Geneva University of Applied Sciences HEdS-Ge

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Geneva University of Applied SciencesHEdS-Ge

• Health field
• Nursing
• International conference ESEP Portugal
• Dominique BIDET-DAZIN Geneva

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Geneva UAS Health field

• Five fields

Nursing 350 students
Radiology Technology 80
Midwifery 88 students
HEdS-Ge
Physiotherapy 95
Nutrition Consulting 90
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Geneva UAS Health field

• Common framework for the five fields
• Admission
• Pedagogy by reference system of professional
  competences
• Theoretical and clinical alternate teaching
• Accreditation with European credit transfer
  system
• Mobility national and international
• UAS University of Applied Sciences

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Geneva UAS Health field

• Applied research and development projects
• For example
• Home care for people at symptomatic palliative
  stage. Comparison of point of view of involved
  person HEdS-Ge - Laurence Seferdjeli
• School nurses and needy families for a better
  understanding of the relationship between social
  conditions and health /illness - HEdS-Ge
  Daniele Lanza
• Leaving in a ones area quality of life and
  power of action for elderly people at retirement
  age HEdS-Ge - Christine Maupetit

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Geneva UAS Health field

• Continuing education/postgraduate programmes (in
  French language)
• DAS (Diploma of Advanced Studies ) Child,
  adolescent and family health
• DAS (Diploma of Advanced Studies) Oncology and
  palliative care
• CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) Wounds and
  healing care
• One-day or a few days seminars

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Geneva UAS Health field

• Teaching staff
• Professors (13 and 6 in nursing field )
• Lecturers (100 and 50 in nursing)
• Probationary lecturers (13 and 5 in nursing)
• More than half work part time
• 2 computer technicians, a librarian and one
  technician, a person responsible for the
  practical training rooms and some secretaries

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Nursing Bachelor programme

• Admission in the nursing programme
• After one year of the preparatory programme for
  candidates with
• General baccalaureate - 50
• 30 candidates from Switzerland
• 20 from principally Europe and Africa,
• General educational certificate - 40
• Directly for candidates with
• Vocational baccalaureate - 3
• Specialized baccalaureate - 7

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Nursing Bachelor programme

• The year of the preparatory programme
• 22 weeks for theoretical training
• 11 weeks for clinical training
• 5 weeks for seminars or examinations
• Total 1520 hours
• Pedagogy by a reference system of 6 professional
  competencies
• Theoretical and clinical alternate teaching
• 7 training subjects, every training modules must
  be validated.

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Nursing Bachelor programme

• European regulations
• 180 ECTS and 3 years 2900 hours
• Six semesters of 30 ECTS
• 1 semester 16 weeks 4 theoretical modules and
  1 clinical module
• 1 module between 5 and 10 ECTS with 1
  possibility to redo

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Nursing Bachelor programme

• Six clinical training periods (one per semester)
• Theoretical training 60 / clinical training 40
• Nursing professional competences reference 9
• International and national mobility possible
  during the fourth semester

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Nursing Bachelor programme

• Clinical training periods
• Students are supervised by practising nurses (CAS
  practising trainers) during care and cure in
  situ
• They take place in
• University Hospital of Geneva, other hospitals
• Private hospitals
• Community services like
• Home care, school health services, old peoples
  homes.Encadrées par des infirmiers praticiens
  dans le milieu de soins

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References

• Geneva University of Applied Sciences, Health
  care
• www.heds-ge.ch
• Geneva University of Applied Sciences
• www.hesge.ch
• Geneva University Hospital
• www.hcuge.ch
• D. Bidet-Dazin? Traineeship coordinator and
  international contact Nursing and midwifery
  programmes?  
• dominique.bidet-dazin_at_hesge.ch

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