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Free-choice activities

The Didactic Regulations of the Course of Studies in Nursing (CdS), implementing the provisions of Art. 10 com. 5 of the Ministerial Decree (MIUR) of 22/10/2004, number 270, establishes that within the educational pathway there are educational activities independently chosen by the student (ALS), as long as they are coherent with the educational project' (Art. 9, paragraph 1). The ALS are an integral part of the educational pathway of the nursing graduate and allow the customisation of the curriculum through the deepening of specific knowledge and educational aspects. The various ALS proposals are defined, subject to approval, on the basis of the training needs reported by the students or arising from emerging issues.

The Reggio Emilia CoS groups ALS into three different macro-categories:

Seminars/workshops ► Activities to deepen disciplinary knowledge

Clinical experience ► Activities in the clinic, not foreseen in basic training due to context specificity

Other activities ► such as tutoring, online English courses, voluntary work experience with accredited organisations

Clinical Nutrition Project

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Au pair Nurse Project

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Teach for dignity

Complete Project

Multi-professional Team Work

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Arterial access management and monitoring

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The proposed ALSs may consist of [...] clinical activities in facilities affiliated with the educational establishment of Reggio Emilia. Contents that represent mere repetition of topics covered in the specific subjects of the Degree Course must also be avoided.

Several authors claim that highly specialised clinical areas are widely used as placement sites for a small number of students, who explicitly request them or have expressed a specific interest. This is related to the fact that, in a basic training course, priority is given to training in generalist clinical settings (Clark-Burg, 2008; Hughes, 2003; Sigsby, 2008).

The elective placement gives students the opportunity to identify clinical pathways that may satisfy specific training needs or respond to personal predispositions, enriching their training curriculum (Sigsby, 2008).

The training proposals are intended to meet the personal training needs of each student. On the one hand, they recognise and enhance the educational contribution of highly specialised contexts that cannot be used in a curricular pathway, and on the other hand, they provide access to clinical contexts that accommodate limited numbers of students.

  • Day Surgery Project 

  • Transfusion Medicine Project

  • Project in Interventional Pneumology

  • Project in Digestive Endoscopy