Mental Health Weeks ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** 2024 2023 2022 2021 ****************************************************************************************** * 2024 ****************************************************************************************** This year, our faculty will again participate in Mental Health Weeks with five events, two be in English for our English-speaking students and staff. More information about the nati campaign can be found on the Mental Health Weeks website [ URL "http://www.tdz.cz"] . *========================================================================================= * What´s up, Doc? Challenges of Medical Profession and How to Face Them *========================================================================================= 9 October, 2024, 6:00 p.m. lecture hall, Educational and Research Center of CU in Hradec Králové, Zborovská 2089 [ UR mapy.cz/s/cujubecosa"] duration 1 hour According to sociological surveys, the medical profession is usually highly appreciated by public. People value the physicians’ job. However, they also have high, and sometimes even expectations. The expectations are among many components of the medical profession´s deman components are well known such as facing people´s suffering every day, responsibility, wor pressure, on-calls etc. Other surveys, on the other hand, inform that physicians increasin about working conditions and exhaustion. A significant proportion of physicians show sympt out syndrome. It obviously affects the physician´s health but also the quality of provided factors related to the physician´s job contribute to exhaustion and sometimes to burn-out some physicians´, particularly the junior ones, more prone to feeling burnt-out? Which fac a workplace and/or healthcare institution increase the risk burn-out syndrome? Are the med then junior doctors trained to cope effectively with the challenges of the medical profess strategies are more likely to be effective as a prevention from exhaustion and burn-out sy lecture, we will thing these questions over and hopefully stir up a joint discussion. The held in English. *========================================================================================= * Why so serious? Balancing the demands of the medical study and student life *========================================================================================= 5 November, 2024, 6:30 p.m. Main lecture hall, faculty building Šimkova 870 [ URL "https://mapy.cz/s/renubememo"] duration 1 hour A different country? A new university? Unfamiliar faces? Feeling out of place? Missing hom Struggling to keep up with academic demands? Facing challenges you did not expect? Well, y Many students were in your shoes and found their ways to overcome these hurdles. They are their experience, offer useful hints, and give advice. On top of that, there is University Service, which provides guidance and support. Join us for an evening of both discussion an Discover what might work for you because the sooner you take that step, the better you wil Meeting is open to all students from 1st to 3rd year. Come and debate with older medical s Mammen Samson and Kinnary Chandrashekhar Rane as well as Gal Haimy and Assoc. Prof. David Educational and Psychological Counselling. The event will be held in English. ****************************************************************************************** * 2023 ****************************************************************************************** In the first two weeks of October, our faculty held four events for staff, students and th which were part of the nationwide awareness campaign Mental Health Weeks. *========================================================================================= * What's wrong with you, Doctor? The pitfalls of the medical profession and how to face th *========================================================================================= On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, we launched the Mental Health Weeks at the Faculty of Medicin Králové with a lecture by Assoc. Prof. David Skorunka from the Department of Preventive Me topic "What's wrong with you, Doctor? The pitfalls of the medical profession and how to fa place in the evening in the large hall of the Bio Central cinema. In his lecture, the asso discussed, among other things, the demands of the medical profession and their specifics, influence their form and management, the risks of long-term stress, burnout syndrome and h it in yourself and how to prevent it. After the lecture, the associate professor answered questions from the audience of medical graduates and they discussed with each other, for example, on the topic of personal develo or coping with difficult situations in relation to patients. Thank you to all the particip time to come to the lecture! *========================================================================================= * Relaxation and breathing exercises workshop *========================================================================================= On Thursday, October 5, 2023, we welcomed Dr. Tereza Kertész, a graduate of our faculty an certified yoga instructor and owner of a yoga studio in Hradec Králové, to the Column Hall Gallery. The doctor drew the workshop participants into the exciting world of yoga, which chic leggings and is not aimed at a nice photo on Instagram. First, the visitors tried bre to calm and relax, then the doctor told a coda about Mother Teresa and the burning candle and finally the participants tried about ten minutes of meditation and then examined their after what had changed. "Every body has its own story that we learn to listen to in class, regardless of the level advancement... Every yoga class represents a new beginning and a new story," says Dr. Kert *========================================================================================= * Art therapy workshop for medical students *========================================================================================= On Tuesday, October 10, a workshop was held for students of our faculty in the art therapy the building of the Department of Psychiatry, led by Martina Jiroutová. She introduced the technique of imagination, used in art therapy, i.e. imagining images before the inner visi are based on experience. The students first drew a rose blossom using any technique and th Ms. Jiroutová, they worked on the narrative and interpretation of their creations. *========================================================================================= * Laughter Yoga Workshop *========================================================================================= On Thursday, 12 October, the Column Hall of the Na Hradě Gallery was filled with loud laug workshop of laughter yoga was led by Mr. Petr Vrběcký. The participants first tried consci and relaxing the body at the beginning and then practiced different types of laughter. Dur they tried laughing in different yoga positions, laughing while meeting each other or anim the end there was relaxation with music and reflection. ****************************************************************************************** * 2022 ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Mental health of students *========================================================================================= As part of Mental Health Weeks and on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, an expert d Student Mental Health took place on Monday 10 October in the Bio Central cinema. The debat by our faculty in cooperation with the University Hospital Hradec Králové, the Faculty of Hradec Králové of CU and the University of Hradec Králové. Invitation to the discussion wa by psychotherapist Dr. Julie Hadašová, head of the Pedagogical and Psychological Counselli LF HK Dr. Lubomír Hadaš, head of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology at the Faculty of the University of Hradec Králové Assoc. Prof. Kateřina Juklová, Dr. Petr Hrubeš from th of Psychiatry LF HK and FN HK and Prof. Lubomír Opletal from the Department of Pharmacogno Pharmaceutical Botany of the Faculty of Pharmacology in Hradec Králové of CU. During the d present experts presented their profession and how they encounter students and the topic o health in their work. They then took many questions from the audience, which were sent in an app. For example, the experts discussed questions that related to relationships with te school, parents and other people in their environment, as well as their relationship with also touched on how one can take preventive care of one's mental health. *========================================================================================= * Path for the soul *========================================================================================= As part of the Mental Health Weeks, LF HK prepared a relaxing walk along the trail through Hradec Králové for the public. Several stops awaited participants on the trail with intere about places connected with the history of medicine in Hradec Králové and also with mental The trail included a quiz with questions. After answering them correctly, they could parti competition for small prizes. ****************************************************************************************** * 2021 ****************************************************************************************** The Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové prepared an educational game on the topic of men the public as part of the Mental Health Week. Boxes were placed around the building of the Šimkova Street and the adjacent Šimkova Gardens, with cards containing questions on the to and mental health. The aim of this activity was to find all the boxes, answer the question solve the riddle. The activity was in both adult and young children versions.