Course: Selected Chapters in Gerontology

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Course title Selected Chapters in Gerontology
Course code KKO/P3VKG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dudich Tomáš, Mgr.
  • Vraný Michal, Ing. MBA, LL.M.
  • Matějková Astrid, MUDr.
Course content
Introduction, aging, theories of ontogenesis, changes in the body. Special features of diseases in old age, aging-associated diseases. Special features of pharmacotherapy in old age. Social aspects. Spiritual aspects of the older people. Mental disorders in old age. Immobilization syndrome, pressure ulcers. New perspectives on wound healing and treatment.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to give students basic knowledge in the field of gerontology and to draw attention to the peculiarities of diseases in old age, both in general view and for specific groups of diseases. Within the framework of complexity, the subject includes social issues.
The student knows characteristic changes associated with aging, is familiar with issues concerning psyche of seniors and pharmacological specificity, he/she knows manifestations of immobilization syndrome and its complications, and understands social aspects of aging.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Compliance with the mandatory 80% participation in lectures and exercises. Compliance with the oral test.
Recommended literature
  • ELIOPOULOS, CH. Gerontological nursing.. Seventh edition: The Point, 2010.
  • EYBL, V., ČERNÁ, P. Základy geriatrické farmakologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2008.
  • KALVACH, Z. a kol. Geriatrické syndromy a geriatrický pacient. Praha: Grada, 2008.


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