STANDARD COURSE SYLLABUS
for academic year 2013/2014
Name of subject:
Psychiatry
Director of unit
conduction the course:
Faculty:
Course of study:
Level of studies
Form of studies
Year: 6
Type of subject
Language of
instruction: english
Description of subject matter – Instructional program
Module code
E
according to
standards
from A to G
Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kiejna
Medical
medical
Unitary MMed
full-time X extramural X
Semester: XI, XII
obligatory X elective 
Name of unit conducting course
psychiatry
Total:
Winter semester (hrs.)
L
C
S
7
30
7
30
Summer semester (hrs.)
L
C
S
5
30
5
30
Educational goals (goals for lessons set by instructor, related to the results of education, max. 6 items)
C1. Getting basic information about mental disorders, their diagnosis and treatment
C2. How to establish empathic doctor/patient relationship
C3. How to conduct a clinical interview and mental status assessment, to plan the therapeutic
intervention, further diagnosis and treatment
C4. How to plan the treatment: forms of therapeutic intervention, variety of psychiatric services,
how to choose adequate treatment plan that meets patient needs.
C5. Psychoactive substances: forms, consequences to mental health, diagnosis, forms of therapy.
Matrix of educational results for subjects in reference to methods for verifying intended
educational results and manner of conducting lessons.
Number of educational Description of educational
Methods for verifying
Manner of lessons:
result
result (in conformance with
achievement of
** provide symbol
detailed educational results defined intended educational
in standards)
results *
Mental disorders in special
age groups: children,
test
L, C
E.W19.
adolescents and elderly
Mental symptoms in somatic
diseases, their influence on
test
C
E.W20.
course, prognosis and
treatment
Human sexuality and basic
test
C
E.W21.
sexual dysfunctions
Mental Health Act in
test
C
E.W22.
different cultures, involuntary
assessment, admission to
psychiatric hospital and
treatment; Psychiatry and
Law
*e.g.. test, presentation, oral response, essay, report, colloquium, oral examination, written examination;
** L- lecture; S- seminar; C- class; EL- e-learning;
Student work input (balance of ECTS points)
Lessons on-site (hrs.): 72
Own work (hrs.): 40,5
Summary of student workload: 112,5
ECTS points for subject 5
Remarks
Content of lessons: (please provide the subject of individual lessons, keeping in mind the need to contribute to the intended
educational results)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Psychological assessment, targets, methods.
Schizophrenia and other delusional disorders: diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
Mood disorders
How to diagnose and offer treatment in the case of psychoactive substances abuse?
Neurotic and adjustment disorders: clinical picture and treatment
Personality disorders: mechanisms of action, forms of therapy, personality defence mechanisms
and their analysis during interview.
7. Psychotherapy: forms, goals.
8. Consultation psychiatry: problem areas, management
9. Sleep disorders, eating disorders, sexual dysfunctions: diagnosis, prognosis, treatment.
10. Psychiatric emergency.
Primary and secondary literature
Mandatory
1. Kaplan and Sadock's Concise Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry (softbound), Publisher: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins; Third Edition (2008) ISBN-10: 0-7817 8746-7, ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-8746-8
2. Kaplan and Sadock's Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry, Publisher: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins; Eighth Edition (2007), ISBN-10: 0781780438, ISBN-13: 978-0781780438
3. Case Files Psychiatry, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; Third Edition (2009), ISBN-10: 0071598650,
ISBN-13: 978-0071598651
Additional
1. Psychiatry PreTest Self-Assessment & Review, (PreTest Clinical Medicine) Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Medical; Twelfth Edition (2009), ISBN-10: 0071598308, ISBN-13: 978-0071598309
2. Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing; Fourth Edition
(2006) ISBN-10: 1585622729 ISBN-13: 978-1585622726
3. Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Fifth Edition (2006),
ISBN-10: 0198566670, ISBN-13: 978-0198566670
4. Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual: Text with CD-ROM, Publisher: Mosby Elsevier;
Pap/Cdr edition (2007) ISBN-10: 0323044220, ISBN-13: 978-0323044226
5. Lange Q & A: Psychiatry (Paperback) Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; Ninth Edition (2007), ISBN10: 0071475672, ISBN-13: 978-0071475679
Requirements concerning instructional aids (e.g. laboratory, multimedia projector, other …)
Conditions for successful completion of course:
Name and address of unit conducting course, contact information (tel./email):
Department od Psychiatry
Wroclaw Medical University
Wroclaw, Wyb. Pasteura 10
tel.: 71 78416 00
e-mail: monika.tokarek@umed.wroc.pl
Person responsible for the course for a given year
Dr n. med. Przemysław Pacan
e-mail: przemyslaw.pacan@umed.wroc.pl
Signature of head of unit conducting the course
Signature of dean
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