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Fundamentals of Communication, Psychology and Ethics in Medicine

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 450-2086/02
Abbreviation ZKPaEvL
Course title Fundamentals of Communication, Psychology and Ethics in Medicine
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator PhDr. Radka Bužgová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures
1.-2. Introduction to general psychology.
3-4. Introduction to Social Psychology.
5-6. Introduction to Developmental Psychology.
7-8. Introduction to Medical Psychology.
9. The subject of ethics, the importance of ethics for a health worker. Contemporary Ethics. Sources of Medical Ethics: The Hippocratic Oath and the Jewish-Christian Tradition (Moral Christian Ten).
10. Ethical aspects of medical practice. Ethical duties of a health worker.
11. Relationship between legal and ethical standards (right to information, duty of confidentiality).
12. Patient rights.
13. Ethical aspects of communication.
14. Verbal communication. Paralingism, Communication barriers.
15. Rules of Effective Communication, Nonverbal Communication.
16. Empathy. Active listening. Devaluation and evaluation in communication.
17. Communication in multidisciplinary team, Telephone and electronic communication.
18. Communication with the patient\'s family - information, legal aspects, mandatory confidentiality.
19. Communication with children. Communication with seniors. Communicating with patients with dementia.
20. Communicating with an aggressive patient. Communicating with patients with visual impairment. Communicating with patients with hearing impairment

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en

Literature

1. Health care ethics : critical issues for the 21st century. Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2009. xiv, 441 s. ISBN 9780763745264 
2. HYLAND, M. E., DONALDSON, M. L. Psychological Care in Nursing Practice. London : Scutari Press,1989. ISBN 1-8713- 6404-3.

Advised literature

1. Alan Cribb. Health and the good society : setting healthcare ethics in social context. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2005.xiv, 236 s. 9780199242733.
2. Linda Brannon, Jess Feist. Health psychology : an introduction to behavior and health. Belmont : Wadsworth, c2004. xxii, 593 s. : il. ISBN 0534506003