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Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Medicine
Psychosomatische und Psychosoziale Medizin
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:07:07
Abstract
Professional physician-patient communication is a key requirement for a successful medical practice. Those who are proficient in the practice of medical interviewing have an excellent diagnostic tool in each discipline, and have much better conditions for patient guidance and a lower likelihood of prosecution for malpractice.
Objective
Medical history taking (how can a physician quickly get a reliable information about the disease). Communicative techniques for the professional exploration of psychosocial circumstances: gain the patient's trust through empathy, professional communication skills, and professional and social skills. The psychosocial contextualization of a disease to capture the patient's actual suffering. Exemplary background information on important psychosocial factors and mechanisms that can lead to health disorders: e.g. Stress-related diseases, diseases that lead to a permanent loss of function in everyday life or disorders due to significant experience (for example, trauma).
Content
Background knowledge for psychosocial medicine: • Individual as a unity of body, psyche and social. • development, bonding • Mechanisms for the development of «psychosomatic disorders». • Interplay of genetics, life history and the environment. • Coping with illnesses. • Psychophysiology; stress • pain • addiction • migration • gender Anamnesis skills and patient-physician communication: • The structural elements of an anamnesis • The technique of patient-centered interviewing: the art of listening and asking questions (question types); the empathic attitude; wait, repeat, summarize, mirror. • The systematic analysis of a symptom: the 8 dimensions of a symptom • The importance of psychosocial history; Areas of application of psychosocial medical history; Components of Psychosocial Anamnesis • The disease model of the patient • To foster the doctor-patient interaction: attachment, transmission and countertransference, collusion • Dealing with diversity: specific additions to the psychosocial history of migration background • Informing the patient about diagnosis, planned investigations and treatment. How to break bad news
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- BSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Registration & Places
- Signup End
- 01.02.2022
Course Components
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| lecture with exercise |
Psychosomatische und Psychosoziale Medizin
Blockkurs
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2 h weekly |