Communication in Health Sciences

Comunicação em Saúde

Curse code:9791133

Maria Do Rosário De Fátima Martins Dias

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

Acquire and develop skills in pedagogical and didactic domains. So at the end of the semester, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate communication skills adapted to various professional contexts of prosthetic.
• Demonstrate knowledge, attitudes and professional behaviors that facilitate effective interaction and appropriate to the various stakeholders in health settings (e.g. health service users, relatives, colleagues and other health professionals).
• Demonstrate competences related to scientific knowledge, research, planning, communication and presentation of teamwork.
• Encourage the creation of research projects and stimulate interest in research in the field of Health Psychology.

Syllabus:

1. Relational communication as a fundamental instrument of the interpersonal relationship.
2. Looking at social interactions.
3. Development of the psychic functions that characterize the human species.
4. The importance of the face in the experience of the human being.
5. The development of the life cycle and neoteny.
6. The communicational paradox: Language - verbal and nonverbal.
7. The basic emotions and traces on the human face.
8. The smile: A universal language.
9. The influence of the face on the self-image of the subjects.
10. The mental representation of subjects self-image.
11. The smile as a vehicle of psychic development.
12. The language of silence: The smile.
13. In search of the perfect smile.
14. Aesthetic motivation and gender identity.

Suggested Bibliography:

• Dickson DA, Hargie O, Morrow NC (1993) Communication Skills Training for Health Professionals, An Instructor’s Handbook, London: Chapman & Hall.
• Watzlawick P, Beavin JH, Jackson DD (1967) Pragmática da Comunicação Humana, São Paulo: Livraria Pioneira Editora.