Course: Health and Illness

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Course title Health and Illness
Course code KSS/ZME
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
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)
  • Nádvorníková Lenka, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. General terminology of somatology 2. The International Classification of Diseases, general typology 3. The first aid 4. The basic terminology of hygiene and epidemiology 5. The specific types of illness of particular body systems

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Written assignment presentation and defence
  • Class attendance - 20 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 40 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students will understand the problem of health and illness from the general point of view in a sense of their causes, essence and symptoms of particular diseases and possible ways of therapeutic procedures including consecutive possibility of the relapse prevention. Students gain the basic knowledge of terminology of somatology, epidemiology, hygiene and the first aid in the urgent situations that preserve human existence.
Students will understand the problem of health and illness from the general point of view in a sense of their causes, essence and symptoms of particular diseases and possible ways of therapeutic procedures including consecutive possibility of the relapse prevention. Students gain the basic knowledge of terminology of somatology, epidemiology, hygiene and the first aid in the urgent situations that preserve human existence.
Prerequisites
Social work and consecutive knowledge gained through the educational background.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis

To gain the credit students write a semestral thesis. Students follow the instructions of the lecturer, they follow the instruction of lenght, topic and content. The thesis must show the knowledge students master through their study hours. The thesis must be accepted by the lecturer, so the student can enter the exam. Examination conditions are set by the lecturer.
Recommended literature
  • DYLEVSKÝ, I. Funkční anatomie. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-3240-4.
  • HOLUB, M. Zdraví a nemoc. Liberec: TUL, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7372-751-2.
  • KAISEN, M. Umění pokojného umírání. Olomouc: Fontána, 2005. ISBN 80-7113-214-4.
  • KALÁBOVÁ, H. Fenomenologie zdraví a nemoci. Liberec: TUL, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7372-725-3.
  • MLČÁK, Z. Psychologie zdraví a nemoci. Ostrava: FF OU, 2005. ISBN 80-7368-035-1.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-414-4.


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