Skupinová edukace diabetiků - Jak na to… – Havlová Vladimíra (2017)

Contemporary medicine is advancing by leaps and bounds. The latest scientific discoveries, modern effective medications, more sophisticated devices, the virtual world of the internet. However, the foundation remains stable. It is the irreplaceable personal interaction between patients and healthcare professionals, which represents a far more complex process than just the mere exchange of information. Whether a doctor, nurse, or, for example, a nutrition therapist, how do we healthcare professionals manage to communicate with our patients from the position of educators? To what extent are we successful in this role? The professional publication titled Group Education for Diabetics. How to… seeks and provides answers to such questions. It guides the reader through the spectrum of the educational process from general foundations to very specific practical recommendations. Chapters on communication, education, and psychology, accompanied by rich visual documentation, are useful for educators across (not only) medical specialties. Detailed information is then targeted directly at educational skills in diabetology. There, as with other chronic diseases, education forms one of the fundamental pillars of treatment. A specific feature of the publication is its focus on group education, a form where the educator acts as a guide, coordinator of the group...