Course: Public Healthcare

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Course title Public Healthcare
Course code KAZ/PCLV@
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sikorová Lucie, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hřivnová Michaela, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Chrásková Marie, PaedDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Conceptual framework (health, disease, health literacy, determinants of health, lifestyle, active approach to health, prevention and health promotion). The role of the WHO World Health Organization (Health 2020). Development of the health status of the population of the Czech Republic. Principles, importance and goals of health policy, health care system. Financing of health care, health services - legislation, management of health care. Quality of services provided. System of universal health insurance in the Czech Republic. Current concept of public health care, current concept of social medicine and its multidisciplinarity. Providers of health services. Ethical dilemmas of contemporary medicine, health - social system of care for patients with specific needs

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
After completing the course Public Health, students should be able to: - define the terms health, disease, determinants of health with an emphasis on social determinants, - describe the healthcare system in the Czech Republic, - demonstrate orientation in the laws on healthcare services, - explain the principles of healthcare financing, - formulate methods of healthcare management, - determine the basic principles of quality management in healthcare.
After completing the course Public Health, students should be able to: define the terms health, disease, and determinants of health with an emphasis on social determinants, describe the healthcare system in the Czech Republic, demonstrate orientation in the laws on healthcare services, explain the principles of healthcare financing, formulate methods of healthcare management, determine the basic principles of quality management in healthcare.
Prerequisites
For students of the Speech Therapy study program.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance, Dialog

Recommended attendance at lectures. Exam requirements: students register for the written exam in the STAG study agenda system (via the UP Portal). Requirements for students with an individual study plan: full-time teaching in the range of min. 20%; see above (identical exam requirements). Requirements for students during the ERASMUS+ study stay: 1) As a substitute for participation in direct teaching: preparation of a semester paper on a given topic related to its specifics in the visited country and university and its submission to STAG, in the "Semester Paper" section under the subject abbreviation KAZ/PCLV@ by the dates set at the beginning of the semester. The scope of the paper and its structure will be specified at the beginning of the semester via email communication using the student's generated email address in the UP Portal. 2) Completion of the course will take place after the student returns from the study stay to the Czech Republic in the same form as for full-time students, on a specific date agreed in advance with the student and entered into STAG.
Recommended literature
  • DOLANSKÝ, H. Veřejné zdravotnictví. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik, Ústav ošetřovatelství, 2008. 223 s. ISBN 978-80-7248-494-2..
  • DRBAL, C. Česká zdravotní politika a její východiska. Praha: Galén, 2005. 96 s. ISBN 80-7262-340-0..
  • GOLDSMITH. S. B. Principales Of Health Care Management: Foundation For A ChangingHealth Care System. Jones &Barlett Learning, 2009. 438 p. ISBN 0763768650..
  • HOLČÍK, J. Systém péče o zdraví a zdravotní gramotnost: k teoretickým základům cesty ke zdraví. Brno: Masarykova univerzita ve spolupráci s MSD, 2010. 293 s. ISBN 978-80-210-5239-0..
  • JANEČKOVÁ, H., HNILICOVÁ, H. Úvod do veřejného zdravotnictví. Praha: Portál, 2009. 294 s. ISBN 978-80-7367-592-9.
  • JAROŠOVÁ, D. Organizace a řízení ve zdravotnictví. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, 2007. 108 s. ISBN 978-80-7368-338-2..
  • JAROŠOVÁ, D. Veřejné zdravotnictví. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita, 2007. 77 s. ISBN 978-80-248-1285-4..
  • JOHNSON A. J. STOSKOPF, C. H. ComparativeHealth Systems: GlobalPerspectives for the 21st Century. Jones &Barlettpublishers, 2009. 451 p. ISBN 0763753793..
  • JUREK, F. Veřejné zdravotnictví pro klinickou praxi. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2013. 235, 31 s. ISBN 978-80-248-3099-5..
  • KŘEČKOVÁ-TŮMOVÁ, N., ed. et al. Guide to thehealthcaresystem in the Czech Republic: informationguide for foreigners. 2nd rev. ed. Kostelec nad Černými lesy: Institute ofHealthPolicy and Economics, 2003. 40 s. ISBN 80-85047-29-2..
  • MALINA, A. Úvod do veřejného zdravotnictví pro nelékaře. Praha: Institut postgraduálního vzdělávání ve zdravotnictví, 2013. 65 s. ISBN 978-80-87023-29-7..
  • STREJČKOVÁ, A. a kol. Veřejné zdravotnictví a výchova ke zdraví: pro SZŠ, obor zdravotnický asistent. Praha: Fortuna, 2007. 111 s. ISBN 978-80-7168-943-0..
  • VURM, V. a kol. Vybrané kapitoly z veřejného a sociálního zdravotnictví. Praha: Triton, 2007. 125 s. ISBN 978-80-7254-997-9..
  • WAGER, K. A., WICKHAM LEE, F., GLASER, J. P. Health Care Information Management. Jossey.Bass, 2013. 736 p. ISBN 1118173538..
  • ZAVÁZALOVÁ, H. a kol. Sociální lékařství a veřejné zdravotnictví. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. 154 s. ISBN 80-246-0467-1..


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