Course: Management, Ethics, Law and Social Aspects of Dentistry

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Course title Management, Ethics, Law and Social Aspects of Dentistry
Course code PVL/ZAA12
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
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)
  • Horáková Dagmar, prof. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Tučková Dagmar, PaedDr. Mgr. Ph.D. et Ph.D.
  • Menšík Michal, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Management of health care, ethics in health care, basis legal norms, economics and social medicin and its content.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Cílem předmětu je seznámit studenty se základy zdravotnického a stomatologického managementu, s ekonomikou, legislativou, etikou a sociálními aspekty souvisejícími s poskytováním zdravotních služeb se zaměřením na zubní lékařství. Obsahem předmětu jsou základní principy zdravotnických systémů v mezinárodním srovnání (v ČR a vybraných zemích světa), globální zdraví, mezinárodní spolupráce v oblasti zdraví a stomatologické péče a metody organizace a řízení zdravotní a stomatologické péče, včetně základů zdravotní politiky, legislativy a ekonomiky s důrazem na zubní praxi včetně soukromé praxe. V rámci předmětu jsou rovněž prezentovány základní principy epidemiologického výzkumu s důrazem na Evidence-Based Dentistry, včetně implementace nejlepšího dostupného vědeckého důkazu do klinické stomatologické praxe a jeho využití i v preventivní péči. Procvičení základů efektivní komunikace zahrnuje také etické principy v práci zubních lékařů a dalších zdravotnických pracovníků ve stomatologické praxi. Studenti jsou vedeni k multikulturnímu přístupu k lidem s odlišnými kulturními a sociálními zkušenostmi.
After participating in this subject the students should be able to know and practically apply basic administrative of a dentist, know how to carry assets evidence, tax evidence, evidence of their ingoings and outgoings. They should also know the legal acts that are applied for the profession of their assistant, evidence for health insurance companies, social security office and financial institution. They should be able to carry on activities connected evidence of incomes and outgoings based on the tax law and other important legal acts. They should also be able to carry on the activities connected with payment of their products including possible use of media, know the dates and fervency of payments, economical control. Another part should be the ability of ethical approach of a dentist and knowledge of ethical codex's, dilemmas and decision making in both economical and every day sphere.
Prerequisites
Overview of the health system and ethical pre-understanding.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

100% attendance and an activity at seminars. Test
Recommended literature
  • Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
  • Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (IHIS).
  • Power-point presentations used for the lessons.
  • Selected electronic sources (links provided during the lessons).
  • World Dental Federation (WDF).
  • World Health Organization (WHO).
  • Boslaugh, S. E. (2013). Health Care Systems around the World. Sage.
  • Fairman, D., Chigas, D., McClintock, E., Drager, N. (2012). Negotiating Public Health in a Globalized World. Springer.
  • FOLLAND, Sherman, Allen C. GOODMAN a Miron STANO. (2017). The economics of health and health care. International Edition, 8th edition. London: Routledge.
  • Silverman, D. (2010). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. Sage Publications Ltd.
  • Silverman, J., Kurtz, S., Draper, J. (2013). Skills for Communicating with Patients. Radcliffe Medical Press.
  • THOMAS, M. S., MCCUE, M. J., GLICK, N. D., ZELMAN, W. N. (2020). Financial Management of Health Care Organizations: An Introduction to Fundamental Tools, Concepts and Applications. Great Britain: Wiley.


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): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): Dentistry (2019) Category: Medical sciences 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Winter