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Lékařská psychologie a etika syllabus.pdf | Syllabus Medical Psychology and Ethics | Alena Korelusová |
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Psychological aspects of medicine. Communication skills. Crisis intervention. Conveying the diagnosis of a serious disease. Chronic and old patient in medical care. Family issues, family therapy. Nonverbal communication. Psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy. Ethical aspects of medicine. Troubles and conflicts in doctor - patients communication.
Last update: Korelusová Alena (23.09.2021)
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Credit for winter semester: Attendance at the practice (1absence in the semester)+ 1 essay Credit for the summer semester: Attendance at the practice (1absence in the semester) + essay or participation in the student´s activity/ in the survey. It is possible to sit the exam not earlier than after obtaining of both credits. Details for the given academic year are always published in the study platform MOODLE. Last update: Korelusová Alena (18.07.2025)
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Introduction to medical psychology. Doctor - patient communication, Beran. J.,Praha, Universita Karlova 2005. Medical Humanities, An introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2015. Thomas R. Cole, Nathan Carlin, Ronald A. Carson Psychology for medicine, SAGE 2011, Susan Ayers, Richard de Visser Last update: Korelusová Alena (05.01.2023)
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Aktivní účast. Last update: Buriánková Martina, Mgr. (25.10.2019)
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Medical Psychology and Ethics Annotation: Psychological aspects of medicine. Communication skills. Crisis intervention. Conveying the diagnosis of a serious disease. Chronic and old patient in medical care. Family issues, family therapy. Nonverbal communication. Psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy. Ethical aspects of medicine. Troubles and conflicts in doctor - patients communication. Syllabus: 1. A complex view of a patient:the biopsycholosocial model of disease. Psychotherapy and medicine:the integration of psychotherapy into medicine. The psychotherapeutic approach: a targeted use of communication skills and doctor – patient relationship in clinical practice. 2. The relationship between the doctor and the patient : contribution of M. Balint to understanding problems in the doctor – patient relationship. 3. Basic communication skills: listening,empathy,understanding,interpretation,interest and support advice and counselling.Integration of communication skills. 4. Nonverbal communication between doctor and patient : verbal,nonverbal and paraverbal components of communication. Description and classification of nonverbal behaviour. Application of the study of nonverbal bahaviour in doctor-patient interaction. 5. Anamnesis (a case history ) aimed at patient’s psychological problems:examples of forms of specific anamnestic question (e.g.open introductory question, „ yes – no“ questions, questions about patient’s opinion etc.) 6. Doctor - patient interview: history taking versus doctor – patient interview ( dialogue), defining the framework of the interview, specially oriented interview (e.g. crisis intervertion, conveying the diagnosis of a serious disease,approach to depressive patiens etc.) 7. Supportive psychotherapy : introduction, definition, basic characteristics of supportivepsychotherapy. 8. Supportive psychotherapy as an independent method of treatment: e.g. in problem situations of life, in a crisis of life values etc. 9. Psychogical aspects of pharmacotherapy: psychological factors on the side of the doctor and on the side of the patient, psychotherapy and psycho – pharmacotherapy.Placebo effect. 10. Problem situations ( complications) in communication between the doctor and the patient: factors on the side of the doctor, patient and his /her family. 11. Lifespan approach to human development: newborn,long term effects of early experience, maternal deprivation, hospitalisation of children . Adolescence,development tasks, development of identity,sex roles. Ageing,development tasks, adjustment to losses associated with old age , abnormal ageing. 12.Personality: definition,personality development, introversion /extraversion,personality disorders.Inteligence: definition, IQ , mental retardation. 13. Pain : psychogenic pain, gate – control theory, endorphins ,assessment methods, chronic pain managment. 14. Sleep : stages of sleep, functions of sleep,dreaming, sleep disorders ,sleep hygiene. Mental hygiene and selfcare. Prevention of burnout syndrome. 15. Social psychology: relevance of social priciples to medicine,behaviour in groups , sick role. Mental health programmes. 16. Psychotherapy : definition ( e.g. dynamic, behavioural,cognitive). 17. Family issues : parenting, violence and sexual abuse, family therapy. 18. Sexual function and dysfunction : psychological influences, cultural influences, therapeutic interventions. Transgenders. 19. Addition : alcoholism and drug addiction, sociocultural and psychological factors, treatment and prevention programmes. 20. Normal versus abnormal behaviour : classification of abnormal behaviour ( anxiety,somatoform disorder,dissociative disorder,depression, obsessive – compulsive disoreder, psychosis,dementia ). Summary Subject Medical psychology and communication is included into the programme of third year General Medicine Course. In the winter semester there are three hours of lectures ewery week and one hour of practice training (seminars) scheduled as a two-hours practical seminars every two weeks.Each study group has separate time for practice training. Beside the mandatory attendance in practical seminars in both semesters (1 absence in a semester is allowed), the condition for achieving the credit in the winter semester is the written work – a scientific essay (more info find in MOODLE). The topic is the matter of students choice.To achieve a credit for the the summer semester, student is to submit the second written work – essay or to participate at the scientific activity/survay . Lectures and practice training (seminars) are elaborating topics according syllabus. Practice training is based on specific problems from the clinical medicine e.g. informing, psychological quidance, counselling, communication with handicapped etc. During practice training we use role playing, video feedback and small goups dynamics. Students are sharing their experiences from clinical training and from literature dealing with psychology topics. The goal of this teaching programme is support of humanisation of medicine, sensibilisation of students to psychological aspects of clinical medicine and training of communication in specific situations of medical practice.
Last update: Korelusová Alena (22.07.2025)
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Subject Medical Psychology and Ethics is included into the programme of the third year of General Medicine Course. Beside the mandatory attendance in practical seminars, the condition for achieving the credit in the winter semester is the written work – a scientific essay in the field of medical psychology and/or ethics. A particular topic is the matter of students choice. In the summer semester, student cooses between the options to submit the second written work – essay or to participate at the scientific activity/survay . Meeting these conditions is necessary to obtain credit for the relevant semester. Lectures and practical seminars are elaborating topics according syllabus. Practical teaching is based on specific problems from the clinical medicine, e.g.informing, psychological quidance, counselling, communication with handicapped etc. During the practical training we use role playing, video feedback and small goups dynamics. Students are sharing their experiences from clinical training and from literature dealing with psychology and ethics topics. Last update: Korelusová Alena (22.07.2025)
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