Evaluando los Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Un sistema integrado de calidad en el EEES

Comunicació presentada al Congrés Internacional de Docència Universitària i Innovació (CIDUI) 2016. Publicat a la Revista del CIDUIEl objetivo de esta investigación es el diseño de un sistema integrado de evaluación de la calidad de los MOOCs. Para ello se han considerado los criterios de evaluación empleados por diversas instituciones y autores (vg. REACU, ENQUA...). Metodológicamente, se ha aplicado un diseño cuantitativo, descriptivo y seccional para evaluar diversos cursos sobre emprendeduría e innovación. La principal contribución es establecer indicadores de calidad en el desarrollo e implementación de los MOOCs.Vicerrectorat de Política Docent i Lingüística. Programa de Millora i Innovació Docent de la Universitat de Barcelon

Evaluación de competencias profesionalizadoras en los estudios de grado de comunicación audiovisual

Los recientes cambios en la formación universitaria han conllevado un destacable nivel de profesionalización de los estudios y una constante adecuación a las demandas sociales. En este sentido, una de las necesidades para la formación universitaria en el área de la comunicación audiovisual es desarrollar en el alumnado competencias profesionalizadoras que le permitan encontrar nichos de empleo en un mercado altamente competitivo y sometido a cambios continuos. Esta investigación tiene por objeto crear una rúbrica que permita evaluar el aprendizaje profesionalizador en los estudios de grado de Comunicación Audiovisual (CAV) que se desarrollan en España. Para desarrollarla hemos contado con empleadores y académicos expertos del ámbito de la comunicación audiovisual elegidos de forma intencional. La rúbrica final elaborada, además de permitir evaluar el nivel de adquisición de las competencias profesionalizadoras en CAV, permite dibujar un mapa claro de la organización y adecuación de los procesos y metodologías docentes. En este sentido, puede ser un instrumento pedagógico clave para una futura promoción de estudiantes y que favorezca la evaluación formativa de los alumnos

Frequency of five cardiovascular/hemostatic entities as primary manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Results of the UMC-19-S2

Infection by SARS-Cov-2 is mainly characterized by fever and respiratory symptoms, with dyspnea and lung infiltrates in more severe cases [1,2]. Many patients also present a pro-coagulant state, which is biochemically detected by increased D-dimer levels and is related to complications and a worse prognosis [1,3]. In this context, isolated case reports and short case series have suggested an increased risk of patients with COVID-19 to develop clinically relevant cardiovascular and hemostatic disturbances [3–7]. Nonetheless, many of these reports refer to hospitalized patients, and as hospitalization itself usually increases complications in bedridden patients with multidrug treatmentor in very poor condition, it is unknown if such cardiovascular/hemostatic processes are related to the pathogenesis of SARS-Cov-2. Focus on patients with COVID-19 at emergency department (ED) arrival could help to answer this question

Aprenentatge professionalitzador en CAV. Informe final 2013PID-UB/008

Projecte: 2013PID-UB/008El projecte Aprenentatge professionalitzador en CAV: La matèria Projectes, una plataforma d’inserció laboral ha tingut per objectiu general desenvolupar l’aprenentatge professionalitzador en els estudiants de grau de Comunicació Audiovisual a partir de la matèria Projectes i, concretament, de l’assignatura Projectes II. Un dels aspectes més innovadors d’aquest és que les propostes d’acció han revertit no només en la millora de l’aprenentatge dels estudiants, si no molt especialment en la seva inserció laboral. Això ha estat possible a partir del desenvolupament de competències de caràcter professionalitzador, en concret les emprenedores, emprant com a mitjà formatiu els Massive Open On-line Course (MOOC). Per tal d’assolir els objectius assenyalats, es va plantejar un projecte plurianual i prospectiu, estructurat en tres fases: • Fase I: curs 2013-2014. Anàlisi i detecció de necessitats en competències professionalitzadores. • Fase II: curs 2014-2016. Disseny i implementació d’un MOOC derivat de l’anàlisi i detecció de necessitats en competències professionalitzadores realitzada a la Fase I. • Fase III: curs 2016-2017. Avaluació 360º del MOOC desenvolupat i implementat en la Fase II.Vicerectorat de Política Docent - Programa de Millora i Innovació Docent (PMID

Un model d'avaluació del desenvolupament de competències transversals professionalitzadores en els pràcticums dels màsters universitaris oficials.

