Course detail

Healthcare

FEKT-LZDPAcad. year: 2013/2014

Introduction to chosen types of diseases, their diagnostics, therapy and possibility of using medical devices. Recognition of the difference between a biological system and technical objects manufactured by man. Problems of interpersonal relationships, their changes due to diseases, age and environment. Connecting factors of the health care personal work and technicans at the hospital. The residency at the different departments of the hospital.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. MUDr. Jindřich Vomela, CSc.

Department

Department of Biomedical Engineering (UBMI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student:
- Is able to define the basic concepts of health care
- Can discuss the legal standards applicable to health care
- Can explain the difference between natural and artificial system
- Is able to discuss the topic of coexistence of medical and technical staff in the hospital
- Can explain the difference between medical and technical first aid
- Is able to discuss the topic of hygiene and its relation to infectious diseases
- Is able to describe invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures

Prerequisites

Requires knowledge of human biology at the secondary school level. Students should be able to briefly describe the functionality of basic systems of the human body.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Techning methods include lectures, practical laboratories and educational excursion. Course is taking advantage of e-learning (Moodle) system. Students have to write assignment from each laboratory.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every.

Course curriculum

Lectures:
1. Introduction to the field, familiarization with health systems over time, differences in geographic, economic, cultural. Health and other expertise. The health care system in the country. Breakdown of medical expertise. The system of education in health care.
2. Legal standards and issues related to health care. Informing the patient.
3. Health and disease; definition. Disease states. The written test.
4. First aid, medical and technical.
5. Psychosomatic diseases and diseases of civilization.
6. Hygiene, and infectious disease epidemiology. Social aspects of health care. The written test.
7. Internal medicine.
8. Surgical disciplines.
9. Invasive and non-invasive diagnostic procedures. The written test.
10. Invasive and non-invasive therapeutic procedures.
11. Alternative and traditional medicine. Healers.
12. Conditions for research and scientific activities in the health sector. Discussion on experiment, euthanasia, and ethical issues in health care. The written test.
13. Free lecture in the field. Consultation, course credit.

Laboratory exercises:
1. Teaching at the surgical department.
2. Teaching at the ophthalmological department.
3. Teaching at the department of radiotherapy.
4. Teaching in the medical complement and operating rooms.
5. Training in first aid and resuscitation.
6. Teaching at the departement of stomatosurgery.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Introduction of students of primarily technical orientation into the medical environment and identification with the specific problems of the health care personal operation. A view of the difficulties of technical service in terms of medical staff. Introduction to the conditions of the team work, when members of team are specialists of various professions. Obtaining fundamental knowledge of the practial hospital operation.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Laboratory exercises are compulsory. Properly excused absences can be substituted at another time after consultation with the teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ASKIN, E. a E. MOORE. The Health Care Handbook, ACADEMIC PUBLISHING SERVICES, 2012
HOLČÍK, J., A. ŽÁČEK a I. KOUPILOVÁ. Sociální lékařství. Brno: MU Brno, 1998. ISBN 80-210-0254-9. (CS)
MUNZAROVÁ, Marta. Úvod do etiky a bioetiky. Brno: MU Brno, 1995. ISBN 80-210-3018-6. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-ML Master's

    branch ML-BEI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning

    branch EE-FLE , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. MUDr. Jindřich Vomela, CSc.

Syllabus

Introduction to healthcare.
Legal norms and questions and healtcare.
Health and the disease. Pathological states. Writting test.
Emergency care; health and technical questions.
Psychosomatic and civilisation diseases.
Hygiene, infectious diseases and the epidemilogy. The social aspects at the health service. Writing test.
Internal branch.
Surgical branch.
The invasive and the noninvasive diagnostics methods. Writting test.
The invasive and the noninvasive therapeutic methods.
Alternative and the nontraditional medicine. Healers.
Conditions of the research and the scientific action at the health service. Discussion to experiment, euthanasy and ethic questions at the health service. Writting test.
Free lecture at the framework of the branch. consultation, credit.

Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radim Kolář, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Teaching at the surgical department.
Teaching at the opthalmology department.
Teaching at the nuclear medicine department.
Teaching at the medical complement and operations room.
The first aid and the resuscitation training.
Teaching at the stomatosurgical department.