| Course title | Public Health 1 |
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| Course code | PVL/VA011 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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The course covers the field of primary prevention and the possibilities of suppressing the causes of disease. Epidemiology of infectious diseases includes instruction in the epidemiology of hospital acquired infections, epidemiology of respiratory viral and bacterial infections, vaccination, current epidemiology of infectious diseases, epidemiology of viral hepatitis, human-transmitted zoonoses, disappearing diseases, AIDS, emerging diseases, tetanus, acute diarrheal diseases, and travel medicine. In the area of non-infectious epidemiology, teaching focuses on the epidemiology of cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, nutritional epidemiology, drug addiction, as well as major environmental and occupational factors. Part of the course explains the importance of public health in the organisation and management of health care (health care system, organisational structure of health care providers, health and social insurance systems, reimbursement decree, control activities, health policy). Final discussion with emphasis on the use of the information obtained in clinical practice. Credit test.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration |
| Learning outcomes |
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The course consists of two parts, which form an integral part of the state rigorous examination - Epidemiology, organization and financing of health care, forming the basis of the Public Health System. The student will learn about the epidemiological characteristics of important infectious and non-infectious diseases. The process of spread of disease in a population/epidemic process and its laws will be discussed in detail. The student will learn to construct an epidemic curve, evaluate epidemiological trends in disease incidence, navigate databases and ISIN reporting. Model situations of epidemic outbreaks and algorithms for their management will be presented. The aim of the course is to learn the implementation of epidemiological investigation in case of epidemic occurrences in the population and to propose anti-epidemic/preventive measures. In the second part of the course, the aim is to explain to students the importance of public health care, which includes health policy and the principles and strategies of health care management and health care. Students will learn about health care systems with emphasis on the health care system, health care provision, types of health care facilities, health care management, health care economics and financing, health care reimbursement, get an insight into health and social insurance, basic health care legislation.
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to recognize the importance of a population-based approach to the study of diseases and health disorders in the population, understand the importance of vaccination, propose anti-epidemic/preventive measures for the population; be able to apply prevention measures for infectious and non-infectious diseases. The student will be able to understand the principles of health policy making; be able to comprehend the financing of health systems and the management of governmental and non-governmental health care institutions. The student will be able to solve basic problems in health assessment and will be able to understand the problems that may arise in selected populations. The student will gain an overview of current legislation for the provision of health care. |
| Prerequisites |
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Knowledge of basic concepts of epidemiological methods. Basic knowledge of microbiology, immunology and internal medicine.Knowledge of health systems.
IN1/VA022 and IN2/VAB22 and IN0/VAA11 and PSY/VAB13 and PAT/VAB11 and PFY/VAB11 and FAR/VAB11 and CJA/VAB43 ----- or ----- PVL/VAA11 |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Student performance, Didactic Test
Completion of all seminars with active participation of all students. Successful completion of the credit test requirements. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry | Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2021) | Category: Medical sciences | 4 | Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry | Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2021) | Category: Medical sciences | 4 | Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry | Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2021) | Category: Medical sciences | 4 | Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: - |