Course: Introduction to Clinical Practice

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Course title Introduction to Clinical Practice
Course code POA/PRK06
Organizational form of instruction Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Bubeníková Štěpánka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Nováková Veronika, Mgr.
  • Hrubá Renata, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Block I: Basic terminology (health, disease, course of the disease, prognosis, symptom, syndrome). Anamnesis - personal and family, social, work. Gynecological and obstetric anamnesis. Subjective and objective symptoms, the most common symptoms of the disease. Block II: Physical examination - meaning and principles of performance. Examination by sight, palpation, percussion, auscultation. Evaluation of the physical examination. Examination of the general condition (consciousness, breathing, position, attitude, gait, constitution, nutritional status, skin). Physical examination of the head, neck and chest., abdomen, limbs, spine, lymph nodes, skin and reflexes. Block III: Examination methods, classification (laboratory, imaging, endoscopic, surgical). Block IV: Examination methods in gynecology and obstetrics. Organization of care for pregnant women and women in labor in the Czech Republic. Indicators of perinatal mortality, perinatal morbidity. Maternal mortality. Prenatal care, prenatal examination. Prenatal diagnostics of VVV. Cardiotocography. Anthropometric measurements, tools, technique and importance in obstetrics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Homework for Teaching - 38 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 16 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire basic techniques of physical examination of the client/patient; they will learn gain manual skillfulness while using these techniques and they will learn to distinguish physiological findings from abnormal or pathological ones. Part of the course is comprehensive symptomatology of system illnesses and an overview of modern diagnostic and examination methods in clinical fields.
After completing the course, students will be able to distinguish pathological manifestations from physiology. They will be familiar with individual examination methods.
Prerequisites
Students should know basic examination methods in gynecology and obstetrics, anatomy and physiology of the female body.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

100% attendance at seminars and practical exercises; active participation in class; submission of a term paper on a selected topic in the event of absence. If a student misses two-thirds of the scheduled class hours, they must re-enroll in the course in the following academic year. Completion: Credit test (3 attempts), final exam.
Recommended literature
  • Binder Tomáš. (2015). Porodnická propedeutika: studijní texty pro obor Porodní asistentka. Ústí nad Labem.
  • Classen, M. (2011). Diferenciální diagnóza ve schématech. Praha.
  • Čepický, P. (2018). Kapitoly z diferenciální diagnostiky v gynekologii a porodnictví. Praha.
  • Herle, P. (2016). Diferenciální diagnostika v gynekologii. Praha.
  • Holubec, L. Klinická propedeutika v klinických a interních oborech.
  • Kopecký, M. (2013). Antropometrický instrumentář a metodika měření antropometrických parametrů. Olomouc.
  • Martin Procházka, Radovan Pilka. (2018). Porodnictví pro studenty lékařství a porodní asistence. Olomouc.
  • Nejedlá, M. (2015). Klinická propedeutika pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha.
  • Pilka, R. a kol. (2017). Gynekologie. Praha.
  • Raftery, A. T., Lim, E. K. S. (2010). Diferenciální diagnóza do kapsy.
  • Roztočil, A. (2011). Moderní gynekologie. Praha.
  • Roztočil, A. (2008). Moderní porodnictví. Praha.
  • Roztočil, A. (1998). Vyšetřovací metody v porodnictví a gynekologii. Brno.
  • THOMAS, J., ed., MONAGHAN, T., ed. (2018). Klinické vyšetření: moderní propedeutika: rady, tipy, návody pro praxi. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): Midwifery (2020) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer