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Communication Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:10.02.2021 09:31:37
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZFTK_016 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy; Clinical Pharmacy | Target Audience: | Clinical Pharmacy | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Gūtmane | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Applied Pharmacy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, zftk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061547 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge in social sciences on highschool level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To introduce students with communication and consultation basic skills, specific communication skills and self-communication. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction with the basic skills of communication and consultation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Guidelines for consultation, principles of communication with patients and collegues | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Guidelines for consultation, principles of communication with patients and collegues (role play) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Specific communication skills and self-communication | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Medical communication guidelines | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Specific communication skills with patients and their close relatives | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Specific communication skills and self-communication (role play) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Specific communication skills with patients and their close relatives (role play) | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students individually read the provided materials and gather information. Work in teams and discuss with collegues, participate in role plays. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in practical classes, homeworks done in time and according to requirements, quality of oral answers (including skills and theoretical knowledge applicability in cases of demonstrations and role play); Test: evaluation of communication skills and ability to consult different groups of patients and health care specialists. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will have gained knowledge which allows to: • understand communication principles; • manage usage of different communication forms. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to: • use specific skills in dealing with hard situation in real life; • use guidelines for medical communication in their work. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Student will be able to: • consult patients and health care specialists and patients in questions of medicamentous therapy related issues; • manage personnel, unite the team for accomplishment of professional goals. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju un praktisko nodarbību materiāli | ||||||||
| 2 | Kiseļova S. Saskarsmes psiholoģija (2 sēj.) – Rīga, 2003 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Kupčs J. Saskarsmes psiholoģija – Rīga, 1997. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Omārova S. Cilvēks runā ar cilvēku – Rīga, 2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Silverman J., Kurtz S., Draper J., Skills for Communicating with Patients, 3rd ed., 2013. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ewen, Robert E. An introduction to Theories of Personality, 7th ed., 2010. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Frager R, Fadiman J. Personality & Personal Growth. 2013 | ||||||||
| 2 | Borns L.E., Ruso L.S. Psiholoģija (4 dalas) – Rīga, 2000-2001 | ||||||||