Aquesta comunicació descriu un projecte d'innovació docent que té per objectiu garantir el nivell d'adquisició de les competències transversals professionalitzadores desenvolupades en el marc dels pràcticums dels màsters universitaris (oficials). Es presenta el disseny de la recerca basat en un procés de pràctica reflexiva guiada pels tutors de pràcticum i pels professors de les assignatures més estretament vinculades al desenvolupament de les competències transversals professionalitzadores

Diseño de rúbricas de evaluación para competencias profesionalizadoras

Presentació (ppt) al International Congress of Educational Sciences and Development. Santiago de Compostela, 2016Los recientes cambios en la formación universitaria han conllevado un destacable nivel de profesionalización de los estudios y una constante adecuación a las demandas sociales. En este sentido, una de las necesidades para la formación universitaria en el área de la comunicación audiovisual es desarrollar en los estudiantes competencias profesionalizadoras que les permitan encontrar nichos de empleo en un mercado altamente competitivo y sometido a cambios continuos. Esta investigación tiene por objeto crear una rúbrica que permita evaluar el aprendizaje profesionalizador en los estudiantes de grado en Comunicación Audiovisual a partir de la materia Proyectos. Hemos realizado una investigación de tipo cualitativo e inductivo, de carácter constructivo e interpretativo del conocimiento. La metodología utilizada es una adaptación del método Delphi a partir de focus-groups. La rúbrica, además de permitir evaluar el grado de adquisición de las competencias profesionalizadoras, permite dibujar un mapa claro de la organización y adecuación de los procesos y metodologías docentes. Esta se convierte en un instrumento pedagógico clave para las futuras promoción de estudiantes que favorezca la evaluación formativa de los alumnos, dado que las dimensiones e indicadores no solo se escriben sino que también se describen en los diferentes grados de adquisición.Vicerectorat de Política Docent i Lingüística. Programa de Millora i Innovació Docent. Universitat de Barcelon

Incidence, risk factors, clinical characteristics and outcomes of deep venous thrombosis in patients with COVID-19 attending the Emergency Department: results of the UMC-19-S8

Background and importance: A higher incidence of venous thromboembolism [both pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (DVT)] in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been described. But little is known about the true frequency of DVT in patients who attend emergency department (ED) and are diagnosed with COVID-19. Objective: We investigated the incidence, risk factors, clinical characteristics and outcomes of DVT in patients with COVID-19 attending the ED before hospitalization. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all COVID patients diagnosed with DVT in 62 Spanish EDs (20% of Spanish EDs, case group) during the first 2 months of the COVID-19 outbreak. We compared DVT-COVID-19 patients with COVID-19 without DVT patients (control group). Relative frequencies of DVT were estimated in COVID and non-COVID patients visiting the ED and annual standardized incidences were estimated for both populations. Sixty-three patient characteristics and four outcomes were compared between cases and controls. Results: We identified 112 DVT in 74 814 patients with COVID-19 attending the ED [1.50‰; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.23-1.80‰]. This relative frequency was similar than that observed in non-COVID patients [2109/1 388 879; 1.52‰; 95% CI, 1.45-1.69‰; odds ratio (OR) = 0.98 [0.82-1.19]. Standardized incidence of DVT was higher in COVID patients (98,38 versus 42,93/100,000/year; OR, 2.20; 95% CI, 2.03-2.38). In COVID patients, the clinical characteristics associated with a higher risk of presenting DVT were older age and having a history of venous thromboembolism, recent surgery/immobilization and hypertension; chest pain and desaturation at ED arrival and some analytical disturbances were also more frequently seen, d-dimer >5000 ng/mL being the strongest. After adjustment for age and sex, hospitalization, ICU admission and prolonged hospitalization were more frequent in cases than controls, whereas mortality was similar (OR, 1.37; 95% CI, 0.77-2.45). Conclusions: DVT was an unusual form of COVID presentation in COVID patients but was associated with a worse prognosis

Thirty-day outcomes in frail older patients discharged home from the emergency department with acute heart failure: effects of high-risk criteria identified by the DEED FRAIL-AHF trial

