim of the Practicum subject is that the student observes the professional role of a psychologist and performing the psychologist role in specific situations, if the professional center permits it.
The main objective is to transmit to the student the way of working in psychology in a work context, the planning, development and evaluation of interventions with users, teamwork and coordination with other entities and resources that serve the same users. In this sense, the subject will also constitute a framework in which students have the opportunity to consolidate all the knowledge acquired in the other subjects throughout the Degree.
The specific objectives are to be able to:
* Strengthen the learning of basic and instrumental theoretical and methodological skills of psychology.
* Develop the learning of interpersonal relationship skills with users and professionals.
* Join the work team and the intervention programs that have been designed by the professionals and are being executed.
* Understand the execution of the professionals based on the theoretical and methodological knowledge acquired in the Degree.
* Prepare a Diary of the experience and capture the results of the practical stay in a Practicum report.
These approaches and objectives are aligned with the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/), in such a way that the acquisition of the results of Subject learning provides training and competence to contribute to some extent to its achievement:
Objective 3: Health and well-being.
Objective 4: Quality education.
Objective 5: Gender equality.
1.2. Context and importance of this course in the degree
The Practicum is a compulsory subject that is located in the last semester of the studies of the Degree in Psychology. In this way, the direct contact with the professional world and the observation, accompaniment and execution of the tasks of the psychologist occurs after passing practically all of the basic, compulsory and specific training of the degree, where the students have already had to integrate the fundamental theoretical and methodological knowledge of the discipline.
1.3. Recommendations to take this course
The Practicum is a compulsory subject for the second semester of the 4th year of the degree, with a load of 18 ECTS credits (450 hours, 240 of which are compulsory attendance at the internship center, distributing the rest of the hours in autonomous non-attendance work of student).
This subject is located in the last semester of Psychology studies so that the student has previously acquired a large part of the skills of the degree. In order to take it, it is established as a requirement that the student:
Has 180 credits passed and recognized in the academic record in September (150 credits of Basic and Compulsory Training + 30 elective credits).
Has in February passed and recognized in the academic record 180 credits (150 credits of Basic and Compulsory Training + 30 elective credits).
Students must behave appropriately to the professional situation in which they find themselves and abide by the indications of the code of ethics of professional Psychology, especially with regard to the data confidentiality of the center's users and workers.
2.1. Competences
Upon passing the subject, the student will be more competent to...
The Practicum is an opportunity to verify the acquisition by the student of the general skills and competences described in the objectives of the degree, together with the specific and transversal skills of the degree.
2.2. Learning goals
To pass this subject, the student must demonstrate the following results...
Recognizes and critically assesses the contributions provided by scientific research and the theoretical knowledge acquired in the Degree to the observed professional practice.
Recognizes and critically assesses the methodological foundations acquired in the Degree in the observed professional practice.
Knows the legal framework that regulates professional practice and adjusts to the ethical principles and deontological code of Psychology.
Evaluates the needs of one or several users, designs a specific intervention, applies said intervention and evaluates the results, all to the extent of the possibilities offered by the practice center.
Understands and is able to prepare written and oral reports.
2.3. Importance of learning goals
The learning outcomes of this subject are essential for the completion of the Degree studies, to the extent that they involve contact and supervised execution of professional tasks in a work environment of interest to the student prior to graduating as a graduate in Psychology. The skills acquired and/or strengthened in this subject are basic for work in the professional world in public or private entities.
3. Assessment (1st and 2nd call)
3.1. Assessment tasks (description of tasks, marking system and assessment criteria)
Students must demonstrate that they have achieved the intended learning outcomes through the following assessment activities
|
Activity
|
Criteria
|
Instrument
|
%
|
|
Introductory Seminar
|
- Compulsory attendance
|
- Seminar attendance record sheet
|
--
|
|
Development of practicum
|
- Compulsory attendance at the center at the stipulated time (240h)
- Attendance and use of tutorials agreed with the academic tutor
- Punctuality and delivery of student evaluation reports and questionnaires
|
- Center attendance record sheet
- Record of attendance at academic tutorials
- Professional tutor assessment questionnaire
|
50%
|
|
Practicum Report
|
- Report quality, will be taken into account:
o Conciseness and adaptation to the recommended minimum and maximum extension
o Content quality
o Spelling, syntax and presentation
o Documentation quality
o Adequacy of bibliographic citations to APA format
|
- Academic tutor assessment questionnaire
|
50%
|
* Attendance at the Introductory Seminar and at the Center (240 presential hours) is mandatory and non-compliance, not justified before the Degree Practicum Commission, will be a direct cause of failure in the subject.
* In order to pass the subject, in addition to having complied with the aforementioned mandatory attendance, students must have obtained at least 5 in the evaluation carried out by their professional tutor and another 5 in the evaluation carried out by their academic tutor.
Note: In the event of a health alarm, non-face-to-face practical activities will be carried out.
For more information consult the Regulation of Learning Assessment Standards of the University of Zaragoza:
http://www.unizar.es/sg/doc/6.1.Evaluaciondefinitivodia24_001.pdf.
4. Methodology, learning tasks, syllabus and resources
4.1. Methodological overview
The learning process that has been designed for this subject is based on the following:
First, an accompaniment of the students has been designed to carry out the practicum that implies the coordinated and planned interaction of their two tutors: professional and academic.
