Medical Ethics & Communication Skills - B03391 (electvice subject, ogeneral medicine a dentistry from 4th year of study)

• Title: Medical Ethics & Communication Skills
• Guaranteed by: Department of Palliative Medicine First Faculty of Medicine Charles University (11-00591)
• Faculty: First Faculty of Medicine
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: summer
• Points: 2
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/22, C [HS]
• Capacity: 500
• Min. number of students: 20
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: distance
• Explanation: Katerina Rusinova, MD. Ph.D.none
• Additional information: https://www.lf1.cuni.cz/kontakty?sWorkPlaceID=LF11179
• Note: course for students of another faculty; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. MUDr. MgA. Kateřina Rusinová, Ph.D.; PhDr. David Černý, Ph.D.
• Attributes: Lékařství; Zubní lékařství

Annotation

The course will introduce students to the fundamental questions and themes in modern medical ethics and communication skills.

Last update: MSOCH (01.02.2021)

Course completion requirements

credit (80% of submitted google forms with reflections on the assigned topic for each of the lectures, up to 250 words)

[e-mail], [e-mail]

Last update: Rusinová Kateřina, doc. MUDr. MgA., Ph.D. (07.12.2021)

Syllabus

Palliative care in the intensive Care Unit (spring 2023)

Date/Time: Thursday 3:50-5:30 p.m. (start April 13, 2023, end June 8, 2023 - no show on

May 4, 2023)

Faculty (alphabetical order): Jana Djakow, Tomáš Doležal, Jos Latour (honoured guest), Jan Maláska (organizer), Tereza Prokopová, Kateřina Rusinová, Ondřej Sláma

Language: English with materials in English

Schedule

No. DATE - TOPIC - LECTURER

1. Apr 13 2023 - General palliative care in the ICU - Jan Maláska

2. Apr 20 2023 - End-of-life decisions - legal and ethical framework - Tomáš Doležal

3. Apr 27 2023 - Setting and communication about goals of treatments - Kateřina Rusinová

4. May 11 2023 - Practical approach to limit organ support - Tereza Prokopová

5. May 18 2023 - End-of-life in the paediatric ICU - Jana Djakow

6. May 25 2023 - Patient and family-centered care in the intensive care - Jos Latour

7. Jun 1 2023 - Management of patients not admitted to the ICU - Ondřej Sláma

8. Jun 8 2023 - Q&A and wrap-up - Jan Maláska

Last update: Holanová Marcela (07.03.2023)

Learning resources

Pre-course recommended literature

1. Truog RD et al.: The Toughest Triage - Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic. N Engl J Med 2020; 382:1973-1975

2. Sensible Medicine-Balancing Intervention and Inaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA. 2020;324(18):1827-1828. Listen to the podcast https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/18552182

Pre-course recommended listening:

1. JAMA podcast - conversations with Dr. Bauchner, editor-in-chief of JAMA. Join Howard Bauchner, MD, each week as he interviews leading researchers and thinkers in health care about their recent JAMA articles. Go beyond an article recap, and delve into the background, context, and implications of the study or editorial. Choose the covid-19 related episodes.

Last update: MSOCH (01.02.2021)

Registration requirements

recommended for 4.-6. year, but open to all students

Last update: MSOCH (01.02.2021)