BROP011p General psychology and psychology of sick man - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. MVDr. Leoš Landa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Tomáš Kašpárek, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Vlasta Břicháčková
Supplier department: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:00 KOM S117
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 are: understaning and explaining the basic terminology; adequate use of information about mental processes, states and qualities of an individual; grasping basic psychological methods; Introducing and understanding the problems in the branch of healthcare and physicians' 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 patient prior to, during, and after a significant therapy;
Syllabus
  • Psychology as a science about a person, psychological scientific disciplines; Basic methods in psychology; Basic terminology - psyche, consciousness, the unconscious, experiencing, behaviour, mental processes, mental states and processes; Thinking and speech; Memory; Attention; Emotions and feelings; Volitional action. Human activity; Motivation; Conflict and conflict situations; Delinating basic notions of healtcare and physicians' psychology; Health and ilness; Psychological problems of an ill person. Relation between a patient and a healthcare specialist; Basic psychological care for outpatients and for patients in hospital; Psychosomatic approach and bio-psyho-eco-social approach; Pain, anxiety, and fear; Grieving and depression. Thanatology; Mental crisis, critical intervention, burn-out syndrom; Specifics of the psychological approach across the branches of medicine - gynaecology and obsterics, neonatology;
Literature
    required literature
  • 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
    recommended literature
  • BOUČEK, Jaroslav. Lékařská psychologie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, 141 s. ISBN 8024415011. info
  • PLHÁKOVÁ, Alena. Učebnice obecné psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 472 s. ISBN 9788020014993. info
Teaching methods
Type of teaching - lecture - 1 hour, practise - 1 hour. Requirements for the finishing of exam, form of finishing: credit - 80 per cent participation on the teaching. Active participation is expected, pairwork, teamwork.
Assessment methods
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. Exam has a form of a written test and oral exam, 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 exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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