Teachers/Lectors.

prof. Stanislav Filip, MD, PhD.

Michal Hrčiarik, MD

Veronika Molnarova, MD

Jana Hrubešová, MD

Dana Hrnčiariková, MD, PhD.

Martina Novosadová, Pharmdr., PhD.

Pavlína Paseková, MSc.

Michaela Šimková, MSc.

Alena Peremská, Bc.

Krystína Štefanides, Bc.

Lectures.

1. Palliative medicine - introduction; definition; basic palliative treatment and care; principles and concepts of palliative care.

2. Symptom diagnosis and treatment; sudden and chronic conditions seen in palliative care patients.

3. Basic communication - principles of communication with the patient and his/her family in palliative care; rules of communication when conveying serious messages.

4. Terminal care; palliative care limitations; hydration and nutrition during palliative care.

5. Pain – acute, chronic, and breakthrough; indications and risks of opioid administration; other options for analgesic treatment and intervention.

6. Clinical pharmacy in palliative medicine – higher risk drugs in palliative medicine; patient compliance.

7. Hospital palliative team – characteristics; work principles and concepts; establishing a care plan. Outpatient palliative care. Inpatient and mobile hospice care. The issue of previously expressed wishes.

8. Social care in palliative medicine – the social needs and context of serious illness; overview of the state’s social support for patients and their families during serious illness and end of life.

9. Perinatal palliative care - family care during pregnancy at risk of perinatal loss. Spiritual care - Spiritual counselling for patients in palliative care.

10. Specialized palliative care - Procedures: in cardiology (end stage cardiac insufficiency), in pneumology (terminal COPD, IPP), in nephrology (end stage renal insufficiency), in neurology (ALS, RS, Parkinson's disease), in oncology (palliative therapy options), in geriatrics (dementia, frailty syndrome).

11. Hospital and palliative team - characteristics; work principles and concepts; establishing a care plan. Outpatient palliative care. Inpatient and mobile hospice care. The issue of previously expressed wishes.

Practical exercises.

1. Case reports - Clinical monitoring