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This is a compulsory course that belongs to the core curriculum. By completing this course, students will acquire knowledge and skills in the field of bioethics and psychology in healthcare, which are essential
prerequisites for further successful study in higher grades. A holistic approach to the patient in an effort to promote their health includes not only the somatic dimension but also other dimensions (e.g., psychological, social, ethical), which are the focus of this course. The course emphasizes the development of students' competence in thinking about a comprehensive approach to patient care. This is related to lectures that represent practice closely linked to bio-psycho-social work, interdisciplinary and inter-specialization cooperation. The unifying element of the course is its focus on a) case study and informational lectures and b) comprehensive care. Poslední úprava: Řezníčková Zuzana, Ing. (22.02.2026)
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Course objectives: To prepare students for close interdisciplinary cooperation in healthcare provision. To broaden awareness of the practice of physicians and clinical psychologists so that students become familiar with the way practitioners think when working with patients.
Course content: The course consists of a series of lectures covering multiple healthcare specialties with an emphasis on plurality. The lectures are linked by case studies emphasizing biopsychosocial thinking in patient treatment.
Method: Emphasis is placed on the lecturer's practice and, figuratively speaking, on the students' observation of the lecturer's thinking. The aim is to use the lecturers' practice to convey the everyday nature of healthcare activities (as opposed to focusing on the patient or knowledge) so that students can imagine the complications, limitations, and contextual framework of healthcare. Case studies are used for this purpose. In the case of interdisciplinary collaboration with clinicians in the field of clinical psychology, greater emphasis is placed on informational and theoretical presentation. This is so that students can actively imagine the interdisciplinary possibilities and the resulting benefits in patient care. Poslední úprava: Řezníčková Zuzana, Ing. (20.02.2026)
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Concept: Given the nature of the course, our goal is to shift the conditions for obtaining credit from testing memory to critical thinking, responsibility, and activity. For this reason, in addition to the traditional course completion method – a credit test – there is the option of completing the course with the following activities: 1. participation (questionnaires, annotations, theoretical essays) and 2. proof of practical competence (case study essays, colloquium).
Traditional option – credit test Test based on presentations uploaded to Moodle for the course Bioethics and Psychology II for the spring semester 2026, including any sources cited in the presentations. Test structure: one correct answer, closed-ended questions with options a/b/c/d. Correct answers are scored positively, incorrect answers are not evaluated. The accumulation of points must reach the set limit of 70%. A score of 70% + means success. Note: this is a similar method to the current completion method. Due to the development of the course content, the questions and, if necessary, the scope of the test are updated.
Activity option – questionnaires, annotations, essays, colloquium Overall: students must achieve a minimum of 40 points to automatically receive a pass. Points can be earned by accumulating the following activities, which can be completed during and only for the given semester:
Questionnaires (After the lecture, cca5 questions, 10 times in total in LS 26, max. total score 50 points) After each lecture, a short test questionnaire will be available in Moodle in the Bioethics and Psychology II. course. It will be open after the lecture and needs to be done the same day. The questionnaire is general or will be directly related to the lecture. It is not a test, but an opportunity for a short review of the lecture, which is rewarded with points (correctly answered question = 1 point). Each questionnaire takes a few minutes to complete. There will be a total of 10 questionnaires during the 2026 spring semester, i.e., a maximum of 50 points. Note: You can earn enough points to receive credit just by completing the questionnaires.
Annotation (max. 2 n.pages, article 2010+, max. limit 3 articles, max. total gain 30 points) Select an article related to the subject of Bioethics and Psychology II (psychosomatics, interdisciplinary cooperation, complex treatment, etc.). The article must be from an academic journal. It must be from 2010 or later. Write an annotation consisting of: 1. the abstract of the article and 2. your evaluation (recommendations, criticism, limitations, emotional evaluation, etc.). The length of the annotation will be max. 2 standard pages. You can earn up to 10 points/annotation for the article annotation, depending on the evaluators' assessment. Annotation limit: max. 3. Send annotations to jaromir.skoda@lfmotol.cuni.cz.
