Public Health - FDP066
Title: Public Health
Guaranteed by: Department of Preventive Medicine (15-220)
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2025
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
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: doc. MUDr. Lenka Hodačová, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : {Compulsory subjects 3rd year Dentistry (2019->)}
In complex pre-requisite: FDP079
WS schedule   
Annotation -
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.
Last update: Malířová Iva, Bc. (05.08.2025)
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)
Last update: Malířová Iva, Bc. (05.08.2025)
Literature - Czech

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
Last update: Malířová Iva, Bc. (05.08.2025)
Requirements to the exam - Czech

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.

Last update: Malířová Iva, Bc. (05.08.2025)
Syllabus - Czech
  • Lenka Hodacova, Assoc. Prof., M.D., Ph.D.
  • Tereza Parilova, RNDr. BcA., DiS., MBA, Ph.D., FRSPH

 

 Lectures 

    1. Public Health, definition, history, core concepts and function. Health literacy. The health status of population. Sources and critical use of health information.  (Hodacova)
    2. Health policy. Priorities in health. Health care systems. Health economy. Health insurance. Solidarity in health. (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.
    • Martin Čelko, MUDr., MBA 

    Seminars

    1. Healthcare law. (Kalousek)
    2. 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)
    3. Posibilites, rights and dutiens of a graduate. Establishing and running dental practice. Most frequent problems associated with starting dental practice. (Čelko)
    4. Project presentation. (Hodacova)
    Last update: Malířová Iva, Bc. (05.08.2025)
    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.

     

    Last update: Malířová Iva, Bc. (05.08.2025)