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Course: Communication with Handicaped Patients

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Course title Communication with Handicaped Patients
Course code PVL/VC033
Organizational form of instruction Exercise + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 4
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Juríčková Lubica, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bretšnajdrová Milena, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Ivanová Kateřina, doc. PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
During seminars and practical exercises, students learn about the following topics: basic principles of communication with handicapped patients and types of disability, communication with persons with mental disorder and aggressive patient, communication with incapacitated adulst.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Demonstration, Training in job and motor Skils, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is: to become acquaint students with the basic principles of communication with disabled patients and those types of disability. The content of the course is to teach students how to communicate with adult patients with limited legal capacity with geriatric patients with health disabilities. Teaching includes case studies and practical training skills, including solving sample situation.
The student will know, after completion of this course, the basics of communication with disabilities.
Prerequisites
Interest in the care of the handicapped.
PVL/VCA13
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PVL/VCB23 and CH0/VCA11
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CH0/VCB31 and PVL/VCB72

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of linguistic, Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student

Active participation in the seminars and at the trainings. 100% attendance
Recommended literature
  • Výukové prezentace zveřejněné v prostředí Moodle.
  • James, I. A., Gibbons, L. (2019). Communication Skills for Effective Dementia Care: A practical guide to communication and interaction training (CAIT). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Juríčková, L., Ivanová, K., Filka, J. (2014). Opatrovnictví osob s duševní poruchou. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • Kabelka, L. (2018). Geriatrická paliativní péče a komunikace o nemoci. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Kabelka, L. (2020). Nemocné rozhovory: Komunikace a narativní terapie s nevyléčitelně nemocnými pacienty a jejich blízkými.. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • Novosad, L., Machartová, Z. (2009). Základy komunikace se zdravotně postiženými pacienty. Liberec: Tulipán.
  • Pokorná, A. (2010). Komunikace se seniory. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • Slowík, J. (2010). Komunikace s lidmi s postižením. Praha: Portál.
  • Teaster, P.B., Winsor, C.S. Jr., Vood, E.F., Lawrence, S.A., & Mendiondo, M.S. (2010). Public Guardianship: In the Best Interests of Incapacitated People?. Praeger.
  • Zadák, Z., Kalvach, Z., Jirák, R. aj. (2011). Geriatrické syndromy a geriatrický pacient. Praha: Grada Publishing.


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): - (2021) Category: Medical sciences 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): - (2025) Category: Medical sciences 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 26.10.2025 23:57. Data created for academic year 2025/2026