Course: Social Work in Healthcare

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Course title Social Work in Healthcare
Course code KPZ/P3SPZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Velecká Tereza, Mgr.
  • Kmentová Kateřina, Mgr.
Course content
Identity of social work in healthcare, including target groups. Legislative definition of health and social work. Health and social work with the elderly and disabled. Health and social work with children and juveniles. Health and social work with underage pregnant mothers, with a family. Health and social work with people with mental illness. Health and social work with foreigners. Health and social work with minorities. Social history and social inquiry. Documentation of a health and social worker. The position of a health and social worker in a team. Ethical aspects of social work in healthcare. Written communication with institutions. Communication with family members.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to inform the students about the basics aspect of social work in heathcare, with probable types of clients and social consequences of illnesses.
Students are familiar with the psychosocial aspects of the disease, they can apply various methods of social work in the medical environment, and they can work with specific target groups of clients.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Compulsory attendance at seminars and lectures. Passing a written test or oral examination, or other conditions, as decided by the course guarantor.
Recommended literature
  • BRESNEN, M.; HODGSON, D.; BAILEY, S.; HYDE, P.; HASSARD, J. Managing modern healthcare: knowledge, networks and practice. New York: Routledge, 2017.
  • Garcés Carranza, César M. Social work in the hospital setting. Victoria: Trafford, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4669-9309-9.
  • Kuzníková, Iva. Sociální práce ve zdravotnictví. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3676-1.
  • PETRAKIS, M. Social work practice in health: an introduction to contexts, theories and skills. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2018. ISBN 978-1-76029-451-9.
  • URBAN, D. Příklady dobré praxe ze sociální práce ve zdravotnictví. Praha: NLN, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7422-785-1.


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