Course: Medical psychology 1

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Course title Medical psychology 1
Course code KPS/ZPP1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kroupová Lenka, Mgr.
  • Ratislavová Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kosíková Věra, PhDr. et PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Female psychology, development to womanhood. Psychology of pregnant women, psychoprophylaxis. Adverse psycho-social factors affecting pregnancy. Psychological issues of miscarriage, abortions. Delivery as a difficult life situation. Partner present at the delivery, support of a woman in labour. Stillbirth, psycho-therapeutic work with the family. Psychological issues of work with the family to which a child with a congenital development defect was born. Psychology of puerperium. Balint groups, development of empathy, self-knowledge. Crisis intervention in the work of midwifes, psychotherapy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of general, social, developmental psychology, personality psychology and psychopathology.
learning outcomes
Explain the differences in individual development towards masculinity and femininity
to describe the psyche of a woman in connection with the reproduction cycle
to describe the female psyche in the individual trimesters of pregnancy
to identify defensive mental mechanisms during childbirth
to analyze psychosocial factors that affect pregnancy, birth and puerperium and affect the health of women
vote psychological methods of pain relief
Skills
prakticky realizovat účast v supervizní skupině v semináři, prakticky realizovat sebereflexi v průběhu cvičení, projevovat empatii v modelových situacích
prakticky realizovat účast v supervizní skupině v semináři prakticky realizovat sebereflexi v průběhu cvičení projevovat empatii v modelových situacích
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Interactive lecture
Practicum
Discussion
assessment methods
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Jobánková, Marta. Kapitoly z psychologie pro zdravotnické pracovníky. Vyd. 3., nezměn. Brno : Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2003. ISBN 80-7013-390-2.
  • Ratislavová, Kateřina. Aplikovaná psychologie porodnictví. 1. vyd. Praha : Reklamní atelier Area, 2008. ISBN 978-80-254-2186-4.
  • Vymětal J. Lékařská psychologie. Praha, 2003.
  • Zacharová, Eva; Hermanová, Miroslava,; Šrámková, Jaroslava. Zdravotnická psychologie : teorie a praktická cvičení. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2068-5.


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