st
HOURS: seminars – 25 hours
ECTS: 1
PERSON IN CHARGE OF DIDACTICS: dr hab.n.med. Aleksandra Kładna
Didactic assistant: dr med. Joanna Nieznanowska (contact: 509 401 720, joanna.nieznanowska@pum.edu.pl)
Lecture topics:
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The ancient Greek model of physician-patient relationship and its continuations nowadays – 2 hrs
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Medical humanities and empathy – 2 hrs

General rules of interpersonal communication – 2 hrs
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Medicine and communication problems – 2 hrs

Practical methods of empathy enhancement in medical students – 3 hrs

Empathetic communication with Deaf persons (workshops in cooperation with the Polish Deaf
Association, Szczecin Division) – 4 hrs
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Empathetic communication with the elderly and lonely persons (workshops in cooperation with a Senior
Care Center) – 4 hrs
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Fine Arts as the means to develop empathy (museum, theatre, cinema, philharmony) – 4 hrs

Ethical and legal aspects of interpersonal communication in medicine – 2 h
REGULATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT:
1.
Empathy in Medicine is an elective subject for students of the 1 st
Year, Faculty of Medicine and
Dentistry. For students who choose Empathy in Medicine, the subject becomes obligatory . It consists of
25 hours of seminars, takes place in the summer semester and ends with a credit.
2.
The lectures are held at the Department of History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Rybacka 1, room
304 and 306. Participation in all meetings is obligatory.
3.
Detailed list of topics and the timetable are displayed on the board at the Department of History of
Medicine and Medical Ethics.
4.
All meetings start on time – this rule applies to both teachers and students. Students who are late, will not be allowed to enter the room. Students are requested to leave their outer clothes (eg. coats etc.) in the cloakroom (Rybacka 1: ground floor).
5.
Three not-excused and not made up absences will result in not getting a credit.
6.
The Head of the Dept. may give up point 5. in well documented adverse cases.

7.
In case of an excused absence, student can get a credit, but is obliged to make up for the lecture missed by reporting on the topic missed to the teacher in charge, within two weeks, but before the day of final meeting .
8.
Credit will be granted to students who attend all the seminars and pass the final written test during the last meeting.
9.
The entry in the credit book should be as follows:
Subject Head Lectures Laboratory
Empathy in
Medicine dr hab. med. Aleksandra
Kładna
- 25
10.
According to the Instruction No 71/2012 and 72/2012, please note that it is forbidden to have mobile phones or any other electronic equipment that allow communication during examinations and credits.
Obligatory literature:
1.
Ziółkowska- Rudowicz, E., Kładna, A., Empatia jako jedna z ważnych umiejętności klinicznych. W: A.Kładna (Red.). Pielęgniarstwo. Desmurgia. Stany zagrożenia życia.
Wydawnictwo PAM, Szczecin, 2007, s.9-21
2.
Ziółkowska- Rudowicz, E., Kładna, A., Empathy as an import ant clinical sill. W:
A.Kładna (Red.).
Nursing. Desmurgy. Published by The Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin, 2008, s. 9-20.
3.
Komunikowanie się lekarza z pacjentem, Red. J.Barański, E.Waszyński, A.Steciwko.
Wydawnictwo Astrum, Wrocław,2000.
4.
Wilczek-Rużyczka E., Empatia i jej rozwój u osób pomagających. Wydawnictwo
Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Wydanie I, Kraków 2002
5.
Davis M.H., Empatia a umiejętności współodczuwania. Gdańskie Wydawnictwo
Psychologiczne, Gdańsk 1999.