The first year is designed to provide the conceptual and methodological models of the four areas of competence of the graduate programme:
- l Research and innovation area: methods of medical and social statistics, critical analysis of literature, research methodology and evidence-based healthcare practice;
- l Area of nursing and obstetrics theory and philosophy of ursing and midwifery science and bioethical and anthropological insights; l Organisation and management area: principles and methods of health economics and planning, in-depth study of administrative and labour law;
- l Area of training and education: theoretical models of social psychology, group psychology, theories of adult learning and tutoring methods. Internships/traineeships are foreseen for the development of projects in line with the educational objectives of the study programme.
The second year is aimed at applying and contextualising the theoretical models and methods learned in the four areas of competence of the graduate in Nursing and Obstetrics Sciences and with specific reference to future work contexts: l Research and innovation area: analysis of organisational, pedagogical and clinicalprofessional research studies and training in deducing implications for practice;
- l Area of nursing and midwifery: in-depth study of relevant nursing and midwifery processes in order to design innovative models with a strong impact on the quality of care for users;
- l Organisation and management area: in-depth study of strategies for the direction and management of professional and health services on the basis of criteria of efficiency and effectiveness, the management of human resources, the design of organisational integration tools and the evaluation of the quality of services;
- l Training and education area: in-depth study of the design and management of basic and advanced training systems specific to the nursing and midwifery professions and of continuing education activities. Internships/traineeships are foreseen for the development of projects, consistent with the educational objectives of the study programme. The study programme includes activities to further develop the English language.
Teaching within the different scientificdisciplinary areas is carried out as required with:
a) face-to-face lessons to deepen subject specific knowledge;
b) theoretical and practical exercises to provide the graduate with a solid operational training and the ability to apply the different knowledge;
c) laboratory and internship activities (carried out with at least 30 ECTS under the supervision and guidance of specially assigned professional tutors, coordinated by a lecturer belonging to the highest level of training provided for the profile to provide the graduate with considerable practical preparation that will enable him/her to enter the world of work easily. Internships may be carried out at Faculty facilities, public and private health care companies, as well as stays at other Italian or foreign universities, also within the framework of national and international agreements;
d) seminars on particular topics in the various disciplines.