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 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)
  • Čermák Zdeněk, PhDr.
Course content
Social medicine, definition, history. The preventive focus of medical care. Community-based care. Systems of health care and their development. The world health organization. The priorities of 21st Century medicine. The programme health 21. Organization and management of health care. Quality of life, patient satisfaction, and methods of its determination. The system of financing health care in the CR. Health insurance. The health care system in the CR. Demographics. Methods to study the population's health status. Development of the health status of the population in the CR. The issue of HIV/AIDS. 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
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
  • ARNOLDOVÁ, A. Sociální zabezpečení. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2012.
  • GLADKIJ, I.; STRNAD, L. Zdravotní politika - zdraví - zdravotnictví. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2002.
  • HOLČÍK, J. a kol. Sociální lékařství. 2. dotisk, Učební texty, Brno: LF MU, 2011.
  • MAREŠ, J.; HODAČOVÁ, L.; BÝMA, S. Vybrané kapitoly ze sociálního lékařství. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2005.
  • ZAVÁZALOVÁ, H. Sociální lékařství a veřejné zdravotnictví. 2. přepr. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2002.


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 (2013) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health and Social Worker (2014) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter