LF:aZLZP051c Psychology in Dent.-pract. - Course Information
aZLZP051c Medical Psychology and Psychosomatic in Dentistry - practice
Faculty of Medicineautumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Bc. Zdeňka Barešová (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tatiana Malatincová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Alena Slezáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavel Strašák (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Rastislav Šumec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Monika Lekárová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Blanka Suchá
Supplier department: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine - Timetable
- Mon 16. 12. 7:30–10:00 A19/133, Tue 17. 12. 7:30–10:00 A19/133, Wed 18. 12. 7:30–10:00 A19/133, Thu 19. 12. 7:30–10:00 A19/133, Fri 20. 12. 7:30–10:00 A19/133
- Prerequisites
- aZLNV041c Neuroscience - practice || aZLKA041p Anatomy of Head and Nerve Tr.
Lectures are only in English language. - 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
- Dentistry (programme LF, M-DENT)
- Dentistry (eng.) (programme LF, M-ZL)
- Course objectives
- The objectives of the subject are to enable students to:
- 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
- AYERS, Susan and Richard DE VISSER. Psychology for medicine. First published 2011. Los Angeles: Sage, 2011, xiv, 530. ISBN 9781412946902. info
- Teaching methods
- Interactive excercice and supervision.
- Assessment methods
- Full attendance is required for credit.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15. - Teacher's information
- https://is.muni.cz/predmet/med/aZLZP051c?lang=cs&obdobi=6903
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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