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Course title Medical psychology
Course code KOS/K6ZPV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Hlaváčková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Personality of the patient, patient's concept of the disease , conviction, perception of the disease in time, patient's fight with the disease, managing challenging situations. Psychological issues of pain and fear. Psychological issues of dying and death. Crisis intervention in health care worker's work.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
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 general nurse.
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. He/she explains the psychological basis of selected illnesses and defects, knows and applies principles of a psychological approach to ill adults and children, to the handicapped, the dying, and the bereaved.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Student performance assessment

Completion of compulsory 70% attendance at lectures. Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at seminars, in exercises. The fulfillment of the specified written works. Fulfillment an oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • AYERS, S.; De VISSER, R. Psychologie v medicíně. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015.
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B.; MACH, J. a kol. Klinická psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0.
  • FALEIDE, A. et al. Vliv psychiky na zdraví. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010.
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H.; PAVLICOVÁ, J. Ošetřovatelství: ideály a realita v ambulantní péči. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2013.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Pozitivní psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál,195 s, 2004.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie nemoci. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada,200 s, 2002.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie pocitů štěstí. 1. vyd. Praha: 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2013.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie zdraví. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 280 s, 2001.
  • MAREŠ, J., VACHKOVÁ, E. a kol. Pacientovo pojetí nemoci III.. 1. vyd. Brno: MSD, 2011.
  • MAREŠ, J., VACHKOVÁ, E. Pacientovo pojetí nemoci II. 1. vyd. Brno: MSD, 2010.
  • MAREŠ, J., VACHKOVÁ, E. 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 Publishing, 2013.
  • RAUDENSKÁ, J.; JAVŮRKOVÁ, A. Lékařská psychologie ve zdravotnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011.
  • SLEZÁČKOVÁ, A. Průvodce pozitivní psychologií. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2012.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. Krizová intervence pro praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. O posledních věcech člověka. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2014.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): General Nurse (2013) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): General Nurse (2014) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
University of Pardubice, date of update: 02.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2016/2017