Division of Studies in English Language, Military Medical Faculty, Medical University of Lodz
Psychiatry
Program of seminars and classes
5 th year of 6-year course
Academic year 2015 / 2016
Total number of hours: Seminars 60 hours
Classes 100 hours
Method of performing the final exam: 1. test
2. case presentation
List of textbooks:
Basic:
1.
Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry, Kaplan&Sadock’s, ISBN 0781750334
2.
Handbook of Medical Psychiatry, D.P. Moore, J.W. Jefferson, ISBN 0323029116
Recommended:
Andreasen N., Black D.W.: Introductory textbook of Psychiatry APP, Washington 2001
Scully JH: Psychiatry, William & Wilkins, New York 1998
First aid for the psychiatry clerkship – a student guide ISBN 0071203516
Practical skills students are obliged to acquire during psychiatry course:
1. Ability to integrate theoretical knowledge into clinical practice
-taking patient history,
- proposing diagnosis
- planning course of treatment
2. Physical examination including neurological examination
3. Performing ECG and interpreting of ECG result
4. Record keeping - preparing professional write-ups
5. Relationship with patients - communication skills
6. Attendance at rounds
7.Accompanying patients during EEG procedures
8. Clinical presentations - case presentations

Seminars & Classes Program - number of hours: seminar (S) and classesses (C)
1.
Introducing seminar – yesterday and today problems in psychiatry. S-3, C-5
2.
Psychiatric classification: ICD-10, DSM-IV-TR. S-3, C-5
3.
The psychiatric Interview. S-3, C-5
4.
Psychiatric Psychopathology. S-6, C-10
5.
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disoredrs. Part 1 S-3, C-5
6.
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disoredrs. Part 2 S-3, C-5
7.
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disoredrs. Part 3 – treatment S-3, C-5
8.
Anxiety disorders. Somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, dissociative disorders. S-3, C-5
9.
Mood disorders- Part 1
10.
Mood disorders- Part 2.
S-3, C-5
S-3, C-5
11.
Mood disorders.-Part 3. – treatment. Suicidology S-3, C-5
12.
Alcohol-related disorders- alcohol use disorder and alcohol-induces psychotic disorders.
Other substance – related disorders. S-3, C-5
13.
Eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa. S-3, C-5
14.
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic and other cognitive disorders. S-3, C-5
15.
Sexual and gender identity disorder: sexual dysfunctions, paraphilias, gender identity disorders. S-3, C-5
16.
Personality disorders. Sleep disorders S-3, C-5
17.
Disorder usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood or adolescence: Mental retardation, pervasive developmental disorders, ADHD. S-3, C-5
S-3, C-5 18.
Psychological theories of psychopatology.
19.
Health psychology. S-3, C-5
We inform that slight changes in above schedule are possible because of current reasons
(lecture topics are unchangeable, possible changes in sequence of lectures and seminars).