Course: Current Problems in the Healthcare of the Czech Republic and the EU

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Course title Current Problems in the Healthcare of the Czech Republic and the EU
Course code PVL/ZDB21
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
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.
Course content
Efficiency and inefficiency of hospitals 2. Sufficiency and insufficiency of personnel in bed care 3. Increase in payments for state insured persons 4. Advantages and disadvantages of electronisation of health care 5. Protests of general practitioners and specialists in ambulatory care 6. Ministry of patients - department of patient rights support at the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic 7. Traditional Chinese medicine at the Czech faculty hospital 8. Compulsory and optional Vaccination 9. The position of homeopathy in contemporary medicine 10. GDPR - realization of the European Union Directive in Czech health care 11. Realization of International Health Regulations in Czech Republic

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The course is intended to present to students the actual topics, which are currently discussed in various areas of Czech and international health care.
The aim of the course is to open a discussion of current health problems and to outline the possibilities of their solution both from the point of view of the Ministry of Health of Czech Republic and from the point of view of the provider or the health insurance company. The aim is also to create a communication platform where the advantages and disadvantages of possible solutions with impact on the whole society will be presented.
Prerequisites
The aim of the course is to open a discussion of current health problems and to outline the possibilities of their solution both from the point of view of the Ministry of Health of Czech Republic and from the point of view of the provider or the health insurance company. The aim is also to create a communication platform where the advantages and disadvantages of possible solutions with impact on the whole society will be presented.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

For course completion it is required to present a selected actual topic and its solution possibilities.
Recommended literature
  • (2011). Směrnice Evropského parlamentu a Rady 2011/24/EU ze dne 9. března 2011 o uplatňování práv pacientů v přeshraniční zdravotní péči.
  • MCCRACKEN, Kevin a David R. PHILLIPS. (2012). Global health: an introduction to current and future trends. Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Pamela Ann FENSTEMACHER. (2011). Long-term care medicine: a pocket guide. New York, N.Y.: Humana Press.
  • Ptáček, R., Bartůněk P. (2016). Kontroverze současné medicíny. Praha: Mladá fronta.


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): Public Health (2019) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer