Course: Social Medicine

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Course title Social Medicine
Course code KPZ/P5SOL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Kmentová Kateřina, Mgr.
Course content
Social medicine, definition, history. Determinants of health. Methods of studying the health status of the population. Development of the health status of the population of the Czech Republic. The preventive focus of medical care. Systems of health care and their development. The health care system in the Czech Republic. Quality of life, patient satisfaction, and methods of its determination. Demographics Types of health care. The system of financing health care in the CR. DRG systém. Social values in health care.

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 of the course is to acquaint students with the scientific branch of social medicine according to the syllabus.
Students will master the definition, history and content of social medicine, student is familiar with the problems of primary, secondary and tertiary care. Student is versed in the systems of health care and their development. The lstudent knows the priorities of medicine for 21. century, the systems of financing health care in the Czech republic and methods of detection of clients ' satisfaction with the quality of provided healthcare.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The fulfilment of compulsory attendance at lectures and seminars. Written test or oral exam fulfilment according to course guarantor decision.
Recommended literature
  • ARNOLDOVÁ, A. Sociální zabezpečení. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2012.
  • ČEVELA, R. a kol. Sociální a posudkové lékařství. Praha: Karolinum, 2015.
  • HOLČÍK, J. a kol. Sociální lékařství. 2. dotisk, Učební texty, Brno: LF MU, 2011.
  • HOLČÍK, J. Systém péče o zdraví a zdravotní gramotnost. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2010.
  • JANEČKOVÁ, H.; HNILICOVÁ, H. Úvod do veřejného zdravotnictví. Praha: Portál, 2009.
  • MAREŠ, J.; HODAČOVÁ, L.; BÝMA, S. Vybrané kapitoly ze sociálního lékařství. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009.


Study plans that include the course
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