UONP015 Comunication in Midwifery

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeňka Římovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Křáková (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Yvetta Vrublová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Yvetta Vrublová, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is conceived as a theoretical-practical whole and builds on the knowledge of general and social psychology. The course provides the acquisition of knowledge and skills in communication and demonstrates the basics of professional communication in the profession of midwifery. The goal is to characterize the specifics of communication and control methods for effective communication.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge: Students know the theoretical basis of communication and communication strategy
Professional Skills: Students analyze the importance of communication, implement alternative forms of communication, apply the principles of communication with clients with various disabilities, appropriately recommend communication technologies, apply communication technologies in practice.
General Qualification: Students describe the importance of communication, enumerating the principles of communication
Competences: Students know principles of effective communication in midwifery
Syllabus
  • Lectures
  • 1. Introduction to communication and to the issues of communication technology.
  • 2. Communication techniques.
  • 3. Principles of communication in obstetrics and gynecology with regard to age, diagnosis and choice of communication techniques.
  • 4. Communication aids in communicating with afflicted individuals capable of speech.
  • 5. Principles of communication with clients with various disabilities.
  • 6. Communication with hearing-impaired individuals. Aids for communication with people with hearing problems.
  • 7. Communication with visually impaired individuals. Aids for communication with visually handicapped people.
  • 8. Communication with mentally challenged individuals. Communication with mentally ill individuals.
  • 9. Communication with physically disabled individuals.
  • 10. Summary of the principles of effective communication.
  • Cvičení
  • Training of model situations:
  • - Communication with women according to age groups and diagnoses
  • - Communication in outpatient gynecology
  • - Communication with women hospitalized in gynecology wards
  • - Disclosure of diagnosis
  • - Communication in prenatal courses
  • - Communication in the delivery room and in the postpartum ward
  • - Empty cradle issues
Literature
    required literature
  • ANTAI-OTONG,D. Nurse-Client Communication. Burrlington: Jones-Barlett Learning, 2007. 251 s. ISBN 978-076-3735-883.
  • TOMANOVÁ, Š., KŘIVKOVÁ, J. Komunikace s pacientem v intenzivní péči. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-271-0064-4.
  • TOMANOVÁ, Š., KŘIVKOVÁ, J. Komunikace s pacientem v intenzivní péči. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-271-0064-4.
  • ŠPATÉNKOVÁ, N. KRÁLOVÁ, J. Základní otázky komunikace: komunikace (nejen) pro sestry. Praha, 2009.135. ISBN 978-80-7262-599-4.
  • JANÁČKOVÁ, L., WEISS, P.: Komunikace ve zdravotnictví. Portál, Praha 2008.
    recommended literature
  • POKORNÁ, Andrea. Komunikace se seniory. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3271-8. info
  • LINHARTOVÁ, V.. Praktická komunikace v medicíně pro mediky, lékaře a ošetřující personál. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-3271-8978-80-247-1784-5.
  • PAŘÍZEK, A. Kniha o těhotenství a dítěti. Praha: Galén, 2009. 738 s. ISBN 978-80-7262-653-3.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Vývojová psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2000,521s. ISSN 80-7178-308-0.
  • ŠPAČKOVÁ, A. Umění dialogu: Jak si s lidmi opravdu porozumět. Praha: Grada 2011. 200s. ISBN 978-80-247-3810-9.
Assessment methods
80% instruction attendance in exercises of model situations, in-class activity, oral exam
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: 16se+14cv/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.slu.cz/course/fvp/summer2025/UONP015