Course detail

Psychology in Healthcare

FEKT-XPZDAcad. year: 2010/2011

The course is devided into four basic components. In the first one, students will be given fundamental knowledge of disciplines of psychology, psychological terminology and psychlogical way of thinking. In the second one, stress factors and managing the pressure will be discussed. In the third one, students will be given information on the issue of disease and health. And in the fourth one, some fields of medical psychology will be discussed - e.g. how to behave to patients, the right way of interviewing patients, aspects of clinical categories of fear, anxiety, aggressiveness etc.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Martin Jílek

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Oral exam - range of knowledge according to series of lectures and recommended literature required.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified ¨ in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every year.

Course curriculum

Introduction to psychology, stress and managing pressure, psychology of health, psychology of disease, medical psychology - aspects of the doctor-patient interaction, interviewing the patient and close relatives, psychological care about out- and in-patients, psychological aspects of approach to pain and psychosomatic diseases, anxiety and fear, aggressiveness, dying, death and sorrow.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Giving further information on psychology, improving students´adaptation on medical environment, giving knowledge of psychology and related skills of the kind to be capable of making decisions relating to medical enviroment.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Determination controlled education and way its application are established by yearly clean public notice.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Vymětal, J.: Lékařská psychologie, Praha, Portál, 2003.

Recommended reading

Plháková, A.: Učebnice obecné psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2003.
Hartl, P., Hartlová, H.: Psychologický slovník. Praha: Portál, 2000

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BTBIO-F Master's

    branch F-BTB , 1. year of study, winter semester, general knowledge
    branch F-BTB , 2. year of study, winter semester, general knowledge

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Jílek

Syllabus

1. Introduction to psychology - fundamentals of cognitive psychology, psychology of emotions and motivation, social psychology, individuality psychology.
2. Stress and managing pressure - frustration, kinds of defence mechanism, burn-out syndrom.
3. Psychology of health, psychology of disease.
4. Medical psychology - aspects of the doctor-patient interaction, interviewing the patient and close relatives, psychological care about out- and in-patients, psychological aspects of approach to pain and psychosomatic diseases, anxiety and fear, aggressiveness, dying, death and sorrow.