BAAP031c Health Psychology - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marcela Bendová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Hana Jahnová (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Hana Peterková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Marcela Bendová, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Marcela Bendová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course: Introducing and understanding the problems in the branch of healthcare and social 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 client prior to, during, and after a significant therapy;
Syllabus
  • Delinating basic notions of healtcare psychology;
  • Health and ilness;
  • Relation between a client and a mydwife;
  • Basic psychological care for outclients and for clients in hospital;
  • Psychosomatic approach and bio-psyho-eco-social approach;
  • Pain, anxiety, and fear;
  • Grieving and depression;
  • Mental crisis, critical intervention, burn-out syndrom;
  • Specifics of the psychological approach across the branches of medicine - gynaecology and obsterics, neonatology;
Literature
    required literature
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Vyd. 4., rozš. a přeprac. Praha: Portál, 2008, 870 s. ISBN 9788073674144. info
  • 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
    not specified
  • BOUČEK, Jaroslav. Lékařská psychologie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, 141 s. ISBN 8024415011. info
Teaching methods
Presentation of the personality of the student herself (basic anamnestic data, family, professional career and aims, hobbies) Active participation is expected, pairwork, teamwork.
Assessment methods
Requirements for finishing the lecture, form of the finishing colloquium. 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. Colloquium has a form of a written test, 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 the colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 7.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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