MGPS021p Psychosocial Care in Gerontology - lesson

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Juřeníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PaedDr. Mgr. Markéta Zapletalová, MBA (lecturer)
Bc. Tereza Polzer, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslava Kyasová, PhD., MBA
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Miroslava Kyasová, PhD., MBA
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Wed 14:30–16:10 F01B1/327
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
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand specifics of psychosocial care for patients with long-term illness, to understand specifics of psychosial care for patients with chronic illness, to understand specifics of psychosocial care for disabled patients, to understand specifics of psychosocial care for terminally ill patients. Simulation and practice psychosocial care with emphasis on autonomy and dignity of clients.
Syllabus
  • List of topics: 1)Basic concept of psychosocial care, multidisciplinary team, role of single profesions, basic principle of complex care. 2)Social relations in health care system. Psychology of health care enviroment. 3)Communication skills with chronic patients, simulation and practise of communication. 4)How to break bad new? Information of patients versus information of family. 5)Frustration and saturation of basic needs of chronic patients.Psychosocial aspects of pain. 6)Psychologial and sociological aspects of chronic illness. Rights of elderly. 7)Basic forms of psychologial help for patients with long term illness. 8)Methods, techniques and forms of psychosocial care. 9)Hospice movement and palliative care, multidisciplinary team in hospice care. 10)Psychoterapeutic forms of psychosocial care,reorientation,quality of life. 11)Euthanasia and asistance suicide, prevention of suicide. 12)Death and dying. 13)Counseling of bereaved people.
Literature
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, Naděžda. Zármutek a pomoc pozůstalým. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV. 267 s. ISBN 808586682X. 2001. info
  • VORLÍČEK, Jiří. Thanatologie - předmluva. Praha: Galén. 191 pp. ISBN 80-7262-034-7. 2000. info
  • VORLÍČEK, Jiří and Zdeněk ADAM. Paliativní medicína (Palliative Medicine). 1st ed. Praha: Grada Avicenum. 480 pp. Grada Publishing 1998. ISBN 80-7169-437-1. 1998. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Vážně nemocný mezi námi : [rady nemocným]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Avicenum. 107 s. 1989. URL info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Psychologická rehabilitace zdravotně postižených : jak zlepšovat psychický stav nemocných : [příručka pro zdravotnické pracovníky]. Praha: Avicenum, 1985. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
End of subject -oral test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
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