M4: Clinical Placements | Master in Critical Care and Emergencies | Master's in Critical Patient and Emergencies

All about the Module 4

Module Access Requirements

To access Module 4, Modules 1 and 2 must have been completed or validated, or Module 3 must have been completed or be in progress.

Objectives and Competencies

The purpose of this Module 4 is to apply the competencies acquired in the other modules to clinical practice. For this, supervised clinical placements will be carried out in the fields of prehospital emergency, hospital emergencies, and general intensive care and its different disciplines.

The acquisition of clinical competencies in the various care settings for the seriously acute patient involves direct contact with patients and the opportunity to interact with real clinical situations. This may include performing care procedures, monitoring critically ill patients, and participating in their care.

Methodology and Teaching Resources

The clinical placements are carried out in leading healthcare institutions, are supervised by an expert professional from the corresponding care unit, and are adapted for nursing and medicine separately.

The student must complete a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 weeks of clinical rotations in ICU and/or Emergency Departments, in addition to 3 to 5 on-call shifts in prehospital emergencies (SEM, SAMUR). Optionally, shifts can be done at an Emergency Coordination Center, and experiences in international hospitals (3 weeks). Additionally, a written case study will be completed.

The choice of clinical placements will be made through the Master's Student Portal (Salesforce® platform). The choice will be activated according to the ranking of the final grade of the first year on assigned days and times, which will be communicated in advance.

Validation of general placements: Those with demonstrable work experience of 6 months in general intensive care or prehospital emergency can choose to validate that rotation.

For Nursing students who wish to obtain the certification in sanitary transport in the Community of Madrid, they must select the rotations that allow them to comply with Order 559/1997, of March 17, of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, which establishes the criteria for sanitary transport. The master's program does not include the Medicine rotations to obtain this certification for the Community of Madrid.

Teaching Content

The student must complete between 3 and 6 weeks of clinical rotations, in addition to 3 to 5 on-call shifts in prehospital emergencies:

General ICU: 1 rotation of 2 or 3 weeks to choose from, or 1 week, if they opt for the Sanitary Transport criteria for Madrid nursing.
Monographic ICUs (Burns, Coronary/Cardiovascular, Digestive-Hepatic, Surgical-Neurological, Respiratory, Pediatrics/Neonates, Anesthesia/Resuscitation, etc.): 1-week rotations (minimum 1, maximum 3).
Hospital emergencies: 1 rotation of 1 or 2 weeks
Prehospital emergencies SEM (Barcelona) or SAMUR (Madrid): 3 to 5 shifts of 12h or 24h according to the scheduling of care bases.
Additional optional placements: Emergency Coordination (CECOS) 1 12h shift at SEM/SAMUR. International experiences: Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Bolivia 3-week ad hoc rotations according to demand.

Below, the offer of care units is detailed:

General ICU

Hospital Clínic. Área de Vigilancia Intensiva, Barcelona
Hospital Moises Broggi, Barcelona
Hospital de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat
Hospital Sagrat Cor, Barcelona
Hospital de Reus, Reus
Hospital Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa
Hospital Mutua de Terrassa, Terrassa
Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona
Hospital de Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona
Hospital La Paz, Madrid
Hospital La Princesa, Madrid

Monographic ICU

Hospital Clínic. Unidad de Digestivo, Barcelona
Hospital Clínic. Unidad Respiratoria, Barcelona
Hospital Clínic. Unidad Coronaria, Barcelona
Hospital Clínic. Unidad Quirúrgica, Barcelona
Hospital Vall d’Hebron. Unidad de Quemados, Barcelona
Hospital Vall d’Hebron. Unidad de Trauma, Barcelona
Hospital Vall d’Hebron. Unidad de Neonatos, Barcelona
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. Unidad de Pediatría, Barcelona
Hospital de Sant Pau i la Santa Creu. Unidad de Coronaria, Barcelona
Hospital La Paz. Unidad de Quemados, Madrid
Hospital La Paz. Unidad de Pediatría, Madrid
Hospital La Paz. Unidad de Coronaria, Madrid
Hospital La Paz. Unidad de Reanimación Posanestésica, Madrid
Hospital La Princesa. Unidad de Intermedios Respiratoria, Madrid
Hospital La Princesa. Unidad de Coronaria, Madrid

Prehospital and coordination emergencies

Sistema de Emergencias Médicas (SEM), Barcelona
SAMUR Protección Civil, Madrid

Emergencies

Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
Hospital Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat
Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona
Hospital Sagrat Cor, Barcelona
Hospital La Paz, Madrid

International experiences

Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín (Colombia)
Hospital Belga, Cochabamba (Bolivia)

Follow-up, assistance, and passing criteria

Attendance: minimum of 80% of the reserved placements.
Tutor evaluation: In each rotation, the tutor will evaluate the student regarding their attitudes, clinical knowledge and integration with the care team, acquisition of technical skills and ethical attitude with the patient.
Clinical Case: drafting of a clinical case.

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