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Czech for Medical Practice in Hospital - EAP0103050
Title: Czech for Medical Practice in Hospital
Guaranteed by: Ústav jazyků (14-50)
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 1
E-Credits: 1
Examination process: winter s.:
summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unlimited (unknown)
summer:unknown / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
For type:  
Guarantor: Mgr. Dita Macháčková
PhDr. Tamara Kopřivová
Teacher(s): Mgr. Petra Kohoutová
PhDr. Tamara Kopřivová
Mgr. Dita Macháčková
Co-requisite : EAP0102050
Interchangeability : EAV050X09, EA0306002
Is incompatible with: EAV050X09
Is interchangeable with: EAV050X09
Annotation -
Czech for Medical Practice in Hospital
The course is aimed at using medical Czech in hospital. It helps students with communication with patients in hospital. Students deepen their knowledge from the subject Medical Terminology II - Czech, the emphasis is put on patient’s examination, taking personal and family history, taking past medical history (diseases,injuries, surgeries); understanding patient’s complaints, giving instructions and advice. Students are also encouraged to discuss the problems they meet in their practice in hospital (patient: misunderstanding, pronunciation problems, vocabulary..). The method of role play is often used for practising communication skills.
Last update: Duchková Barbora (11.09.2023)
Course completion requirements -

Winter term: credit: attendance (2 absences allowed), credit test (3 attempts, 70%) 

Summer term: credit: attendance (2 absences allowed), credit test (3 attempts, 70%)

Last update: Clareová Dagmar, BA (29.09.2025)
Literature -

 

Obligatory literature: I. Čermáková: Talking medicine (Czech for Medical Students); Karolinum 2018

                              Teacher’s own materials

Recommended literature: I. Čermáková, T. Bakusová: Talking medicine 2 Case Studies in Czech; Karolinum 2021

 

Last update: Kopřivová Tamara, PhDr. (22.06.2023)
Requirements to the exam -

active participation, 2 absences allowed, credit test

Last update: Kopřivová Tamara, PhDr. (26.09.2024)
Syllabus -

Topics:    

Case Histories according to Medical Specialties:

                                                                           Cardiology

                                                                           Gastroenterology

                                                                           Urology and Gynaecology

                                                                            Pneumology

                                                                            Allergology

                                                                            Neurology

                                                                            Ophthalmology   

                                                                            ENT

 Accidents and Injuries.

 From the language point of view the stress is put on understanding the patient, the ability to ask questions and giving instructions, practising listening and speaking (communicative skills). 

 Grammar:

 Grammar is practised according to the students’ needs.

Last update: Kohoutová Petra, Mgr. (11.09.2025)
Learning resources - Czech

Čeština on-line

Last update: Křikavová Lenka, Ing. (26.04.2021)
Learning outcomes -

After completing the course, students will be able to:

•    use instructions when examining a patient (imperative, modal verbs); 

•    ask patients questions and understand their answers;    

•    use basic communication phrases to conduct a simple dialogue with the patient and keep       
       the patient on topic;   

•    take the patient's cardiovascular, urological, gastroenterological, ENT, respiratory,   
      gynecological, neurological, and ophthalmological history (basic questions in a simple 
      form); 

•    use compensatory strategies to prevent misunderstandings and achieve communication 
       goals; 

•    respond to patients in a manner appropriate to the sociocultural context; 

•    recognize and name basic medical tools and instruments, explain their purpose.    

Notes:

•    The output level corresponds to level A2 according to the CEFR + language specifics for specific purposes; 

•    the student is able to communicate using simple sentences and understands their communication partner if they also use simple sentences. If the communication partner uses more complex sentence structures, the student is able to pick up key words in order to understand basic factual information.

Last update: Clareová Dagmar, BA (29.09.2025)
 
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