MZKPT0422s Principles for Clinical Practice Guidelines Creation II - p

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Friessová (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Alena Langaufová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
MZKPT0321s Principles for Clinical Pract.
attendance at the lectures and seminars of Principles for Clinical Practice Guidelines I.
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
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) and guidelines for public health are an important part of the entire health care process. One of the important goals of CPG is ensuring and measuring the quality of health care. CPGs are thus an important tool for improving quality and providing safe health care. Standards of quality of care and protocols, which are currently widely used in the Czech Republic, should be based on high-quality CPGs produced preferably at the national level.

CPGs has many goals and functions:
• helping doctors and patients to make decisions
• dissemination of best clinical practice based on systematically evaluated evidence
• measuring and ensuring the quality of health care
• reducing disproportionate and unnecessary health care
• reducing unjustified differences between healthcare providers
• improving communication levels
• promoting ethical practice
• education of individuals and groups
• information resource for health care management
• reducing the risk of legal liability
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this course, the student will:
- know the basic concepts and methods of creating CPG,
- be able to explain the contribution of the population approach to the study of health and illness,
- being able to apply legal, economic and ethical aspects of CPG
Syllabus
  • General information about the course
  • Overview of methods of creation and evaluation of CPG
  • Overview of methods of KDP implementation
  • Legal aspects of CPG
  • Economic aspects of CPG
  • Ethical aspects of CPG
Literature
    not specified
  • LÍČENÍK, R., KURFÜRST, P., IVANOVÁ, K. AGREE II: Nástroj pro hodnocení doporučených postupů pro výzkum a evaluaci. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 2013. ISBN 978-80-244-3836-8.
  • SCHÜNEMANN H, J BROZEK, G. GUYATT, A. OXMAN, eds. GRADE handbook for grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. Updated October 2013. The GRADE Working Group, 2013. Dostupné z guidelinedevelopment.org/handbook.
  • LÍČENÍK, Radim. Klinické doporučené postupy I. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013. ISBN 978-80-244-3983-9.
Teaching methods
Lectures. Studying all mandatory literature
Assessment methods
REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN THE CREDIT:
1. 100 % attendance to seminars/practices during the semester.
2. Absences will be tolerated just due to medical reasons - Students must provide appropriate documentation or medical excuse. + Students must be aware that even with justified absences (medical explanation), a minimum of 80% attendance is required to obtain the credit. In case a student has more than 20 % justified/unjustified absences, he/she will have to repeat the course in the following school year.
3.Fulfillment of given tasks:
+ In case of unjustified absence (per each one), a 1,500-2,000 word seminar paper and a 5-8 minutes power point presentation on the seminar paper topic will be given. If the seminar paper is rejected due to deficiencies and it is not corrected and submitted again, the student will not fulfil with the subject’s requirements, and he / she will not get the credit (See Absence and latecomer policy, Academic misconduct, plagiarism detection and unethical issues).
4. Active participation during the seminars / practices / lectures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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