Secondly, a sequence of activities has been designed that includes the following modalities:
- Introductory seminar to internships
- Attendance at the practicum center: observation and accompaniment of the professional task execution.
- Self-directed activities: search for information, deepening in the practical cases, design and preparation of evaluation and intervention material.
- Attendance at tutorials with the academic tutor
- Preparation of the Practicum Report.
According to the following distribution (in working hours for the student):
|
Activity
|
Presential hours
|
Factor
|
Autonomous work
|
Total
|
|
Introductory seminar
|
2h
|
1
|
2h
|
4h
|
|
Attendance
|
240h
|
--
|
--
|
240h
|
|
Self-directed activities
|
--
|
--
|
144h
|
144h
|
|
Tutorships
|
6h
|
1
|
6h
|
12h
|
|
Practicum report
|
--
|
--
|
50h
|
50h
|
|
Total
|
248
|
--
|
202
|
450h
|
4.2. Learning tasks
The program offered to students to help them achieve the expected results includes the following activities...
See description of the activities in Planning and calendar. For more information consult: http://fcsh.unizar.es/ > Psychology > Practices. All activities will be announced with specific dates in the moodle course of the subject.
4.3. Syllabus
PHASE I: First phase of election
Second week of November. Publication in Moodle of: information sheets of centers, list of places available by center and list of students ordered by academic record. Carrying out preliminary interviews in the centers that require it.
End of November. Definitive public election of the square. Publication of the final list of places awarded.
December. Formalization of the individual internship agreement at Universa.
PHASE II: Second phase of election
First week of February. Publication in Moodle of: center information sheets, list of places available by center and list of computerized students by academic record.
Second week of February. Definitive public election. Publication of the final list of places awarded. Formalization of the individual internship agreement at Universa.
PHASE III: development of the practicum
Half of February. Introductory seminar.
February to June. Development of practices.
End of June. Delivery of the practicum report and student evaluation questionnaires to the academic tutor.
First week of July: Evaluation of the practicum.
For more information see http://fcsh.unizar.es/practicas-psicologia/
4.4. Course planning and calendar
|
Month
|
Activity
|
Description
|
|
|
NOVEMBER
|
List publication
|
List publication in Moodle
- Center Offer of Practicum 2022/2023
- students who can take the Practicum ordered by academic record of the 2021/2022 academic year
|
Practicum Coordinator
|
|
NOVEMBER
|
Claim period
|
Claim period for possible errors in the list (by writing an email to the coordinator)
|
Students
|
|
NOVEMBER
|
Publication of final list
|
Publication on the website of the final listings
|
Practicum Coordinator
|
|
NOVEMBER
|
Practicum choice and interviews
|
Choice of practicum center and conducting interviews with the Professional Tutors in the centers that require it in their file.
|
Students and professional tutor
|
|
DECEMBER
|
Practicum choice
|
Students will be called to a mandatory meeting to choose a place, the choice will be made in strict order of academic record.
|
Practicum Coordinator
|
|
DECEMBER
|
Publication of the final list of centers and students
|
Publication in Moodle of the final list of allocation of places. This list will include the name of the professional tutor and the name of the academic tutor.
|
Practicum Coordinator
|
|
DECEMBER
|
Formalization of Annex I
|
Throughout the month, students must formalize Annex I or the individual Practicum contract at Universa with Nieves Aldana and follow the steps indicated.
|
Students and Universa
|
|
FEBRUARY
|
Publication of lists and election of second phase
|
During February, the same procedure will be followed for choosing a place for those students who manage to exceed the credit requirements approved after the February call.
|
Practicum Coordinator and students
|
|
FEBRUARY
|
Introductory seminar
|
Prior to the beginning of the internship, the students assigned to a compulsory attendance seminar will be summoned with the aim of guiding the students on topics such as the teaching guide, contact with the centers, the field diary , the report or memory of practices and the evaluation instruments.
|
Practicum Coordinator
|
|
FEBRUARY TO JUNE
|
Practicum development
|
From this moment on, the student will be responsible for starting and finishing their internships according to the dates and times agreed with the professional tutor, informing their academic tutor about it, requesting individual tutorials to answer questions or difficulties, attend the meetings convened by the academic tutor and write their Practicum Report.
|
Students
|
|
END OF JUNE
|
Report Deadline
|
Deadline for delivery of the Practicum Report to the academic tutor with a copy to the professional tutor.
|
Students
|
|
FIRST WEEK OF JULY
|
Evaluation
|
Evaluation of practices and feedback to the student
|
Academic tutor
|
|
FIRST WEEK OF JULY
|
Qualification
|
Submission of final notes to the coordinator.
|
Academic tutor
|
Notes to the table:
1 http://fcsh.unizar.es/ > Psychology > Practicas
If a student is interested in a place offered by a Collaborating Center whose record requires a prior interview, they must contact the Professional Tutor, make an appointment for the interview and, once it has been carried out, the Professional Tutor must inform the coordinator the result of the selection.
No se admitirá en ningún caso el inicio de las prácticas sin haber formalizado el Anexo I con las firmas de los tutores y el/la estudiante y haberlo entregado en la oficina de Universa del Vicerrectorado.
4.5. Bibliography and recommended resources
There are no bibliographic records for this subject