Course: Medical psychology

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Course title Medical psychology
Course code KSZD/ZPP9
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
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)
  • Fleischmann Otakar, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture Topics: 1. Psychological problems of disease 2. Relations between psychosomatic and somatopsychic, autoplastic picture of the disease 3. Experiencing the disease in time, the ratio of the sick to the disease 4. Psychological problems of hospitalization, iatropatogenie, sororigenie and egrotogenie Professional deformation, danger of burnout syndrome 5. Types of disability and psychological approach to clients 6. Dying and death in terms of psychology Principles of professional behavior Seminar Topics: 1. Psychotherapy in medical work 2. Illness as a difficult life situation 3. Communication with a sick client 4. Communication within the client's social network 5. Non-productive behavior, productive behavior and its manifestations 6. Special features of access to clients in individual department

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject is conceived as theoretical - practical. It solves the problems of psychology of clients and their families in health and illness. Knowledge of medical psychology will contribute to better understanding of patients of healthy and sick patients and to understanding their needs and problems.
Expertise: After completing the course, the student has knowledge those are important for the professional mastery of demanding situations in the care of individual needs of the sick, disabled and dying, as well as for maintaining the mental balance of an independent care and assistance provider. Professional skills: The graduate is able to adequately saturate the client's needs and solve the problems associated with the disease. He / she is able to approach clients in the context of specific diseases. General competences: The student is able to communicate clearly and convincingly his / her own professional opinions to experts and the wider public.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Student will become credit for minimum 80% active attendance at seminars and by demonstration of the orientation in the given problematic by the written form. Exam - oral exam
Recommended literature
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B., GOLDMANN, P. Základy klinické psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2001. 440 s. ISBN 80-7178-550-4.. 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.
  • JOBÁNKOVÁ M. Kapitoly z psychologie pro zdravotnické pracovníky. 1. vyd., Brno - IDVPZ, 2000. 202s..
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ J. Psychologie nemoci. 1. vyd., Praha: Grada, 2002. 198 s. ISBN 80-247-0179-0.. ISBN 80-247-0179-0.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie zdraví. Praha: Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-551-2.. ISBN 80-7178-551-2.
  • MIKŠÍK, O. Psychologická charakteristika osobnosti. 2.vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2007. 274 s. 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1304-8.. ISBN 978-80-246-1304-8.
  • MINIBERGEROVÁ L., JIČÍNSKÁ K. Vybrané kapitoly z psychologie pro zdravotnické pracovníky, Brno: NCO NZO, 2010, ISBN 978-80-7013-513-6. ISBN 9788070135136.
  • PAUTHAS V. Psychologie novorozence.Praha : Grada, 1.vydání, 285 s. ISBN 80-7169-960-8. 2000.
  • ZACHAROVÁ, E., ŠRÁMKOVÁ, J., HERMANOVÁ, M. Zdravotnická psychologie: teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007. 229s. ISBN 978-80-247-2068-5.. ISBN 978-80-247-2068-5.


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): Midwife (P19) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter