aVLOZ0943c Public Health III - practice

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Bohdana Rezková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Marie Kolářová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. MUDr. Jindřich Fiala, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Forejt, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Eva Pernicová, MBA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Kateřina Novohradská (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Anton Drobov (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kamila Jančeková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zlata Kapounová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Krobot (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Robert Vysoký, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Zelenková (seminar tutor)
Ing. Veronika Išová (assistant)
Mgr. Aleš Peřina, Ph.D. (assistant)
MUDr. Petr Smejkal (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
aVLOZ0943c/30: Mon 20. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308, Tue 21. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308, Wed 22. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308, Thu 23. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308, Fri 24. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308
aVLOZ0943c/31: Mon 16. 9. 13:30–18:30 viz studijní materiály/see study materials, Tue 17. 9. 13:30–18:30 viz studijní materiály/see study materials, Wed 18. 9. 13:30–18:30 viz studijní materiály/see study materials, Thu 19. 9. 13:30–18:30 viz studijní materiály/see study materials, Fri 20. 9. 13:30–18:30 viz studijní materiály/see study materials
aVLOZ0943c/32: Mon 20. 1. 14:30–19:30 C15/308, Tue 21. 1. 14:30–19:30 C15/308, Wed 22. 1. 14:30–19:30 C15/308, Thu 23. 1. 14:30–19:30 C15/308, Fri 24. 1. 14:30–19:30 C15/308
aVLOZ0943c/33: Mon 13. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308, Tue 14. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308, Wed 15. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308, Thu 16. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308, Fri 17. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308
aVLOZ0943c/34: Mon 6. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308, Tue 7. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308, Wed 8. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308, Thu 9. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308, Fri 10. 1. 14:00–19:00 C15/308
aVLOZ0943c/35: Mon 6. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308, Tue 7. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308, Wed 8. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308, Thu 9. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308, Fri 10. 1. 8:00–13:00 C15/308
Prerequisites
aVLOZ0642p Public Health II - lecture && aVLFA0822c Pharmacology II -pr.
aVLOZ0642p, aVLOZ0642c
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 course is focused on a deeper acquaintance with selected topics in the field of public health, specifically in the field of preventive medicine, vaccinology and special epidemiology.

The AIMS OF TEACHING are:

- the acquisition of knowledge of such lifestyle recommendations and their adjustment, which will lead to a reduction in the risk of diseases and disorders, to an improvement in health and an increase in endurance and fitness, or to a reduction in the need for medicines and an improvement in disease,

- acquaintance with methods of examination of individual risks and obtaining information about the current lifestyle of an individual,

- gaining knowledge of general recommendations based on EBD principles,

- obtaining competencies in the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases, focusing on the most common or most serious community-related and healthcare-associated infections,

- understanding the patterns affecting the occurrence of infections - economic, environmental, social or cultural influences,

- getting acquainted with the current epidemiological situation in the Czech Republic and in the world and with the possibilities of abuse of agents of infections,

- to acquire the fundamentals of vaccination, focusing on the importance of vaccination and the safety of vaccines.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:

- understand of the importance of lifestyle-oriented prevention counselling.
- provide individualized counselling that will reduce the risk of disease and health disorders, improve health and increase resistance and fitness, or reduce the need for medications and improve the disease.
- use nutritional counselling methods to prevent obesity,
- apply knowledge of the incidence and transmission of infectious diseases in the provision of preventive and repressive anti-epidemic measures at the community level and in healthcare facilities,
- understand the determinants of infectious diseases and enter the secrets of the epidemic and pandemic spread of infections,
- use vaccination to prevent infections in their medical practice, including knowledge of reasoning on the general public.
Syllabus
  • Topics in the block:
  • 1. Prevention of obesity and nutritional counselling
  • 2. Lifestyle-oriented counselling in the prevention and primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
  • 3. Special epidemiology I
  • A. Water and food-borne infections.
  • B. HIV, sexually transmitted infections, viral hepatitis.
  • 4. Special epidemiology II
  • A. Environmental changes and their impact on the spread of infections.
  • B. Respiratory tract infections. Highly contagious infections and biological weapons.
  • 5. Vaccination preventable infections, vaccination.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Present knowledge in nutrition. Edited by John W. Erdman - Ian MacDonald - Steven H. Zeisel. 10th ed. Ames, Iowa: International Life Sciences Institute, 2012. xxii,1305. ISBN 9780470959176.
  • Physical activity and obesity. Edited by Claude Bouchard - Peter T. Katzmarzyk. 2nd ed. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2010. xxi, 409. ISBN 9780736076357.
  • Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans - 2nd edition. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2018, 118 pp. https://health.gov/paguidelines/second-edition/pdf/Physical_Activity_Guidelines_2nd_edition.pdf
  • Global recommendations on Physical Activity for Health (2011). https://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/factsheet_recommendations/en/
  • 2016 European guidelines on CD prevention in clinical practice. European Heart Journal (2016) 37, 2315–2381. www.athero.cz/media/1542/2016-esc-eas-eacpr.pdf
  • World Cancer Research Fund International: Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective - The Third Expert Report. London, UK, World Cancer Research Fund International; 2018 Available from: https://www.wcrf.org/dietandcancer
  • https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/en/
  • Bonita R, Beaglehole R, Kjellström: Basic epidemiology. 2nd edition. Geneva - Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2006.
  • Farmer R, Lawrenson R, Miller D: Epidemiology and public health medicine. 5th edition. Oxford - U.K.: Blackwell Publishing; 2004.
  • https://www.cdc.gov
  • 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
    not specified
  • 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
seminars, group work with discussion, group project
Assessment methods

A. REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN THE CREDIT (SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COURSE):

To be awarded credit for the course, the student must obtain a MINIMUM of 26 POINTS generated and registered in the IS.

THE STUDENT CAN GET POINTS:

1. IN TEACHING:

- for the fulfilment of obligatory tasks given by the teacher of the lesson and submitted to the "Homework vault" (specified in the   Interactive syllabus) - 1 point

- for participation in the lesson - 2 points

The maximum number of points that a student can get during the teaching block is 15 points.

2. FROM THE FINAL TEST

The maximum number of points that a student can get from the test is 20.


B. FINAL TEST INFORMATION:

1.   Each student must register in the Information System (IS) in one of the offered final test terms. The final test has fixed examination terms/dates. No extra terms will be given.

2.   Students registered to a final 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).

3.   In case the student does not get a sufficient number of points from the final test for the credit, he/she can repeat the test TWICE and only in the announced terms.

4.   In case the student does not get a sufficient number of points even in the third attempt (second repetition), he/she must repeat the subject in the following semester/academic year.

5.   All final test questions are based on ALL REQUIRED LITERATURE, seminars and presentation.

6. The final test is a written examination → 20 multiple choice question test, with only one correct answer.

  Correct answer = 1 point.
  No answer = 0 point.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023.
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