LF:BDAP031 Applied Psychology - Course Information

BDAP031 Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology

Extent and Intensity

14/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Hana Jahnová (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Marcela Bendová, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Marcela Bendová, Ph.D.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

BDPS021p Psychology

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• General Nurse (programme LF, B-OS)

Course objectives

The main objectives of the course: Introducing and understanding the problems in the branch of healthcare and physicians' psychology; Delineating and acquiring the basic psychological notions - bio - psycho - eco-social model in illness and in health; Understanding and applying the most important skills of mental hygiene as well as social skills; Acquiring and practising the autogenous training relaxation technique; Acquiring skills for psychological guidance of the patient prior to, during, and after a significant therapy; Psychotherapy.

Syllabus

• Delinating basic notions of healtcare and physicians' psychology; Health and ilness; Psychological problems of an ill person. Relation between a patient and a healthcare specialist; Basic psychological care for outpatients and for patients in hospital; Psychosomatic approach and bio-psyho-eco-social approach; Pain, anxiety, and fear; Grieving and depression. Thanatology; Mental crisis, critical intervention, burn-out syndrom; Specifics of the psychological approach across the branches of medicine - gynaecology and obsterics, neonatology; Psychotherapy;

Literature

• BENDOVÁ, Marcela. Lékařská psychologie dnes a perspektivy výuky na LF MU-sborník přednášek-sympozium LF ČR. Praha, 2007. Sborník- LFUK Praha-únor 2007. info
• ZACHAROVÁ, Eva, Miroslava HERMANOVÁ and Jaroslava ŠRÁMKOVÁ. Zdravotnická psychologie : teorie a praktická cvičení. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2007, 229 s. ISBN 9788024720685. info
• BOUČEK, Jaroslav. Lékařská psychologie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, 141 s. ISBN 8024415011. info
• KRATOCHVÍL, Stanislav. Základy psychoterapie. 5. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2006, 383 s. ISBN 8073671220. info
• VYMĚTAL, Jan. Lékařská psychologie. 3. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2003, 397 s. ISBN 80-7178-740-X. info

Assessment methods

Type of teaching - lecture. Requirements for the finishing of practice, form of finishing: credit - 80 per cent participation on the teaching, active participation is expected, pairwork, teamwork. Requirements for finishing the lecture, form of the finishing colloquium. Students will be informed about the requirements for getting the credit in written form, a seminar paper on a certain topic will be set (5 given topics and 1 topic of one's own) according to the requirements given. The content of the paper may be personal reflections and experiences supported by citation and examples from literature. A clear grasp of the topic, expression of an opinion of one's own, and ability to be work with sources (literature) will be evaluated. Content and professional quality of the topic will be evaluated by the teacher who will decide whether the seminar paper fulfills the requirements and exhausts the given topic. Colloquium has a form of a written test, the result of the test is evaluated in points, within the range from 0 to 25 points, minimum number of points for passing is 20 Total evaluation of the student in the subject is combined from the evaluation of the seminar paper and the perfomance at the colloquium

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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