Course: Topics in Psychosomatic Medicine

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Course title Topics in Psychosomatic Medicine
Course code PCH/DKPM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
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)
  • Kryl Michal, MUDr.
  • Kupka Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Vávra Ondřej, Mgr.
Course content
The content of the seminars will be a deeper introduction of the student to the topic of the holistic concept of man in medicine, both in the context of history and contemporary concepts. In individual chapters, we will theoretically focus on: - the history of psychosomatic thinking - a brief introduction to the newly created concept of psychosomatic medicine as medical interdisciplinary field created by the Society of Psychosomatic Medicine ČLS JEP - the principles of the biopsychosocial concept of illness and health - causes of psychosomatic problems in patients - characteristics of psychosomatic symptoms and syndromes in relation to personality and psychosocial determinants of the sick - an overview of the most common psychosomatic diseases with a description of their symptoms and referring to their psychosocial context. On a practical level, students will be introduced to: - with taking anamnestic data in a psychosomatic sense - with a psychotherapeutic technique of the focusing type emphasizing bodily experience (self experience).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Relationship between physical and mental. The basics of the holistic outlook on health and illness (from history to the present)
Summarily overview of the complex problem of psychosomatic health and disease context, sebezkušenost the psychophysical organism's own responses to different stimuli, the possibility of a deeper interest in any of the numerous approaches to psychosomatic problems
Prerequisites
Interest in the issue, basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and psychopathology, the ability of synthetic thinking, interest sebezkušenost, interest in future work in clinical practice

Assessment methods and criteria
Systematic Observation of Student

Active participation in teaching, the ability to discuss, willingness to undergo the practical psychotherapeutic techniques aimed at the physical experience
Recommended literature
  • Baštecký, J., Šavlík, J., Šimek, J.:. Psychosomatická medicína. Grada Avicenum,.
  • J. Růžička. Psychosomatický přístup k člověku. Triton, 2006..
  • Poněšický, J. Neurózy, psychosomatická onemocnění a psychoterapie.


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