Objectives: To study the effect of high-risk criteria on 30-day outcomes in frail older patients with acute heart failure (AHF) discharged from an emergency department (ED) or an ED's observation and short-stay areas. Material and methods: Secondary analysis of discharge records in the Older AHF Key Data registry. We selected frail patients (aged > 70 years) discharged with AHF from EDs. Risk factors were categorized as modifiable or nonmodifiable. The outcomes were a composite endpoint for a cardiovascular event (revisits for AHF, hospitalization for AHF, or cardiovascular death) and the number of days alive out-of-hospital (DAOH) within 30 days of discharge. Results: We included 380 patients with a mean (SD) age of 86 (5.5) years (61.2% women). Modifiable risk factors were identified in 65.1%, nonmodifiable ones in 47.8%, and both types in 81.6%. The 30-day cardiovascular composite endpoint occurred in 83 patients (21.8%). The mean 30-day DAOH observed was 27.6 (6.1) days. Highrisk factors were present more often in patients who developed the cardiovascular event composite endpoint: the rates for patients with modifiable, nonmodifiable, or both types of risk were, respectively, as follows in comparison with patients not at high risk: 25.0% vs 17.2%, P = .092; 27.6% vs 16.7%, P = .010; and 24.7% vs 15.2%, P = .098). The 30-day DAOH outcome was also lower for at-risk patients, according to type of risk factor present: modifiable, 26.9 (7.0) vs 28.4 (4.4) days, P = .011; nonmodifiable, 27.1 (7.0) vs 28.0 (5.0) days, P = .127; and both, 27.1 (6.7) vs 28.8 (3.4) days, P = .005). After multivariate analysis, modifiable risk remained independently associated with fewer days alive (adjusted absolute difference in 30-day DAOH, -1.3 days (95% CI, -2.7 to -0.1 days). Nonmodifiable factors were associated with increased risk for the 30-day cardiovascular composite endpoint (adjusted absolute difference, 10.4%; 95% CI, -2.1% to 18.7%). Conclusion: Risk factors are common in frail elderly patients with AHF discharged home from hospital ED areas. Their presence is associated with a worse 30-day prognosis

Incidence, clinical characteristics, risk factors and outcomes of meningoencephalitis in patients with COVID-19

We investigated the incidence, clinical characteristics, risk factors, and outcome of meningoencephalitis (ME) in patients with COVID-19 attending emergency departments (ED), before hospitalization. We retrospectively reviewed all COVID patients diagnosed with ME in 61 Spanish EDs (20% of Spanish EDs, COVID-ME) during the COVID pandemic. We formed two control groups: non-COVID patients with ME (non-COVID-ME) and COVID patients without ME (COVID-non-ME). Unadjusted comparisons between cases and controls were performed regarding 57 baseline and clinical characteristics and 4 outcomes. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biochemical and serologic findings of COVID-ME and non-COVID-ME were also investigated. We identified 29 ME in 71,904 patients with COVID-19 attending EDs (0.40‰, 95%CI=0.27-0.58). This incidence was higher than that observed in non-COVID patients (150/1,358,134, 0.11‰, 95%CI=0.09-0.13; OR=3.65, 95%CI=2.45-5.44). With respect to non-COVID-ME, COVID-ME more frequently had dyspnea and chest X-ray abnormalities, and neck stiffness was less frequent (OR=0.3, 95%CI=0.1-0.9). In 69.0% of COVID-ME, CSF cells were predominantly lymphocytes, and SARS-CoV-2 antigen was detected by RT-PCR in 1 patient. The clinical characteristics associated with a higher risk of presenting ME in COVID patients were vomiting (OR=3.7, 95%CI=1.4-10.2), headache (OR=24.7, 95%CI=10.2-60.1), and altered mental status (OR=12.9, 95%CI=6.6-25.0). COVID-ME patients had a higher in-hospital mortality than non-COVID-ME patients (OR=2.26; 95%CI=1.04-4.48), and a higher need for hospitalization (OR=8.02; 95%CI=1.19-66.7) and intensive care admission (OR=5.89; 95%CI=3.12-11.14) than COVID-non-ME patients. ME is an unusual form of COVID presentation (<0.5‰ cases), but is more than 4-fold more frequent than in non-COVID patients attending the ED. As the majority of these MEs had lymphocytic predominance and in one patient SARS-CoV-2 antigen was detected in CSF, SARS-CoV-2 could be the cause of most of the cases observed. COVID-ME patients had a higher unadjusted in-hospital mortality than non-COVID-ME patients