Course: Medical psychology

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Course title Medical psychology
Course code KOS/P5ZDR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
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)
  • Vrtišková Petra, Mgr.
  • Hrstka Zdeněk, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Psychology of health, quality of life. The concept of disease and its development. Somatomental and psychosomatic relationships and theory of stress. Perception and interpretation of symptoms of a disease. Experiencing the illness over time. Psychological effects of the health care environment. Psychological issues related to pain and fear.

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 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
unspecified
Completion of compulsory 85% in teaching. Elaboration of seminary work.
Recommended literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B. Klinická psychologie v praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2003.
  • FALEIDE, A. et al. Vliv psychiky na zdraví. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010.
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H. Thanatologie: Nauka o umírání a smrti. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2000.
  • KEBZA, V. Psychosociální determinanty zdraví. 1. vyd., Praha: Academia, 2005.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie nemoci. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2002.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie zdraví. 2. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2003.
  • MATĚJČEK, Z. Výbor z díla (kapitola Dítě v nemoci a postižení). 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2005.
  • ŘÍČAN, P. a kol. Dětská klinická psychologie. 4. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2006.
  • TSCHUSCHKE, V. Psychonkologie. 1. vydání, Praha: Portál, 2004.
  • VYMĚTAL, J. Lékařská psychologie. 3. vydání, Praha: Portál, 2003.
  • ZACHAROVÁ, E. a KOL. Zdravotnická psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007.


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): Paramedicine (2013) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter