Counseling Wıth Patients And Caregivers

Course Code:

PCG 367

Course Type:

Area Elective

P:

3

Lab:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

5

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

To ensure that the psychological counselor candidates obtain information about the disease psychology and behavioral patterns, establishing an accurate and effective communication with patients and their relatives, to contribute to the physical and mental well-being of the patients and their relatives, to ensure the adaptation of the patient and relatives to the illness process and to gain knowledge and skills about the principles of psychological support.

Course Content:

Psychology of the patient and his/her caregivers, reactions to illness; psychological support in cases of trauma, disaster, accident, violence, abuse, chronic diseases, psychological diseases, patients in need of social service; behavior seen in patients and their caregivers; principles of psychological approach and effective communication; the aim and benefits of psychological support to the patient and patient’s caregivers; skills to cope with stress and anxiety; intervention and support; topics of group therapy and individual psychotherapy in this process.

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Case study, 3: Problem Solving , 4: Discussion, 5:Demonstration, 6: Group work

Course Evaluation Methods:

1. Written exam, 2. Multiple-choice test, 3. Space-filling, 4. Right-Wrong type, 5. Oral examination, 6. Portfolio

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1) Students gain insight about patient psychology.	1,2,3,6,7,9,10	1,2,4,6	1,2,3,4
2) Students understand the physical, emotional and behavioral responses of patients and their caregivers to the illness and the process.	1,2,3,6,7,9,10	1,2,4,6	1,2,3,4
3) Students understand the importance and principles of providing psychological support to patients and their caregivers.	1,2,3,6,7,9,10	1,2,4,6	1,2,3,4
4) Students know the principles and methods of psychological approach and psychological support to patients and their caregivers, and the importance of communication with other units in the process, and can evaluate cases.	1,2,3,6,7,9,10	1,2,4,6	1,2,3,4

Course Flow

Weeks	Topics
1	Introduction of the course; overview of patient psychology
2	Effects of the illnesses on the patient, patient caregivers and relatives
3	Emotional, behavioral and physiological responses to illness
4	Anxiety, stress and psychiatric disorders in the patient and the patient's caregivers.
5	Effective communication skills and principles with patients and patients' caregivers.
6	The importance of providing psychological support to patients and their relatives and current views on patient pyschology
7	Relevant research and readings, class work
8	Midterm
9	Therapeutic skills and principles and practices that can be used in psychological counseling with patients and their caregivers
10	Patient psychology and psychological approach in trauma and loss
11	Patient psychology and psychological approach in bedridden patients
12	Psychological approach and intervention for chronic patients and their relatives: family therapy, individual psychotherapy
13	Group work, case reports
14	Semester review and Final Exam

Recommended Sources

Textbook

’Sağlık Psikolojisi” Doç. Dr. Ülgen H. Okyayuz, Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.

‘’Hasta Yakını Olmak’’ Dr. Esen Tabar , Pan Yayıncılık.

Material Sharing

Documents

Shared in classroom/via e-mail.

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-Term	1	30
Homework	1	10
Final	1	60
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		60
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		40
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Having knowledge of past, basic though and principles of the PCG, and implementing PCG					X
2	Comprehending meaning and importance of the coordination, consultation/consulting and supervision in the PCG field, and implementing them				X
3	Having knowledge of ethical rules accepted by national and international PCG associations, and implementing them				X
4	Learning to accept everyone as they are / with all kind of features by the multicultural approach	X
5	Learning theories/information about cultural awareness, cultural social justice, solution of conflicts, and other cultural behaviors; for development and health of human soul, mind and body, and implementing them	X
6	Learning theories related to the development, learning and personality development so as to facilitate positive development and wellness of individual for his/her life time, and implementing them				X
7	Understanding the environmental factors affecting normal and abnormal behaviors, psychopathology, disability conditions and crisis during his/her development process,				X
8	Learning and implementing the career consulting, processes, techniques and sources, career development and decision-making model so as to include those applied to certain groups in the global economy	X
9	Learning psychological consulting theories, being aware and use of intervention techniques suitable for counselees in practice					X
10	Learning group process, roles and behaviors of group members, group working, therapeutic factors, and principles and techniques of group dynamics containing developmental stages			X

ECTS

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	4	60
Homework	1	3	3
Mid-Term	1	1	1
Final	1	3	3
Total Work Load			114
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			4,56
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

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