Course: Preventive Medicine

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Course title Preventive Medicine
Course code FZS/PMZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
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 Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Príkazský Vladimír, MUDr. CSc.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Introduction to the field (history and present, interdisciplinary position, health issues and its definition, preventive medicine as part of the health system, preventive medicine) 2) World Health Organization, European Union, preventive projects, strategies, health policies of the WHO and the EU (Health Program 21 - starting points, objectives, structure, implementation problems) 3) Current primary and secondary prevention programs; national health program, health policy of the Czech Republic (basics, development, structure, problems, regional level of implementation, examples) 4) Health and its determinants I - living and working environment 5) Health and its determinants II - lifestyle (nutrition, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, drugs, gambling, stress); socio-economic factors 6) Health indicators, health statistics (health monitoring as a starting point and indicator of health policy effectiveness, types of indicators, health study and survey, analysis and communication of health data) 7) Intervention programs (planning, strategy, tools, interdepartmental cooperation and project evaluation, examples of good practice - Healthy City, Healthy Hospital, Healthy Enterprise, Healthy School) 8) Prevention of the most common non-infectious diseases I (type II diabetes mellitus, CHD, hypertension) 9) Prevention of the most common non-infectious diseases II (tumors, osteoporosis, injuries) 10) Prevention of infectious diseases

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Preventive medicine provides knowledge and skills in the field of health promotion and maintenance, a healthy lifestyle, acquaints with the effective provision of information at identified risks and directly endangering the health of individuals, families and communities. It uses knowledge from scientific disciplines - medical, social, pedagogical, psychological. It is an integral part of health care. It enables the application of acquired knowledge in further study.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination, Didactic test

Classified credit: - self-study, - written test.
Recommended literature
  • Základní dokumenty WHO.
  • Zdraví pro všechny v 21. století. Praha: MZ ČR.
  • Zdraví 2020: národní strategie ochrany a podpory zdraví a prevence nemocí. Praha: MZ ČR ve spolupráci s SZÚ, 2014. ISBN 978-80-85047-47-9.
  • FAIT, Tomáš, Michal VRABLÍK a Richard ČEŠKA. Preventivní medicína. Praha: Maxdorf, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7345-237-7.
  • MÜLLEROVÁ, Dana a Anna AUJEZDSKÁ. Hygiena, preventivní lékařství a veřejné zdravotnictví. Praha: Karolinum, 2014. ISBN 978-80-246-2510-2.
  • ROSOLOVÁ, Hana. Preventivní kardiologie: v kostce. Praha: Axonite CZ, 2013. ISBN 978-80-904899-5-0.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health Rescuer (15) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer