UOGK015 Sociology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the subject is to make students familiar with basic concepts in sociology. It outlines major streams of thinking in sociology and issues standing in the foreground of attention in sociological theory and research. The student will learn to understand the complexity of socialization in humans and the process of personality formation. The subject also explains the relationship between sociology and nursing.
Syllabus
  • 1. Sociology as a scientific discipline.
    2. Schools of thought in sociology, streams, paradigms - an overview.
    3. The society and the position of an individual in the society. The process of socialization, social interaction and communication.
    4. Social structure and dynamics, social entities and social groups.
    5. Culture.
    6. Social norms and deviations, social control.
    7. The subject of the sociology of medicine, an overview of sociological theory.
    8. Sociology of the patient/client, the role of the sociologist in health care facilities.
    9. Defining health and illness, issues related to disability.
    10. Reeducation, compensation and social rehabilitation.
    11. Social research in health care (design and planning).
    12. Social research in health care (data processing, interpretation and reporting).
Literature
    required literature
  • RADKOVÁ. L. Sociológia ve zdravotníctve. Distanční studijní opora. 1. vyd. [online]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • KELLER, J. Úvod do sociologie. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7419-102-2. info
  • BÁRTLOVÁ, S. Sociologie medicíny a zdravotnictví. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1197-4. info
    recommended literature
  • PETRUSEK, M. a kol. Sociologické školy, směry, paradigmata. Praha: SLON - Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000. ISBN 80-85850-81-8. info
  • BÁRTLOVÁ, S., HNILICOVÁ, H. Vybrané metody a techniky výzkumu. Zjišťování spokojenosti pacientů. Brno: IDVPZ, 2000. info
  • BIRCHENALL, M., BIRCHENALL, P. Sociology as Applied to Nursing and Health Care. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1998. ISBN 0-7020-1932-1. info
  • KOL. AUTORŮ. Sociální deviace, sociologie nemoci a medicíny. Praha: SLON - Sociologické nakladatelství, 1994. ISBN 80-85850-03-6. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 4 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Contact hours are based on consultation of selected topics. Non-contact hours are realized via an e-learning environment available at http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/. At the website, students can use learning materials with on-line assignments. Credits are granted upon successful completion based on a written assessment where the student demonstrates knowledge of compulsory and recommended literature and discusses their on-line assignments. The student can consult the mentor concerning independently studied topics, be it in person, in group sessions or via e-mail.
Requirements for credit: seminar paper (group work) - research in health care, meeting the credit test criteria with a minimum of 80 % correct answers.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2019, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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