LF:BZOV011c Gen. and Dev. Psych. - pract. - Course Information

BZOV011c General and Developmental Psychology - practice

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Vlasta Břicháčková
Supplier department: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine

Timetable

Thu 13:00–14:40 350

Prerequisites

Exercise is only in Czech language.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Paramedic (programme LF, B-SZ)

Course objectives

- Help students identify their own sources of motivation for the profession of health care professional
- Through self-experience exercises, help students distinguish different levels of helping professions (a healthcare worker, such as a social role, a person, a patient)
- Help students identify their own sources of self-support
- Help students to learn the basic methods of stress management
- Link the theoretical background of medical psychology to general human existential themes through experiential exercises (responsibility, will to sense, meaning of life, hope, humility, gratitude)
- Rehearse essential counselling and psychotherapy skills in various medical contexts and situations under the direct supervision of clinical psychologist and psychotherapist
- To acquaint students with basic psychotherapeutic techniques in individual and group psychotherapy (demonstration, short self-experience)
- Practice of basic relaxation techniques

Learning outcomes

- Student understands which motives may be in the background of a medical profession
- Understands the concept of self-support and is able to identify own sources of self-support
- Student will learn effective stress management techniques
- Student will meet general human existential themes through experiential exercises (rear of death and dying, responsibility, will to sense, meaning of life, hope, humility, gratitude)
- Students will acquire the basic communication skills when communicating bad news to patients
- Student will learn basic communication skills in communication with children at different stages of development
- Student will learn basic communication skills in communication with patients with chronic diseases
- Student will learn basic communication skills in communicating with patients who experience strong emotions
- Student will learn to identify transference and countertransference phenomena
- Students will learn the principles of collecting anamnesis in psychosomatic patients
- Student will learn the principles of conducting the clinical interview

Syllabus

• - Motivation of the medical profession
• - External and internal self-support system
• - Autogenic training
• - Mindfulness-based stress reduction
• - The general human existential themes
• - Basic communication skills in communication with children
• - Basic communication skills in communication with chronic disease patient
• - Basic communication skills in communication with children who experience strong emotions
• - Basic communication skills when communicating bad news to patients
• - Principles of collecting anamnesis in psychosomatic patients
• - Principles of conducting the clinical interview
• - Transference and countertransference phenomena
• - Ego defense mechanisms
• - Supervision in medicine
• - Team supervision

Literature

required literature
• AYERS, Susan and Richard DE VISSER. Psychologie v medicíně. Translated by Helena Hartlová. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2015, xiv, 552. ISBN 9788024752303. URL info
• VONDRÁČEK, Vladimír and Jan DOBIÁŠ. Lékařská psychologie. Edited by Jiří Jindřich Diamant - Eduard Urban. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní zdravotnické nakladatelství, 1969, 279 s. URL info

recommended literature
• VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Obecná psychologie : dílčí aspekty lidské psychiky a jejich orgánový základ. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016, 413 stran. ISBN 9788024632681. URL info
• NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Obecná psychologie. Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák - Triton, 2015, 662 stran. ISBN 9788073879297. info
• THOROVÁ, Kateřina. Vývojová psychologie : proměny lidské psychiky od početí po smrt. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2015, 575 stran. ISBN 9788026207146. info
• ČECHOVÁ, Věra and Marie ROZSYPALOVÁ. Obecná psychologie. Vyd. 6., nezměn. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2012, 105 s. ISBN 9788070135488. info
• PLHÁKOVÁ, Alena. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 472 s. ISBN 80-200-1387-3. info

Teaching methods

Interactive exercise and supervision.

Assessment methods

Requirements for the finishing of colloguium. Active participation is expected, pairwork, teamwork. Colloguium 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.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.

Teacher's information

https://is.muni.cz/predmet/med/BAPS011c?lang=cs&obdobi=6903

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