Course: Psychological and Ethical Aspects in Perioperative Care

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Course title Psychological and Ethical Aspects in Perioperative Care
Course code KOS/K7PEA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
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)
  • Matějková Iryna, Mgr. DiS.
  • Wichsová Jana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Sládek Karel, doc. RNDr. ThLic. Ph.D., MBA
Course content
Psychosocial skills of a specialist and team communication. Supportive techniques in communication with problematic and aggressive patients in perioperative care. Communication with disadvantaged patients and patients of other ethnic groups in perioperative care. Problems of mistreated and abused people, domestic violence. Ethical approach towards patients and their relatives with regards to age and nature of the illness. Ethics in perioperative care. Effective management of excessive mental strain and prevention of a burnout syndrome. Prevention of risks of excessive mental strain. Supportive techniques for coping with work mental strain, interpersonal aggression. Relationships in stressful situations. Mental hygiene of a health worker and mental health care. The role of peer support. Improving the quality of communication skills. Supporting professional competencies. Supervision and reflection of one's own work. Factors affecting the quality of life.

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 make students acquainted with psychological and ethical issues of specialized perioperative care, as well as with basic communication skills in different age categories, aggressive patients, patients of other ethnic groups, handicapped clients and with the issue of helping professions, including psychic hygiene.
Students manage the right communication with clients and their families during the perioperative care. Students are familiar with the basics of psychic hygiene and they effectively manage stressful situations.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Completion of compulsory attendance at the lectures (60 %) and practicum sessions (80 %). Successful defense of a homework.
Recommended literature
  • HEŘMANOVÁ, J. Etika v ošetřovatelské praxi. Praha: Grada, 2012.
  • KOPŘIVA, K. Lidský vztah jako součást profese. 7. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2013.
  • WICHSOVÁ, Jana. Bezpečnost a etika v perioperační péči. Praha. 2020.
  • ZACHAROVÁ, E. Komunikace v ošetřovatelské praxi. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-271-0156-6.


Study plans that include the course
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