Course: Medical psychology

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Course title Medical psychology
Course code KSZD/ZPP5
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Fleischmann Otakar, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Karel David, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture Topics: 1. week: Psychological issues of diseases 2. week: Psychosomatic and psychosomatic relations, the auto-plastic view of the disease 3. week: Experiencing disease with time, the patient's attidude to the disease 4. week: The Categories of the disease from the psychological point of view 5. week: Psychological issues of hospitalization, iatropatogenic, sororigeny and egrotogeny 6. week: Professional deformation, the danger of the burn-out syndrome development 7. week: Stress 8. week: The psychology of pain, anxiety, fear and inferiority 9. week: The types of disorders and psychological approaches towards the clients 10. week: Dying and death from the psychological point of view 11. week: The rules of professional behaviour Seminar Topics: 1. week: Productive and non-productive behaviour, medical staff as a client 2. week: Psychotherapy in medical work 3. week: Disease as a difficult life situation 4. week: Communication with the patient 5. week: Communication within social network of the client 6. week: Maladaptive character symptoms 7. week: Non-productive behaviour 8. week: Productive behaviour and its symptoms 9. week: The issues of the approach towards the clients at the departments: internal, surgery 10. week: The issues of the approach towards the clients at the departments: gynaecology, six -week period, etc. 11. week: Informing about unpleasant news

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject is theoretically - practical. It is focused on the issues of psychology of the clients and their families while being healthy and sick. The knowledge of medical psychology will help better understanding of the patients/clients healthy and sick states and better understanding of their needs and problems.
Subject Knowledge: After completing the subject the student will have the knowledge important for professional dealing with difficult situations while caring after specific needs of the patient, the handicapped and dying clients, as well as for keeping the mental balance of the care provider himself. Professional Skills: Student is able to satisfy the needs of the client and solve the problems related to the disease. He is able to approach the clients taking into consideration the peculiarities of their condition.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Student will get the credit for at least 80% active seminar attendance and for the demonstration of the knowledge covering the issues offered in a written test, the exam will be oral.
Recommended literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B. - GOLDMANN, P. Základy klinické psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2001.. ISBN 80-7178-550-4.
  • BERAN. J. Lékařská psychologie v praxi. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada. 144. S. 2009. ISBN: 978-80-247-1125-6.
  • BLATNÝ. M. a kol. Psychologie osobnosti. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada. 304 s. 2010. ISBN: 978-80-247-3434-7.
  • FELEILE. A. O., LIAN. L. B., FALEIDE. E. K. Vliv psychiky na zdraví. 1. vydání. 240 s. 2010. ISBN: 978-80-247-2864-3..
  • HAYESOVÁ. N. Základy sociální psychologie. 2. Vydání. Praha: Portál. 168 s. 2011. ISBN: 978-80-7367-909-5.
  • JOBÁNKOVÁ M. Kapitoly z psychologie pro zdravotnické pracovníky.Brno - IDVPZ, 2000,1.vydání, 202s. ISBN 80-7013-288-4. ISBN 80-7013-288-4.
  • JOBÁNKOVÁ, M. Vybrané problémy psychologie zdravotnické činnosti. Brno: IDV PZ, 1992..
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Bolest a její diagnostika. Brno: IDV PZ, 1992. ISBN 80-7013-130-6.. Brno, 1992.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie nemoci. Praha: Grada, 2002.. Praha: Grada, 2002.
  • Křivohlavý, J. Psychologie nemoci. 1. vyd., Praha: Grada, 2002. 198 s. ISBN 80-247-0179-0.. Praha, Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-774-4.
  • NAKONEČNÝ, M. Psychologie osobnosti. 1. vyd., Praha: Academia, 1995. 336 s. ISBN 80-200 0525-0.. Praha: Academia, 1995.
  • ZACHAROVÁ, E.; ŠRÁMKOVÁ, J.; HERMANOVÁ, M. Zdravotnická psychologie: teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007. 229s. ISBN 978-80-247-2068-5..


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