Bioethics and psychology III. - DA1104363

• Title: Bioethics and psychology III.
• Guaranteed by: Department of Medical Ethics and Humanities (13-711)
• Faculty: Second Faculty of Medicine
• Actual: from 2022 to 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 2
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:28/0, C [HS]
• Extent per academic year: 14 [weeks]
• Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Zielina, Ph.D.
• Pre-requisite : DA1108362, DA1109362
• Is pre-requisite for: DA1105461, DA1106003
• Is interchangeable with: DA1105364

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Zielina, Ph.D. (12.10.2023)

It is a compulsory study subject, which belongs to the subjects of profiling basis. By completing it, the student acquires knowledge and skills in the field of bioethics and psychology in health care, which are a prerequisite for further successful study in higher years. A holistic approach to the patient in the pursuit of his/her health includes not only the somatic dimension but also other dimensions (e.g. psychological, social, ethical), which are the focus of this course. Within the psychological dimension, students will be introduced to general (e.g., basic psychological phenomena), clinical psychology (e.g., disorders of emotion and behavior), personality psychology (e.g., intersubjective differences in personality structure), and psychosomatics. Within the social and ethical dimension, students will learn in particular about basic dilemmas concerning the life of the individual (e.g. birth, death, resource allocation, organ donation) and about legal and ethical standards in the provision of health care (e.g. informed consent, the institution of advance directives, principles of medical ethics). In this course, increased emphasis is placed on considering all dimensions (i.e., somatic, psychological, social, ethical) simultaneously through critical work with ethically controversial case studies drawn from the Czech health care system. Patient Centred Care (PCC) represents a shift in healthcare delivery where healthcare professionals should take significant account of the needs of their patients. In this course, students will learn about the psychosocial needs of patients, including their family systems. These needs are shaped and evolve with respect to sociodemographic criteria (e.g., age, gender, religion, ethnicity), psychosocial development (e.g., childhood, old age, gender), or value systems (e.g., normative ethics, current legislation). For physicians, the above-mentioned developments are compounded by the maxim to provide health care lege artis (e.g., informed consent, advance directives, code of ethics) in an effort to identify and articulate the needs of their patients in accordance with the principles of medical ethics of nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy, and justice). The goal is to jointly develop a treatment plan for the patient while making every effort to meet the patient's needs (he/she knows best what he/she wants) and maintaining all standards for health care delivery (the physician should know best how to achieve this). This goal is most easily achieved in the context of an excellent doctor-patient relationship (e.g., trust, empathy, truthful information).

Aim of the course

Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Zielina, Ph.D. (12.10.2023)

The main aim is to introduce psychological topics in the context of medicine. In particular, selected topics from general, developmental, medical and clinical psychology and health psychology. One strand presents the individual from a developmental perspective from childhood to adulthood to senior age. Another major line represents the work of clinical psychologists so that future physicians can appropriately indicate this type of examination and so that the best possible collaboration can occur. The last major line represents specific topics such as psychosomatics, chronic illness, psychotherapy and end-of-life communication.

Course completion requirements

Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Zielina, Ph.D. (12.10.2023)

Credit test - at least 70%.

Study materials are presentations on Moodle.

It will contain 25 questions with only one answer each time

correct.

There will be only 20 minutes for the test, and we will crack down on cheating. (the supervisor is always right).

Literature

Last update: Jan Kovář (01.07.2022)

Beauchamp T. L., Childress J. F. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013.

Marcum, J. A. An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine: Humanizing Modern Medicine. Springer Science & Business Media, Berlin, 2008.

Mitchell, T. W. Medical psychology and psychical research. Routledge, London, 2018.

Singer, P. A., VIENS, A. M. (Eds.). The Cambridge textbook of bioethics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008.

Steinbock, B. The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics. Oxford University Press, New York, 2007.

Taylor, J.S. Practical Autonomy and Bioethics. Routledge, New York, 2009.

Vaughn L. (ed.). Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases. Oxford University Press, New York, 2010.

Veatch R. M. (ed.). Medical Ethics. James Bartletts, Boston, 1989.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Zielina, Ph.D. (12.10.2023)

The course ends with a credit test.

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Zielina, Ph.D. (12.10.2023)

1. Introduction to the subject and methods of psychology, theoretical and applied disciplines of psychology, basic psychic phenomena (processes, contents and states) and concepts (unconscious, mentalization), other influences on the psyche (gender, culture, socio-economic status, bias)

2. Health and illness, health care errors (biopsychosocial model) - acceptance of diagnosis, adaptive mechanisms, risk and protective factors

3. Children and childhood - Basic milestones of PMV in children

4. Clinical-psychological examination in children - its possibilities and limits

5. Clinical-psychological examination in adults - its possibilities and limits

6. The doctor-patient relationship

7. Introduction to psychosomatics

8. Psychosomatic disorders, reactions to stress

9. Chronic illness - Chronic illness in the context of the family system

10. Pain and anxiety

11. Limits and possibilities of psychotherapy

12. Burn-out syndrome and relaxation methods

13. Communication at the end of life (loss, death, grieving process, illness of a loved one)