Essays (LS 26, theoretical or case study, max. limit 2, max. total score 30 points) Use the template How to Write an Academic Essay, which you learned about in your first year in the course Bioethics and Psychology I, and adhere to the same format and length. Instead of a bioethical topic, choose either the 1st theoretical topic or the 2nd case study topic. You can earn a maximum of 15 points for one essay. Essay limit: max. 2. Ad: 1st theoretical topic. You will proceed as in the case of the essay in the 1st year, only instead of bioethics, you will write about psychosomatics, interdisciplinary cooperation, etc. That is, within the scope of the Bioethics and Psychology II course. Ad: 2nd case study topic. In this case, you will describe a case you have encountered in practice. The structure of the text will be: abstract – introduction to the context – patient's condition – course of treatment – conclusions of treatment – discussion (limitations, revision of procedure, recommendations).
Colloquiums (LS 26, PBL group work, max. limit 2, max. total score 40 points) Will take place on May 26 as part of the lecture, depending on the number of students (if for organizational reasons, a separate date will be announced). Interest in the colloquium is registered in SIS, and the date will be posted by May 22 at the latest. The colloquium will be conducted using PBL (Problem-Based Learning). Colloquium credit max. 20 points (0 = authors would be a hindrance in practice, 10 = adequate for age and knowledge, 20 = lecturers are dazzled). The limit is a maximum of 2 colloquium case studies. Ad PBL. A group of students is given an insufficiently structured case corresponding to real-life practice. The lecturer provides information only upon request, but does not intervene with his or her opinion and does not evaluate the process on an ongoing basis. The lecturer may change the parameters during the process (such as the development of the fictional patient's health condition). The students' goal is to demonstrate their ability (based on lectures) to: 1. actively focus their attention on key unknown factors when determining the patient's treatment trajectory; 2. formulate hypotheses about the problem; and 3. determine the appropriate treatment procedure. Evaluation: primarily, the ability to proceed independently/in a group in solving the problem is evaluated. Secondarily, knowledge to the extent of the lectures. Evaluators assess the ability to think critically and respond appropriately to changes in case parameters, primarily based on the extent of deviation from lege artis practice (beneficence, degree of patient risk, etc.).
Credit summary: It is up to students to choose which way they want to acquire credits. The ways to credit are not mutually exclusive. You can earn points on an ongoing basis and still decide to take the credit test at the end. However, if you earn 40 points during the course, the course requirements for that semester are automatically considered fulfilled. Poslední úprava: Škoda Jaromír, Mgr. et Mgr. (02.03.2026)
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Recommended resources within the presentations of the given lectures (see Moodle). Reference resources are not a prerequisite for successful completion of the course. If you have a personal interest in resources on a particular topic, please contact the lecturer or Mgr. Škoda. Poslední úprava: Řezníčková Zuzana, Ing. (22.02.2026)
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The course ends with a credit test. Alternatively, students can earn 40 points for activity (see above).
Requirements are defined only within the lectures using presentations. Poslední úprava: Řezníčková Zuzana, Ing. (22.02.2026)
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24.2. Introduction - Mgr. Jaromír Škoda 3.3. Psychosomatics in general practice - Dr. Ondřej Masner 10.3. Perinatal psychiatric care - Dr. Antonín Šebela 17.3. Clinical psychology in psychiatry and somatic care - Doc. Tomáš Nikolai 24.3. Fibrous dysplasia/McCune-Albright syndrome diagnosed in adulthood – about searching and finding - Dr. Kateřina Zajíčková 31.3. Psychosomatics in day clinic - Mgr. Jaromír Škoda 7.4. self-study 14.4. self-study 21.4. self-study 28.4. The Bio-Psycho-Social Approach to the Patient - MUC. Marie Janečková 5.5. The impact of epilepsy on psychosocial aspects of life, and vice versa, in case studies - Dr. Jana Zárubová 12.5. Pediatric gastroenterology - Dr. Kristýna Zárubová 19.5. Psychoneuroimmunology: how stress and interpersonal relationships shape our immunity - Doc. Zuzana Ozaniak Střížová 26.5. Feedback, credit test & colloquiums - the college Poslední úprava: Řezníčková Zuzana, Ing. (20.02.2026)
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