MZKKP0411s Clinical practice guidelines and quality management

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Mgr. Radim Líčeník (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Friessová (assistant)
Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
Attendance at lectures and seminars of the Principles for Clinical Practice Guidelines I and II.
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
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) and guidelines for public health are an important part of the entire health care process. One of the important goals of CPG is ensuring and measuring the quality of health care. CPGs are thus an important tool for improving quality and providing safe health care. Standards of quality of care and protocols, which are currently widely used in the Czech Republic, should be based on high-quality CPGs produced preferably at the national level.

CPGs has many goals and functions:
• helping doctors and patients to make decisions
• dissemination of best clinical practice based on systematically evaluated evidence
• measuring and ensuring the quality of health care
• reducing disproportionate and unnecessary health care
• reducing unjustified differences between healthcare providers
• improving communication levels
• promoting ethical practice
• education of individuals and groups
• information resource for health care management
• reducing the risk of legal liability
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this course, the student will:
- know the quality of care strategies
- understand the measurement and outcomes of quality of care
- be able to compare the quality of care across different health systems
- interpret data related to quality of care
Syllabus
  • • General information about the course
  • • Overview of basic concepts and definitions related to the creation of CPG
  • • Overview of methods of creating CPG
  • • Basic principles of implementation and evaluation
  • • Economic aspects of CPG
  • • Principles of clinical audit
Literature
    required literature
  • JACOBS, Rowena, Peter SMITH and Andrew STREET. Measuring efficiency in health care : analytic techniques and health policy. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xvii, 243. ISBN 0521851440. info
  • PARSLEY, Karen and Philomena CORRIGAN. Quality improvement in healthcare : putting evidence into practice. 2nd ed. Cheltenham: Stanley Thornes, 1999, x, 399. ISBN 0748733558. info
    recommended literature
  • OECD (2023), Education at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/e13bef63-en.
    not specified
  • LÍČENÍK, Radim. Klinické doporučené postupy I. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013. ISBN 978-80-244-3983-9.
  • LÍČENÍK, R., KURFÜRST, P., IVANOVÁ, K. AGREE II: Nástroj pro hodnocení doporučených postupů pro výzkum a evaluaci. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 2013. ISBN 978-80-244-3836-8
  • LÍČENÍK, Radim. Klinické doporučené postupy : obecné zásady, principy tvorby a adaptace. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2009, 117 s. ISBN 9788024422657. info
Teaching methods
Seminar. Studying all mandatory publication
Assessment methods
REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN THE CREDIT:

1. 100 % attendance to seminars/practices during the semester.

2.Completion of tasks at the seminar.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/med/jaro2025/MZKKP0411s/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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