Course: Medical Psychology

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Course title Medical Psychology
Course code KOS/P6ZDR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
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)
  • Hribiková Markéta, Mgr.
  • Schvach Hynek, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Psychological problems in patients with surgical, internal, and chronic conditions. Psychological problems in children patients. Psychological problems in patients with a disability. Psychological problems in cancer patients. Psychological issues of dying and death. Disease as a challenging life situation. Solution of extraordinary situations. Productive and non-productive behaviour of paramedics in a crisis situation. Evaluation, devaluation. Privacy, shame, fear, anxiety, guilt. Needs of sick people, people with disabilities, dying people. Přeložit do AJ

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to give students basic information from the field of health and illness psychology and psychosomatic medicine, which are necessary for the profession of the paramedic.
The student understands the distinctiveness of the psyche during an illness, knows the effect of a health care institution on the patient as well as the health care workers and is able to eliminate its negative influence.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Fulfillment of compulsory 80% attendance in teaching. Completion of a written test. Oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B.; MACH, J. a kol. Klinická psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0.
  • MAREŠ, J., VACHKOVÁ, E. a kol. Pacientovo pojetí nemoci III.. 1. vyd. Brno: MSD, 2011.
  • MAREŠ, J., VYCHKOVÁ, E. Pacientovo pojetí nemoci I.. Brno: MSD, 2009.
  • MAREŠ, J., VYCHKOVÁ, E. Pacientovo pojetí nemoci II.. Brno: MSD, 2010.
  • RAUDENSKÁ, J.; JAVŮRKOVÁ, A. Lékařská psychologie ve zdravotnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. Krizová intervence pro praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011.


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