VLPP11Xpp Paliative care

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Josef Drbal (lecturer)
MUDr. Markéta Hanušová (lecturer)
MUDr. Ladislav Kabelka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Eva Létalová (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jan Maláska, Ph.D., EDIC (lecturer)
MUDr. Lukáš Pochop (lecturer)
MUDr. Ondřej Sláma, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Lucie Světláková (lecturer)
MUDr. Jiří Šedo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Marcela Tomíšková (lecturer)
MUDr. Dobromila Vrabcová (lecturer)
Mgr. Eliška Chlupová (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)
VLSP03X Individual project && VLPD1033c Pediatrics III-practice && ( VLPG9X1 Gynecol. and obst. || VLPG1022p Gynec/Obstet II lecture ) && VLAM9X1p Intensive care med. - lect. && VLNE9X1p Neurology - lecture && ( VLON9X1p Clinical oncology || VLON091 Clinical oncology ) && VLPY9X1p Psychiatry - lect. && VLCH9X33c Surgery III - practicals && ( VLIN9X22p Infectious diseases II || VLIN9X22 Infectious diseases II ) && VLVL101 Internal.medicine -lec. && VLOZ1044 Public health IV && VLAM9X1p Intensive care med. - lect. && VLPX102t Vacational training GYN/OBST && VLAJ0222 English 1 II -p && ( VLLT0222 Bas. Med. Terminol. II -p || VLLT0222s Bas. Med. Terminol. II -s ) && VLTZ0754 Theor.Bases of Clinical Med IV && VYCET(3, VLADV071 Selected chapters of childhood anatomy , VLAF091 Appl. and clinical pharmacolgy , VLAL081 Anaesth. and Tr. of Pain I , VLIA081 Clin.immunol. alergol. , VLKB091 Clinical Biochemistry , VLKF091 Clinical Pharmacology , VLNO071 Ophthalmology news , VLPM071 Legal Aspects in Medicine , VLPM081 Palliative Medicine , VLRL081 Medicinal plants , VLTL081 Sports Medicine , VLAT081 Fundament.of AntimicrobTherap )
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 be implemented in specialized palliative care facilities: inpatient hospice, mobile / home hospice and ambulance of palliative medicine.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
• communicate effectively about the needs and goals of care at the end of life, with the patient and his family
• mitigate the physical and psychological symptoms of advanced disease: e.g. pain, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, depression, delirium
• schedule organizational providing of palliative care using other services (cooperation with a social worker, psychologist, clergyman, bed and home hospice)
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
  • SLÁMA, Ondřej and Ladislav KABELKA. Paliativní medicína pro praxi. Třetí, přepracované a ro. Praha: Galén, 2022, 352 stran. ISBN 9788074926273. 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
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Interaktivní seminář má v IS MU rozvrhovou informaci, student absolvuje 2 semináře dle barevného SRZ rozpisu. Praxi z paliativní péče (VLPP11Xpp) student vykoná v jednom z 4 týdnů barevného SRZ rozpisu (přihlašování do seminární skupiny přes MUDr. Slámu).
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, autumn 2020, spring 2021, autumn 2021, spring 2022, autumn 2022, spring 2023, autumn 2023, spring 2024, autumn 2024.
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