aVLOZ0642p Public Health II - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0.5/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Anton Drobov (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jindřich Fiala, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jan Hollan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Marie Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Martin Krsek, CSc., MSc (lecturer)
MUDr. Bohdana Rezková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Ondřej Zvěřina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Veronika Išová (assistant)
Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Kateřina Novohradská (assistant)
Mgr. Aleš Peřina, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Bohdana Rezková, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Bohdana Rezková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
( aVLOZ0241p Public Health I - lecture || aVLOZ0141p Public Health I - lecture ) && aVLLM0522c Medical Microbiology II-pract. && aVLLM0522p Medical Microbiology II - lect && aVLBC0422p Biochemistry II - lecture

Prerequisites according to the MU study and examination regulations.
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 aim of the subject is in particular:
- understanding the complexity of relationships between the environment, the individual and the population,
- awareness of the influence of environmental factors (physical, biological, chemical, psychosocial), civilization changes and lifestyle on the health of the individual and the population,
- awareness of the importance of the physician's position in the protection and support of health,
- understanding the basic principles of the emergence and spread of infectious diseases and their prevention.
Learning outcomes

AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE:
1. to explain the relationship between human and environment, its physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial factors and their interactions.
2. to explain the role of adaptation and its active support for the positive development and promotion of both individual and public health.
3. to make a deduction about possibilities for preventive provisions in the field of clean and safe environmental, occupational and home surrounding, the quality of air, water, food.
4. to understand and explain the different types of prevention, their tasks and aims and methods of realization.
5. to interpret the positive and negative influences of lifestyle factors on human/public health, including the autoagressive behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, psychical overload and stress, smoking, abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs).
6. to make deductions about the importance of environment and lifestyle in the health protection and promotion, and about the primary prevention priorities.
7. to formulate decisions about concrete preventable possibilities for some more important non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular, oncological, metabolically, immune, respiratory.
8. to design and implement basic preventative and repressive measures to prevent transmission of infections.
Syllabus
  • I. Types of prevention, the Health risk assessment
  • II. The environment in the Czech Republic
  • III. Environmental chemical factors and toxicology
  • IV. Epidemiological determinants of the infectious disease
  • V. Surveillance, the pandemic preparedness plans
Literature
    required literature
  • Infectious disease epidemiology. Edited by I. Abubakar - Ted Cohen - Helen R. Stagg - Laura C. Rodrigues. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, 379 stran. ISBN 9780198719830. info
    recommended literature
  • Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last public health & preventive medicine. Edited by Robert B. Wallace - Neal Kohatsu - John M. Last. Fifteenth edition. New York: McGraw Hill Medical, 2008. xxvii, 136. ISBN 9780071441988.
  • Mayhall's hospital epidemiology and infection prevention. Edited by David J. Weber - Thomas R. Talbot. Fifth edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2021, xv, 742. ISBN 9781975124588. info
Teaching methods
Lecttures
Reading and studying ALL REQUIRED LITERATURE.
Assessment methods

1.   The subject is completed by COLLOQUIUM in the form of a TEST.

2.   A CONDITION FOR PASSING the test (with the exception of the pre-term) is a CREDIT from the subject Public health II - practices.

3.   Student has to get at least 70 % (14 out of 20 questions) in the test, which is a requisite to sit for the examination.

4.   Each student must register in the Information System (IS) in one of the offered test terms. The test has fixed examination terms/dates - (Only during the examination period, except the examination pre-term). No extra terms will be given.
THE CONDITION FOR PASSING THE TEST is (apart from the pre-term - see below) a credit from the subject Public Health II - practices! THE CONDITION FOR WRITING THE TEST IN THE PRE-TERM is to obtain a sufficient number of points for granting credit from the exercise - see above (even without completing the last lesson).

5.   Students registered to a test term will fail the term if:
  a-) arrive late to the test. No late arrival will be allowed after the start of the test.
  b-) they are not present and previously do not cancel the term in the stipulated periods (see IS).

6.   In case of failure, each student can retake the test two more times, only in the given terms (according to Masaryk University study and examination regulations).

7.   In case of failure during the third term (second resit), the student must repeat the course in the following academic year.

8.   All test questions are based on ALL REQUIRED LITERATURE, SEMINARS and LECTURES.

THE FORM OF TEST:

The test is a written examination → 20 multiple choice question test, with only one correct answer - (to pass the test, it is required a minimum of 14 correct answers/points).

SCORE:
Passed → 14 and more correct answers/points.
Failed → 13 or less correct answers/points.

Correct answer = 1 point.
No answer = 0 point.
Language of instruction
English
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: 7.5.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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