aVLPP11XX Palliative Care - seminar

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2023

The course is not taught in spring 2023

Extent and Intensity
0.2/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Ondřej Sláma, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Jitka Skládaná (assistant)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Ondřej Sláma, Ph.D.
Comprehensive Cancer Care Department – Institutions shared with the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Ondřej Sláma, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Comprehensive Cancer Care Department – Institutions shared with the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aVLFA0822p Pharmacology II - lec. && aVLNE9X1p Neurology - lecture && aVLPY9X1p Psychiatry - lect. && aVLDV7X1p Dermatovenerology - lecture && aVLAM9X1p Intensive care med. - lect. && aVLVL7X61c Internal medicine - part 1 && aVLVL9X62c Internal medicine part 2 && aVLVL9X63c Internal medicine part 3 && aVLVL9X64c Internal medicine part 4 && aVLVL9X65c Internal medicine part 5 && aVLIN9X22p Infectious diseases II && aVLON9X1p Clinical oncology - lec. && aVLCH9X33c Surgery III - practice && aVLCJ0888 Czech for Foreigners VIII
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
The subject Palliative care will provide in the form of pre-graduate practice a clinical experience of complex palliative care for a patient with advanced life-threatening illness (e.g. cancer, end-stage chronic renal failure, neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, multiple sclerosis and dementia syndrome). The practice will take place in specialized palliative care facilities: inpatient hospice, mobile/home hospice and outpatient clinic of palliative medicine.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: • communicate effectively about the needs and goals of care at the end of life, with the patient and his family • to control the physical and psychological symptoms of advanced disease: e.g. pain, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, depression, delirium • to work within a multidisciplinary team (cooperate with a nurse, social worker, psychologist, chaplain and other professionals)
Syllabus
  • • Basic principles of palliative care in clinical practice
  • • Clinical and ethical dilemmas in the care of end-of-life patients and their solutions
  • • Legal aspects of patient care at the end of life
  • • End-of-life communication with the patient (principles of supportive communication, reporting of adverse messages, serious diagnosis and prognosis discussions, planning of care)
  • • Palliative management of the most common symptoms of advanced disease: pain, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, depression, delirium
  • • Principles of multidisciplinary teamwork in palliative care
  • • Organization of palliative care in the Czech Republic
Literature
    recommended literature
  • VOLANDES, Angelo E. Umění rozhovoru o konci života. Translated by Lenka Kapsová, Illustrated by Petra Josefína Stibitzová. 1. vydání. V Praze: Cesta domů, 2015, 203 stran. ISBN 9788088126034. info
    not specified
  • SLÁMA, Ondřej, Ladislav KABELKA and Jiří VORLÍČEK. Paliativní medicína pro praxi. 2., nezměn. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2011, 363 s. ISBN 9788072628490. info
Teaching methods
• Interactive seminar • Clinical internship • Attending a meeting of the Musetidisciplinary Hospice Team
Assessment methods
• Credit (credit terms: 100% participation in practice)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 3.
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