aVLPP11Xpp Palliative Care - pregraduation practice

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/1.2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Ondřej Sláma, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Lukáš Pochop (lecturer)
MUDr. Jiří Šedo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Ondřej Sláma, Ph.D.
Comprehensive Cancer Care Department – Institutions shared with the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aVLFA0822p Pharmacology II - lec. && aVLSP03X Individual project && aVLPX102t Vacational training GYN/OBST && aVLVL101 Internal Medicine -lec. && aVLPD1033c Pediatrics III - practice && aVLPG1022c Gynecol. and obst. II- pract. && aVLPG1022p Gynec/Obstet II -lecture && aVLOZ1044 Public Health IV && aVLCH091 Surgery && aVLCH9X33c Surgery III - practice && aVLPX102t Vacational training GYN/OBST && aVLAM9X1p Intensive care med. - lect. && aVLIN9X22p Infectious diseases II && aVLNE9X1p Neurology - lecture && aVLON9X1p Clinical oncology - lec. && aVLPY9X1p Psychiatry - lect. && ( aVLKB091 Clinical Biochemistry || aVLFP091 Physiology and path.of newborn || aVLAL091 Anaesthes. and Treat. of Pain || aVLDO091 Paediatric Oncology || aVLKF101 Clinical Pharmacology )
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
Course objectives
The subject Palliative care will provide in the form of pre-graduate practice a clinical experience of complex palliative care for a patient with advanced life-threatening illness (e.g. cancer, end-stage chronic renal failure, neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, multiple sclerosis and dementia syndrome). The practice will be implemented in specialized palliative care facilities: inpatient hospice, mobile/home hospice and ambulance of palliative medicine.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to:
• communicate effectively about the needs and goals of care at the end of life, with the patient and his family
• mitigate the physical and psychological symptoms of advanced disease: e.g. pain, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, depression, delirium
• schedule organizational providing of palliative care using other services (cooperation with a social worker, psychologist, clergyman, bed and home hospice)
Syllabus
  • • Basic principles of palliative care in clinical practice
  • • Clinical and ethical dilemmas in the care of end-of-life patients and their solutions
  • • Legal aspects of patient care at the end of life
  • • End-of-life communication with the patient (principles of supportive communication, reporting of adverse messages, serious diagnosis and prognosis discussions, planning of care)
  • • Palliative management of the most common symptoms of advanced disease: pain, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, depression, delirium
  • • Principles of multidisciplinary teamwork in palliative care
  • • Organization of palliative care in the Czech Republic
Literature
    recommended literature
  • VOLANDES, Angelo E. Umění rozhovoru o konci života. Translated by Lenka Kapsová, Illustrated by Petra Josefína Stibitzová. 1. vydání. V Praze: Cesta domů, 2015, 203 stran. ISBN 9788088126034. info
    not specified
  • SLÁMA, Ondřej, Ladislav KABELKA and Jiří VORLÍČEK. Paliativní medicína pro praxi. 2., nezměn. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2011, 363 s. ISBN 9788072628490. info
Teaching methods
• Interactive seminar • Clinical internship • Attending a meeting of the Musetidisciplinary Hospice Team
Assessment methods
• Credit (credit terms: 100% participation in practice, written case study/case studies)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 18.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, autumn 2018, spring 2019, autumn 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, autumn 2021, spring 2022, autumn 2022, spring 2023, autumn 2023, spring 2024, autumn 2024, spring 2025.
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