LF:MNPV081c Psychology of Nutrition - Course Information
MNPV081c Psychology of Nutrition - practice
Faculty of MedicineSpring 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D.
Department of Human Nutrition – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Human Nutrition – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine - Timetable
- Wed 14:00–16:40 A21/108
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- MPDV071 Developmental Psychology
- 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
- Nutrition therapist for child nutrition and Nutrition therapist for adult nutrition (programme LF, N-SZ)
- Course objectives
- At the end of this course the student will be able to use information on the complex relations bio-psycho-social factors that come into the complex process of regulation of human behavior and apply them in nutrition counseling, education and treatment.
- Syllabus
- Students will learn various explanatory models of motivation of human behavior, which is currently the most benefits, then these findings through practice interviews or case series analysis applied to specific clinical topics. Theoretical and practice blocks are mutually penetrate and logically run consecutively. Students will learn basic psychotherapeutic skills and ways of thinking that are necessary for any field of helping professions. They learn to holistic think about the possible causes of overweight and obesity spreads so its therapeutic potential for job nutritionist. Become familiar with new concepts and knowledge that brings current research in the field. Try and practice basic communication skills of every nutritionist and learn basic theoretical guidance motivational interviewing.
- Literature
- FRAŇKOVÁ S. - ODEHNAL J. - PAŘÍZKOVÁ J. Výživa a vývoj osobnosti dítěte, Praha: HZ Editio , 2000,200 s.
- FRAŇKOVÁ, Slávka and Věra DVOŘÁKOVÁ-JANŮ. Psychologie výživy a sociální aspekty jídla. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2003, 256 s. ISBN 8024605481. info
- PROCHASKA, James O. and John C. NORCROSS. Psychoterapeutické systémy : průřez teoriemi. Praha: Grada, 1999, 479 s. ISBN 8071697664. info
- Teaching methods
- exercises, class discussion
- Assessment methods
- final group project, credit
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2015, recent)
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