Internships in companies, organizations and institutions are mandatory in those master's degrees that have it established in their curriculum. They involve bringing students closer to real situations, complementing the training received with the reality of the working world.
The internships consist of 24 ECTS credits and must be completed by those who choose any of the three training pathways. The goal is to introduce students to the professional and research world and to expose them to various professionals, as a prelude to their planned job placement. The internships will be carried out in various public and private institutions in Tenerife through specific agreements established for this purpose.
Management and Legislation. Participate in the coordination and management of care teams in healthcare and social care institutions. Organize and plan professional healthcare settings, providing and evaluating the most appropriate individualized care programs, in collaboration with the primary caregiver, family, and other healthcare or social workers.
Health educationTo understand the practical educational perspectives of Health Education developed in internship institutions and the pedagogical programs for health education. To participate in the management and design of innovative pedagogical programs in Health Education in both public and private institutions, adapted to different population groups according to their physical and health conditions.
Disability. Understand the existing resources, new technologies, and other supports for personal autonomy developed in centers and institutions, as well as the techniques used with these assessment instruments, aimed at using a unified and widely recognized scale. Conduct assessments and reports on injuries, after-effects, discomfort, disabilities, etc.
Academic internships may be carried out in collaborating entities/companies, such as companies, institutions, public/private entities, public administrations or dependent organizations, etc.
For the development of external internships, the University of La Laguna maintains the necessary agreements with companies, organizations and institutions in which it is considered that students can acquire the professional skills appropriate to the degree and that respond to the professional profiles defined in the Report.
General requirements for carrying out external internships
In order to carry out external internships, students must meet the following general requirements:
The degree has the structures and mechanisms for the organisation, management, evaluation and monitoring of external internships, which are specified in: the Academic Committee of the Master (CAM), the Coordination of External Internships, the academic tutors and External tutors. At the degree level, the Coordinator of External Internships, who is included in the Teaching Guide, is responsible for managing the development of the subject:
The Academic Committee will carry out the selection and assignment of academic tutors to the students. For his/her part, the Coordinator of External Internships of the degree, together with the academic tutors, is responsible for agreeing with the external tutors of the entities the number of students to be admitted, the temporality and the activities to be carried out by the students.
For the evaluation of this activity, the student must prepare a report on the activities carried out at the internship center, which will be assessed for the quality and correctness of expression regarding the content, as well as its presentation and defense.
The general university, national, autonomous and ULL regulations governing external internships in official ULL degrees are as follows: