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Course: Medical Psychology

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Course title Medical Psychology
Course code KOS/P6ZPP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
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)
  • Jelínková Linda, Mgr.
  • Hlaváčková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The personality of a healthy/sick woman, her life story, values, family. A healthy/sick woman and her family as subjects of care. The concept of illness/disability/pregnancy/childbirth, health beliefs, experiencing and managing situations in which health is impaired. Pain from a psychological point of view, fear, anxiety and their management. Psychological care for the dying and their loved ones, perinatal loss. Working with a life story. Establishing a relationship, empathy, partnership. Self-reflection, work on developing soft skills. Basics of crisis intervention.

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 provide students with the basic knowledge of health psychology, illness and psychosomatic medicine necessary for the midwife profession.
Students understand the relationships of psyche in health and illness, they understand the importance of life story in care. They know the influence of the health care environment on the patient/mother-to-be and the healthcare professional and they are able to eliminate its negative effects. They understand and can apply the principles of an individualized approach to sick and healthy women and their families. They demonstrate the ability to be supportive to a woman and her family.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Discussion

Completion of compulsory 70% attendance at lectures. Completion of compulsory 80% attendance in exercises. Successful completion of a written test or an oral examination according to the course guarantor's decision.
Recommended literature
  • AYERS, S.; De VISSER, R. Psychologie v medicíně. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2015.
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B.; MACH, J. a kol. Klinická psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2015.
  • FALEIDE, A. et al. Vliv psychiky na zdraví. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2010.
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H.; PAVLICOVÁ, J. Ošetřovatelství: ideály a realita v ambulantní péči. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2013.
  • MAREŠ, J., CÍGLER, H., HADAŠ, L.; HADAŠOVÁ, J. Individualizovaná péče o pacienta. Brno: MSD, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7392-304-4.
  • MAREŠ, J.; VACHKOVÁ, E. a kol. Pacientovo pojetí nemoci III. 1. vyd. Brno: MSD, 2011.
  • MAREŠ, J.; VACHKOVÁ, E. a kol. Pacientovo pojetí nemoci II. 1. vyd. Brno: MSD, 2010.
  • MAREŠ, J.; VACHKOVÁ, E. a kol. Pacientovo pojetí nemoci I. 1. vyd. Brno: MSD, 2009.
  • MEARNS, D.; THORNE, B. Terapie zaměřená na člověka. Pro využití v praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2013.
  • RAUDENSKÁ, J., JAVŮRKOVÁ, A. Lékařská psychologie ve zdravotnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011.
  • SLEZÁČKOVÁ, A. Průvodce pozitivní psychologií. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2012.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. Krize a krizová intervence. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2017.


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University of Pardubice, date of update: 01.05.2026 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026