Medical Psychology

ENGLISH MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY COURSE

 

Name of the subject:

Credits: 3

Total number of hours: 63 lectures: 7 practices: 0 seminars: 14 Type of the course (mandatory/elective): Mandatory

Academic year: 2019/2020

Code of the course: AOKMAG398_2A

Course director (tutor): Dr. Janos Kollar

Contact details: kollar.janos@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Position: associate professor

Date of habilitation and reference number: –

Aim of the subject and its place in the curriculum: The course is designed to give a broad overview of the field of medical psychology, including concepts, theory, and research.

Location of the course (lecture hall, practice room, etc.): Lecture hall, practice rooms.

Competencies gained upon the successful completion of the subject:

• Developing an understanding of the complex interplay between one’s physical well- being and a variety of biological, psychological, and social factors.
• Learning the nature of the stress response and its impact in the etiology and course of many health problems.
• Understanding the approach of bio-psycho-social model and become familiar with some frequent psychosomatic diseases.
• Being able to identify various psychological disorders and key personality traits related to health/disease.

Prerequisite(s) for admission to the subject: None.

Minimum and maximum number of students registering for the course: None. Student selection method in case of oversubscription: Every student is accepted. How to register for the course: By Neptun.

Detailed thematic of the course:

Lectures:

Week 1.	Introduction to Human Behavior	Dr. Péter Ujma
Week 2.	Major Schools of Psychology	Dr. János Kollár
Week 3.	Stigmatization and people living with disabilities	Dr. János Kollár
Week 4.	Stress and illness; behavioral interventions	Dr. Adrienn Stauder
Week 5.	Conscious states, sleep, dreaming and general anesthesia	Dr. Róbert Bódizs
Week 6.	Eating Disorders	Dr. Tamás Szalai
Week 7.	Depression and Suicide – The Role of Online Intervention	Dr. Mónika Ditta Tóth

Practices:

Week 1.	Developmental psychology, attachment theories
Week 2.	Personality theories
Week 3.	Human sexuality and sexual disorders; psychology of reproduction, psychology of birth
Week 4.	Depression and mood disorders.
Week 5.	Anxiety and medical illnesses.
Week 6.	Eating disorders.
Week 7.	Psychosomatic disorders – case studies; somatization and dissociative disorders
Week 8.	Personality disorders
Week 9.	Sleep disorders
Week 10.	Addiction, substance use
Week 11.	Suicide, cry for help, crisis intervention
Week 12.	Psychology of death, grief, and dying
Week 13.	Behaviour change and psychotherapy. Stress management in medical practice.
Week 14.	Mental health of medical doctors. Prevention and management of burn-out. Bálint-groups.

Teachers of practices:

Edith Danghel – e_danghel@yahoo.com

Kinga Babonits-Farkas: farkas.kingaa@gmail.com

Gabriella Kopajer – gabriella.spring@gmail.com

Laszlo Lajtai – lajtai.laszlo@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Milan Leindler – leindlermilan@gmail.com

Michaela Nistor – millymihaela@gmail.com

Tamas Domotor Szalai – szalai.domotor@gmail.com

Monika Ditta Toth – toth.monika1@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Peter Ujma – peteru88@gmail.com

Potential overlap(s) with other subjects: Medical Communication, Psychotherapy.

Special training activities required: None.

Policy regarding the attendance and making up absences: Students are expected to attend regularly the course and participation list will be recorded at the end of every seminar. Participating on at least 75% of the total number of seminars is a prerequisite for getting the signature needed to absolve the course. The maximum number of absences permitted: three absences from the seminars.

Means of assessing the students’ progress during the semester:

Students are requested to prepare presentations based on the topics of the seminars.

Requirement for acknowledging the semester (signature):

Active participation on at least 75% of the total number of seminars is a prerequisite for getting

the signature needed to absolve the course.

Type of the examination:  Written

Rules of the written exam

Exam requirements:

Theoretical exam based on the topics of the lectures and seminars.

Type and method of grading:

The sole source of grading is the achievement reached on the written exam.

How to register for the exam: By Neptun.

Opportunities to retake the exam:

According to the examination rules of Semmelweis University.

Literature, textbooks:

Behavior & Medicine, 4^th Edition, Danny Wedding, Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Seattle, 2006.

Recommended textbooks:

Kopp M. – Skrabski A.: Behavioural Sciences Applied in a Changing Society, Corvina, 1996. Fadem B: Behavioural Science.,_Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 5^th ed., 2008.

Sarafino E.P.: Health Psychology. Biopsychosocial interactions. 6 ^th ed., New York, Wiley, 2008.

Additional readings:

Powerpoint slides and prezi presentations used for the lectures and seminars and also some related papers will be assigned for reading during the course. They will be made available on the website of the course.

Practices

Day	Time	Group	Place	Teacher
Monday	12:00 – 14:00	14.	Avicenna 1.	Gabriella Kőpájer
Monday	11:50 – 13:50	16.-17.	Sz-03	Milán Leindler
Tuesday	12:00 – 14:00	9.	Avicenna 1.	Tamás Szalai
Wednesday	9:40 – 11:40	8.	Sz-03	János Kollár
Wednesday	13:20 – 15:20	7.	Sz-10	Péter Ujma
Wednesday	13:20 – 15:20	13.	AONYE-F-1.101	Michaela Nistor
Wednesday	14:15 – 16:15	5.-6.	Sz-03	Mónika Tóth
Wednesday	13:35 – 15:35	1.-2.	Avicenna 3.	László Lajtai
Wednesday	15:55 – 17:55	10.-11.	Sz-04	Péter Ujma
Thursday	13:15 – 15:15	3.-4.	Avicenna 3.	Kinga Babonits-Farkas
Thursday	10:00 – 12:00	15.	Avicenna 4.	Edith Danghel
Thursday	10:00 – 12:00	18.	Avicenna 4.	Edith Danghel
Thursday	14:40 – 16:40	12.	Tűz. szem. 4.	Michaela Nistor