Each academic year, ULL centers implement the Guidance and Tutorial Action Plans (POAT) to be developed in their degrees to provide students with support and guidance systems once enrolled. The current POAT for the Degree in Pharmacy is based on the guidelines that the University of La Laguna has adopted since the approval of Organic Law 6/2001, of December 21, on universities (BOE, December 24, 2001) and represent an update to the guidelines that regulate the Orientation and Tutorial Action Plans (POAT) approved by the Governing Council on January 31, 2012.
The training activities included in the POAT address various topics through which it is intended to facilitate the students' academic-professional decision-making at their different stages (reception and integration into the centre and the university, guidance throughout the degree and for their incorporation into the labour market), which will allow them to successfully complete the degree and adapt to new demands: autonomous learning strategies, teamwork, improving academic performance results, resolving difficulties, information and advice on external internships and final degree projects, guidance on existing mobility programmes, demands and characteristics of the labour market, etc.
By being enrolled at ULL, students of the degree can participate in the POAT of their center, benefiting from:
The goals to be achieved through the POAT are the following:
New students will be automatically enrolled at the beginning of their first academic year in the Faculty's POAT Virtual Classroom through the ULL Virtual Teaching Unit. Tutors, mentors, and the POAT coordinator will contact them through this classroom, and they will be able to address any questions they may have, as well as discuss the progress of the program, through online consultations.
The POAT plan includes various activities to be carried out with first-year students. These activities involve the participation of faculty from the Faculty of Pharmacy and various ULL Services and Units: the Information and Guidance Service (SIO), the Information and Communications Technology Service (STIC), the Vice-Rector's Office for International Development, the Training and Employment Departments of the FGULL, among others.
Those students who manage to pass the 80% for attendance among all the activities mentioned above may request the certificate to obtain the 3 ECTS.
During their first academic year, students will receive advice from their assigned tutor-teacher, who will support them in their intellectual, academic and professional interests.
Career tutors
The activities for all courses are carried out as planned at the beginning of the academic year. These activities are spread over the two semesters on the dates and times established in the program's weekly schedule. Their purpose is both academic guidance and adaptation to the university environment and career guidance. The activities will be communicated through the Virtual Classroom and through posters in the faculty and will be planned to meet the needs of the incoming student profile.
The mentoring sessions will be led by final-year undergraduate students, who will advise new students on how to facilitate their transition to the university environment. The mentoring program consists of mentors monitoring the students through a series of scheduled meetings where they will share their experience with the students, creating a more fluid relationship between the two, thus facilitating the work of the faculty mentor.
Mentor Team
This working group was created for the first time in the 2021/22 academic year and aims to be a mentoring program for new students during their first year. The student mentor will have a group of assigned students with whom they will hold a series of informational meetings spread across both semesters. The members of this working group are updated annually, and for each academic year that the students develop the mentor role, they receive a ECTS – 1.
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