Course: Ethics of Health Care

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Course title Ethics of Health Care
Course code HUM/ZZP22
Organizational form of instruction Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Vévoda Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Definition of the subject of ethics. Philosophical and historical roots and sources of healthcare ethics. 2. Codes and principles. Rights and duties. 3. Ethical principles. 4. Ethical issues and their resolution. Ethical dilemmas. 5. Major and minor ethical topics. 6. Informed consent and the duty of confidentiality. 7. Organ and gamete donation. 8. Palliative care, death, dying, and euthanasia.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Group work
  • Homework for Teaching - 12 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 14 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Together with Ethics the subject focuses on communication techniques with regard to moral aspects of profession performance and to communicative strategies employed in communication with individual age groups.

Prerequisites
unspecified
OSE/ZZP02

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student

Recommended literature
  • https://urgentnimedicina.cz/.
  • Blackburn, S. (2022). Etika : velmi stručný úvod. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum.
  • Gorná, M., Rapčíková, T. Etika pro lékařskou, zdravotnickou a záchranářskou praxi. Praha : Grada Publishing. 2024.
  • Kopřiva, K. Lidský vztah jako součást profese : psychoterapeutické kapitoly pro sociální, pedagogické a zdravotnické profese. Praha : Portál. 2024.
  • Kuře, J. (2022). Rozhodování o zdravotní péči v závěru života. Praha : Academia.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): Paramedic (2021) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer