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Basics of Paediatrics and Clinical Social Work with Children
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:08.11.2021 12:04:08
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_157 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aina Briede | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | 1) human anatomy and physiology 2) psychology | ||||||||
| Objective: | Ensure that students can acquire profound knowledge of work and especially social work with children. Develop awareness and ability in students to deal with clinical cases, the ability to communicate with customers, and especially in crisis situations. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Paediatrics - the area of medicine related to treating children. Psychosocial aspects of paediatrics. Taking of medical history - Identification information: methods of obtaining data, registration methodology. Family and social history. Childhood periods, psychomotor development of the child, factors that influence it. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 2 | Child examination methods. Assessment of the physical development of the child. Vital signs in children at different ages – weight, length, head and breast circumference, body temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure. The role of nutrition in child development at different ages. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 3 | The most common acute diseases in children at different ages. The most common paediatric infectious diseases, their prevention. The most common chronic diseases at different ages of the child, possible disability. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 4 | The role of a social worker in the psychological preparation of parents, providing support for paediatric medical manipulations, in the organisation of medical treatment. Social, emotional and medicine-specific problems for the child development. Child abuse - violence, neglect. Organisation of assistance for children with developmental disabilities. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 5 | Clinical indicators of social work and psychosocial assistance in an acute care medical facility (hospital). Competence of social work and psychosocial assistance practices (field of action): tasks, assistance to patients, key functions and assistance provided, main categories of problems facing social workers. The main recommended clinical indicators of social work and psychosocial assistance at an acute care medical facility (hospital). | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 6 | Emotional and psychological care of children and families. Assessment of the psychosocial well-being of the child and family. Psychosocial harmonisation. Use of systems theory in social work. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 7 | Common rules for social work. Social work with family. A person - family – society. Systems for social worker’s activity. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 8 | Stages of crisis. Crisis assessment and crisis intervention methods. Tasks of social work. Four aspects of situation analysis. Stages of crisis. Crisis assessment and crisis intervention methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Paediatrics - the area of medicine related to treating children. Psychosocial aspects of paediatrics. Taking of medical history - Identification information: methods of obtaining data, registration methodology. Family and social history. Childhood periods, psychomotor development of the child, factors that influence it. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 2 | Child examination methods. Assessment of the physical development of the child. Vital signs in children at different ages – weight, length, head and breast circumference, body temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure. The role of nutrition in child development at different ages. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 3 | The most common acute diseases in children at different ages. The most common paediatric infectious diseases, their prevention. The most common chronic diseases at different ages of the child, possible disability. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | The role of a social worker in the psychological preparation of parents, providing support for paediatric medical manipulations, in the organisation of medical treatment. Social, emotional and medicine-specific problems for the child development. Child abuse - violence, neglect. Organisation of assistance for children with developmental disabilities. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 5 | Clinical indicators of social work and psychosocial assistance in an acute care medical facility (hospital). Competence of social work and psychosocial assistance practices (field of action): tasks, assistance to patients, key functions and assistance provided, main categories of problems facing social workers. The main recommended clinical indicators of social work and psychosocial assistance at an acute care medical facility (hospital). | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Emotional and psychological care of children and families. Assessment of the psychosocial well-being of the child and family. Psychosocial harmonisation. Use of systems theory in social work. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Common rules for social work. Social work with family. A person - family – society. Systems for social worker’s activity. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Carry out an in-depth study of the topic on different methods of working with children. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Regular attendance of lectures is a prerequisite for a successful completion of the course. Engage in a topic discussion during the lecture and express your opinion. Demonstrate a clinical case in working with a sick child and parents (if present), acquiring the ability to communicate with the child and his or her family members, record the results and analyse them. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 1) ability to describe taking of a medical history and objective examination of a child 2) compare the assessment of the crisis and the methods of crisis intervention. 3) explain the work with children and families. | ||||||||
| Skills: | 1) deal with a clinical case; 2) demonstrate the ability to communicate with families 3) apply crisis intervention where necessary. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 1) analyse cases regarding the most frequent diseases in children, care and treatment of a sick child; 2) understand work with children in different wards of the clinic; 3) analyse the activities of a social worker for work with sick children and their families. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Surjit Singh Dhooper. Social Work and Transplantation of Human Organs. (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1994) 52, Questia, 6 June 2007 | ||||||||
| 2 | Kathleen Ell, and Helen Northen. Families and Health Care: Psychosocial Practice. (New York: Aldine De Gruyter, 1990) 129-130, Questia, 1 Nov. 2006. | ||||||||
| 3 | „Nevis dzīvei vairāk dienu, bet dienām vairāk dzīves” Bērnu paliatīvās aprūpes biedrība. Rīga 2007., ISBN 978-9984-39-413-8 | ||||||||
| 4 | Goldman A., Hain R., Liben S. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children. Publsher: OUP Oxford, 2021 / Impact of life-limiting illness on the family p.173-175. | ||||||||
| 5 | Toba Schwaber Kerson, Boundary Spanning: An Ecological Reinterpretation of Social Work Practice in Health and Mental Health Systems (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002) 213, Questia, 9 June 2007 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kulbergs J. Krīze un attīstība. – Liepāja: LPA, 1998. | ||||||||
| 2 | David A. Alexsander. Psychosocial research in palliative catre, Cummings I. The interdisciplinary team. In Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine Mc Donald: Oxford University Press, 1998. | ||||||||
