Course: Palliative care

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Course title Palliative care
Course code KOS/P6PTP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
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)
  • Horáčková Kateřina, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Vaňásek Jaroslav, doc. MUDr. CSc.
Course content
The basic concepts of the field of palliative care. The Role of the social worker palliative care. Stages of dying from a holistic perspective. Communication in palliative care. Pain in palliative care. Bio-psycho-social needs of the dying and their families. Ethical dilemmas and cultural differences. Grief and work with the bereaved. Services in the field of palliative care. Interactive exercises with the problems of thanatology. Practical training of communication. Discussion of ethical dilemmas, analyses of specific cases. Training in working with the family of a dying man. Normal grieving. Pathological mourning.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim is to acquaint students with the basic concepts and topics in the areas of palliative care and their application to the practice of the medical social worker.
Student knows the basic concepts in the field of palliative care. Student is oriented in the issues of care for the dying, the bereaved, can apply relevant methods of social work when working with the dying and their family members.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

The fulfilment of compulsory attendance at lectures and seminars. Written test or oral exam fulfilment according to course guarantor decision.
Recommended literature
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H. Thanatologie: nauka o umírání a smrti. 2. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2007.
  • KÜBLER-ROSSOVÁ, E. O dětech a smrti. 1. vyd. Turnov: Ermat, 2003.
  • LUKASOVÁ, E. I tvoje utrpení má smysl. 1. vyd. Brno: Cesta, 2006.
  • MACKOVÁ, M. Jak se vyrovnat s emocionální bolestí?. 1. vyd. Ruda nad Moravou: M. Macková, 2008.
  • SEYMOUROVÁ, J. E. Principy a praxe paliativní péče. 1. vyd. Brno: Společnost pro odbornou literaturu, 2007.
  • SVATOŠOVÁ, M. Hospice a umění doprovázet. 7. vyd. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2011.
  • VORLÍČEK J. a kol. Paliativní medicína praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 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): Health and Social Worker (2014) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health and Social Worker (2013) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer