Course: Paliative Medicine 2

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Course title Paliative Medicine 2
Course code HEO/VC031
Organizational form of instruction Exercise + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Faber Edgar, prof. MUDr. CSc.
  • Urbanová Renata, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Hošťálková Marta, ThLic. PhDr. Th.D., Ph.D.
  • Kirchnerová Martina, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Tvrdoň Stanislav, Bc. MBA
  • Fritscherová Šárka, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Hálek Jan, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Vrublová Martina, MUDr.
Course content
The content of the course consists of seminars, from which students will take away the skill of breaking bad news according to the SPIKES protocol, i.e., sensitively and respecting the patient, they will be able to react to the emotions of patients and their families and manage them. The training will be provided in an interactive form (playing games); students will try delivering a message, but also the role of the patient. Practical bedside sessions will take place at the Department of Hemato-oncology of the University Hospital Olomouc, at the Department of Long-term Acute Care of the Olomouc Military Hospital, at the Hospice na sv.Kopečku, and at the mobile hospice Strom života. The teachers will be doctors, palliative care physicians from hospitals and hospices, a chaplain, and a social worker.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to teach students to recognize the palliative needs of oncological and non-oncological patients, to teach them to communicate the transition from curative to palliative treatment, and to acquaint them with the legal and ethical basics of palliative care. Students will learn to alleviate the disease symptoms and patients' fears at the end of life. Students will be introduced to the concept of teamwork, which means the cooperation of the attending physician, palliative care physician, social worker, chaplain, psychologist, and the patient's family. The course will teach students to identify the preferences and wishes of patients. Students will get to know mobile hospice care and its benefits.
Students will be prepared to take care of the terminally ill patient. They will be able to perceive the patient's needs, listen to them, and communicate the prognosis of diseases. Students will prepare for their own responses to challenging situations and will be able and willing to learn from other team members.
Prerequisites
Good theoretical and practical knowledge and skills of clinical propedeutics.
CH0/VCA11 and FAR/VCA13

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance

Participation in seminars and practical teaching 80%, preparation of an essay and a case report
Recommended literature
  • Aberger, K., Wang, D. (2020). Paliativní medicína pro nemocniční lékaře. Kazuistiky z každodenní praxe. Praha: Cesta domů.
  • Gřiva, M. (2018). Paliativní péče v kardiologii: racionální přístup u pracientů v pokročilé fázi kardiologických onemocnění. Praha: Triton.
  • Kabelka, L. (2017). Geriatrická paliativní péče. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Kalvach, Z. (2019). Manuál paliativní péče o umírající pacienty: pomoc při rozhodování v paliativní nejistotě.. Praha: Cesta domů.
  • Sochor, M., Závadová, I., Sláma, O. (2019). Paliativní péče v onkologii. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Szonowská, B. (2019). Paliativa v nefrologii: podpůrná a paliativní péče u pacientů s onemocněním ledvin.. Praha: Maxdorf.
  • Volandes, A.E. (2015). Umění rozhovoru o konci života. Praha: Cesta domů.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2018) Category: Medical sciences 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2021) Category: Medical sciences 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2019) Category: Medical sciences 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Summer