aVLPI101 Palliative care in the intensive Care Unit

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Jan Maláska, Ph.D., EDIC (lecturer)
MUDr. Jana Djakow, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Tomáš Doležal, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor), doc. MUDr. Jan Maláska, Ph.D., EDIC (deputy)
MUDr. Tereza Prokopová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. MUDr. MgA. Kateřina Rusinová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), doc. MUDr. Jan Maláska, Ph.D., EDIC (deputy)
MUDr. Ondřej Sláma, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Jan Maláska, Ph.D., EDIC
Department of Anaestesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. MUDr. Jan Maláska, Ph.D., EDIC
Supplier department: Department of Anaestesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aVLLP0633c Clinical Introduction III - p || VLLP0633c Clinical Introduction III - practice
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
1. Understanding of principles of general palliative care in the ICU 2. Understanding of ethical principles and legal framework regarding end-of-life decisions 3. Knowledge and attidudes in the communication about goals of treatments 4. Principles of patient and family-centered care in the intensive care 5. How are the the intensive care experienced from the perspectives of different stakeholders? 5. Basic of management of patients not admitted to ICU
Syllabus
  • 1. General palliative care in the ICU 2. End-of-life decisions – legal and ethical framework 3. Setting and communication about goals of treatments 4. Practical approach to limit organ support 5. Patient and family-centered care in the intensive care 6. End-of-life in the paediatric ICU 7. Management of patients not admitted to the ICU 8. Q&A
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
credits
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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