BPSP021 Health and Social Psychology - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0.7/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Zdeňka Barešová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tatiana Malatincová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Alena Slezáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Blanka Suchá (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
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 main objectives of the course: Introducing and understanding the problems in the branch of healthcare and social 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 client prior to, during, and after a significant therapy; Understanding and acquiring the chosen areas of the application on basic acientific knowledgw od social psychology. Learning to perceice various specific aspects of taking care of the woman from the point of wiwe of social psychology on the basic of the knowledge attained.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will
- know the basic psychological concepts - bio-psycho-eco-social model of illness and health;
- understand and apply the most important psycho-hygiene and social skills;
- master relaxation methods of Autogenic training;
- have the skills to psychologically guide the client before, during and after a major medical procedure;
- Understand and master selected areas of application of basic social psychology knowledge
- be able to perceive the various specifics of care for  women through social psychological eyes.
Syllabus
  • Delinating basic notions of healtcare and social psychology;
  • Health and ilness;
  • Psychological problems of a client. Relation between a client and a mydwife;
  • Basic psychological care for outclients and for clients in hospital;
  • Psychosomatic approach and bio-psyho-eco-social approach;
  • Pain, anxiety, and fear;
  • Grieving and depression;
  • Mental crisis, critical intervention, burn-out syndrom;
  • Specifics of the psychological approach across the branches of medicine - gynaecology and obsterics, neonatology; Social psychology, social learning, social perception, social interaction and social isolation. Social communication. Communication in difficult situations - prematura childbirth, giving birth to a dead child, death of a child. Social groups - group dynmaics, co-operation in a group. Family and society, functioning, disfunctioning, problem family. Mental subdeprivation and deprovation CAN syndrom. Alternative family care - diferent forms and types.
Literature
    required literature
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Vyd. 4., rozš. a přeprac. Praha: Portál, 2008, 870 s. ISBN 9788073674144. info
  • ZACHAROVÁ, Eva, Miroslava HERMANOVÁ and Jaroslava ŠRÁMKOVÁ. Zdravotnická psychologie : teorie a praktická cvičení. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2007, 229 s. ISBN 9788024720685. info
  • VYMĚTAL, Jan. Lékařská psychologie. 3. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2003, 397 s. ISBN 80-7178-740-X. info
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Sociální psychologie. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1999, 287 stran. ISBN 8020006907. info
    recommended literature
  • VYKOPALOVÁ, Hana. Vybrané kapitoly ze sociální psychologie v kontextu komunikace. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2000, 198 s. ISBN 8024400847. info
  • DUNOVSKÝ, Jiří. Sociální pediatrie : vybrané kapitoly. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1999, 279 s. ISBN 8071692549. info
    not specified
  • BOUČEK, Jaroslav. Lékařská psychologie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, 141 s. ISBN 8024415011. info
Teaching methods
Presentation of the personality of the student herself (basic anamnestic data, family, professional career and aims, hobbies) Active participation is expected, pairwork, teamwork.
Assessment methods
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 (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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