EMSL0611p Public Health

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Kateřina Novohradská (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 C15/333
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
Understanding the basic approaches in social medicine. Acquiring knowledge about the healthcare system. Understanding the functioning of public health. Acquiring knowledge about the basics of healthcare law.
Learning outcomes
The student will understand the basic content of social medicine, comprehend the relationships between health and disease and their determinants. They will acquire knowledge about the healthcare system, public health, and the necessary principles.
Syllabus
  • 1. Social Medicine and Public Health - focus, development, content, and methods. 2. Health and Disease, Etiology - basic determinants of diseases, natural history of disease, nosology, classification of diseases. 3. Social and Economic Determinants and Consequences of Disease. 4. Demography, Population Base, and Population Processes. 5. Health Information System, Health Statistics System. 6. Goals, Methods, and Importance of Studying Population Health, Basic Epidemiological Concepts and Methods. 7. Health Care System, Origin, Development, and Types of Health Systems, Social and Health Policy, Problems, Goals, and Concepts of Health Systems. 8. State Administration and Self-Government in Health Care. 9. Modalities of Health Care, Categorization of Prevention, Targeted Programs, National Health Program. 10. Sources and Foundations of European Health Policy. World Health Organization, Health 2020 Program. 11. Economic Aspects of Health Care, Importance and Forms of Social Regulation in Health Care. 12. Ethical Aspects of Decision-Making in Health Care, Ethical Values, Equity. 13. Efficiency, Economy, and Equity of Health Care. 14. Methods of Health System Research, Their Application. 15. Perspectives on Health Care Development. 16. Public Administration - Basic Concepts of Public Administration, State Administration and Self-Government, Basic Sources of Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure. 17. Basics of Civil Law - Basic Sources of Civil Law, Civil Code, Property Rights, Obligations, Selected Contract Types, Purchase Agreement, Legal Regulation of Inheritance, Liability for Damage and Unjust Enrichment, Basics of Civil Procedural Law, Principles of Civil Procedure. 18. Basics of Labor Law - Basic Sources of Labor Law, Labor Code - Structure, Subjects of Labor Law, Trade Unions - Origin and Mission, Employment Relationship - Origin, Duration, and Termination, Safety and Health at Work, Liability Relationships, Working Conditions for Women and Young People, Collective Bargaining, Collective Agreements, Strike, Lockout, Wage and Salary Regulations. 19. Health Law - Sources of Health Law, Public Health Insurance, Entities Involved in Health Insurance, Rights and Obligations of Insured Persons and Payers of Insurance Premiums, Health Insurance Companies, Rights and Obligations of Individual Entities in Health Care, Liability Relationships, Confidentiality, Privacy Protection, Detention, State Administration and Self-Government in Health Care, Professional Chambers.
Literature
    required literature
  • ČELEDOVÁ, Libuše and Jan HOLČÍK. Nové kapitoly ze sociálního lékařství a veřejného zdravotnictví. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2017, 203 stran. ISBN 9788024638096. info
  • HOLČÍK, Jan, Adolf ŽÁČEK and Ilona KOUPILOVÁ. Sociální lékařství. 3. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 137 s. ISBN 9788087192153. info
    recommended literature
  • HOLČÍK, Jan. Systém péče o zdraví a zdravotní gramotnost : k teoretickým základům cesty ke zdraví. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 293 stran. ISBN 9788073921293. info
  • ŠUSTEK, Petr and Tomáš HOLČAPEK. Zdravotnické právo. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 850 stran. ISBN 9788075523211. info
Teaching methods
seminar and lecture
Assessment methods
test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2023, spring 2025.
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