Public Health - FDP066

• Title: Public Health
• Guaranteed by: Department of Preventive Medicine (15-220)
• Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 1
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:6/12, C [HS]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: doc. MUDr. Lenka Hodačová, Ph.D.
• Pre-requisite : {Compulsory subjects 3rd year Dentistry (2019->)}
• In complex pre-requisite: FDP079

Annotation

English

Public health. Determinants of health, social determinants. Health status of population, main health problems of the European population. Demography and its importance for health care, ageing of population and its consequences for health and social care. Health policy, health care systems, health care management and evaluation. Health economy, health care financing. Health insurance. Solidarity in health. Factors affecting dental (private) practice, legal, ethical and personal points of view.

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Czech

Veřejné zdravotnictví. Determinanty zdraví, sociální determinanty. Zdravotní stav obyvatelstva, hlavní zdravotní problémy evropské populace. Demografie a její význam pro zdravotní péči, stárnutí populace a jeho důsledky pro zdravotní a sociální péči. Zdravotní politika, systémy zdravotní péče, management ve zdravotnictví, hodnocení zdravotní péče. Ekonomie zdravotnictví, financování zdravotní péče. Zdravotní pojištění, princip solidarity. Faktory ovlivňující stomatologickou (soukromou) praxi, právní, etické a osobní hledisko.

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Aim of the course

Outputs:

1. the student will gain a basic teoretical overview of public health issues (public health and its determinants; health care systems; health care financing and legislation)
2. the student will obtain basic practical information on the management of a private dental practice (labour-legal relations; establishment and operation of a private practice; practice costs)

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Literature

Compulsory literature

1. Čeledová L., Holčík J. et al. Social Medicine. An Introduction to New Public Health. Praha: Charles University, 2019. ISBN 978-80-246-4276-5
2. Gillam S., Yates J., Badrinath P. (Eds.) Essential Public Health. Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-68983
3. Armstrong D. Outline of Sociology as applied to Medicine. 5 th edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-340-80920-5

Recommend literature

1. Regmi K., Gee I., (eds.) Public Health Intelligence. Issue of Measures and Method. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-28324-1
2. Albrecht, .C., Fitzpatrick, R., Scrimshaw, C.S., (eds.) The Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine. Sage, 2000, ISBN 0-7619-5617-4

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Requirements to the exam

Examination/credit requirements

Credit

1. Attendance at seminars and lectures is compulsory. One properly excused absence will be tolerated; late arrivals will be counted as absences. In the case of more than one absence, the student will be examined from the public health topics  in order to receive credit. Any absences greater than 40% (3 or more seminars and lectures) will be handled individually with the head of the department and the course quarantor.
2. Active participation in seminars. The topics of the individual seminars (and their schedule) are posted on the departmental board.
3. Preparation and presentation of a chosen public health topic at the last seminar.  

Consultations: are available by appointment with the teachers of Department of Preventive Medicine.

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Syllabus

• Lenka Hodacova, Assoc. Prof., M.D., Ph.D.
• Tomas Krabec, Assoc. Prof., Ing., Ph.D.
• Tereza Parilova, RNDr. BcA., DiS., MBA, Ph.D., FRSPH

 

 Lectures 

1. Establishing and running dental practice. Most frequent problems associated with starting dental practice. Practice costs. Income and expenditure in private practice. Posibilites, rights and dutiens of a graduate. Private practice as a self-contained unit. Document management in private practice. (Krabec)
2. Public Health, definition, history, core concepts and function. Health literacy. The health status of population. Sources and critical use of health information.  (Hodacova)

 

        3. Social determinants of health. Equity in health. Quality measurement and improvement in health care. (Pařilová) – lecture online - in Moodle

 

Practical courses & seminars

Lecturers

• Lenka Hodacova, Assoc. Prof., M.D., Ph.D.
• Stepan Kalousek, Mgr.
• Jan Hodac, Ing.

 

Seminars

1. Demography and its importance for health care, basic demographical indicators, ageing of population and its consequences for health and social care. Quality of life. (Hodacova)
2. Health economy. Reimbursement in health care. Health insurance. Solidarity in health. Practical cases of reimbursement. Health care systems. (Hodac)
3. Healthcare law. (Kalousek)
4. Project presentation. (Hodacova)

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Entry requirements

Entrance requirements: prerequisites: compulsory subjects of the 3rd year

In the case of repeating study obligations, the same conditions apply as for the first enrolment in the course.

 

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