Science and Research
Currently Carried Out International Scientific –Research Grant Projects:
Name of the project: Application of new methods in teaching future health professionals to improve patients' self-management of their health
Project number: 015PU-4/2024
Implementation period: 2024 - 2026
Responsible manager: PhDr. Ľudmila Majerníková, PhD., univ. doc.
Main solvers:
PhDr. Anna Hudáková, PhD.
PhDr. Andrea Obročníková, PhD.
PhDr. Dagmar Magurová, PhD.
PaedDr. Mgr., Helena Galdunová, PhD.
PhDr. Mária Kaščáková, PhD.
doc. PhDr. Ľubomíra Tkáčová, PhD.
Annotation
According to statistical indicators, civilisation diseases are the most common causes of increased mortality and morbidity in the world in the long term. Since not only in the Slovak Republic, but also in the whole of Europe there is currently an increased prevalence of chronic diseases in the population, it is necessary to address the issue of complementary non-medical approaches that can improve the overall health status and quality of life of patients. The project focuses on the application of new methods that, when integrated into the educational process of future health professionals, will increase the awareness or self-management of patients' own health in clinical practice. Reducing risk and improving health outcomes cannot only depend on the actions of health professionals, but also on the actions of the patient. The main aim of the project will be to apply the Partners in Health (PIH) measurement tool in the educational process. The PIH scale allows the estimation of the level of desired knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in self-care and self-management of their disease in patients with chronic diseases but has a valid use also in the primary sphere. The research aim of the project will be the validation of the PIH scale (reliability and construct validity of the instrument), in order to obtain a standardized measurement tool to determine the level of self-management of one's own health, which finds its application also in the preventive component of health care with sociocultural adaptation in our conditions. The project will focus on the higher education environment in the fields of nursing, midwifery and other health sciences (physiotherapist, dental hygienist, radiology technician, etc.). Through two undergraduate textbooks focusing on health awareness and health promotion measurement tools, issues of compliance and adherence, it will enable students to understand the topic and will develop their partnership approach to patient participation in their health. The validated PIH tool and its implementation in practice will serve to apply this knowledge in clinical teaching to students but also to clinical and scientific educators. Because currently there is no valid instrument designed to assess the level of self-management in patients with chronic diseases in Slovakia, which would take into account the specifics of their needs, and especially the participation of the patient himself in the treatment of his disease. The aim of the project will be to develop, validate and make available a unified, internationally accepted and recommended methodology for the assessment of self-management in patients with chronic diseases and then apply it as an innovative method in theoretical teaching and then in practice in the clinical training of students.
Name of the project: Implementation of new imaging and simulation technologies in education in the study programmes Urgent Health Care and Radiological Technology, focused on the needs of clinical practice.
Project number: 010PU-4/2024
Implementation period: 2024 - 2026
Responsible manager: doc. RNDr. Marek Chmelík, PhD.
Main solvers:
Ing. Bc. Danka Boguská, PhD., MSc., MPH
RNDr. Ivana Kočanová, PhD.
PhDr. Martina Reľovská, PhD.
PhDr. Martina Vitková
PhDr. Janka Slaninková, PhD.
Ing. Bc. Marek Žifčák
doc. MUDr. Roman Zazula, Ph.D.
doc. MUDr. Marie Černá, PhD.
Annotation
The project aims to innovate and internationalise the content of the theoretical and practical training of paramedics and radiology technicians through the use of effective teaching, learning and assessment strategies in line with the principles of adult education and the promotion of distance learning. The implementation will be carried out through interaction and active search for information, problem-solving teaching, simulation of real situations, implementation of virtual reality in the educational process, demonstration of professional skills, case studies, work with multimedia information technologies and e-learning. Indeed, simulation methods provide tudents with standardization of the clinical situation, allow students to apply knowledge, skills and practical skills, develop critical thinking, clinical decision making, improve communication and collaboration in a multi-disciplinary team and last but not least, increase their confidence and satisfaction with teaching. The skills acquired during the teaching process in the simulation laboratory will enable students of the Urgent Health Care and Radiology Technology study programmes smoothly transition to professional practice carried out at clinical workplaces.
Name of the project: Objektivizácia hodnotenia klinických zručností študentov pôrodnej asistencie v simulovaných podmienkach
Project number: 027PU-4/2023
Implementation period: 2023-2025
Responsible manager: doc. PhDr. Ľubica Derňarová, PhD.,
Main solvers:
PhDr. Mgr. Tatiana Šantová, PhD.,
PhDr. Andrea Šuličová, PhD.,
PhDr. Zuzana Šimová, PhD.,
PhDr. Mgr. Zuzana Novotná, PhD.,
PhDr. Mgr. Jana Cinová, PhD
Annotation
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic endocrine and metabolic disease with an increasing trend in the current population. Our goal is to increase the awareness of patients with diabetes mellitus about the use of the latest technologies in treatment, which will enable them to improve their quality of life not only physically, but also mentally and socially. At the same time, we plan to use a standardized questionnaire to find out how patients using the latest technology evaluate their quality of life. We consider it necessary to implement knowledge about the latest treatment options in the curricula of selected subjects for students of non-medical disciplines. The aim of the project is to publish a university textbook focused on the use of the latest modern technologies in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, such as an insulin pump with a sensor and an integrated system of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM continuos glucose monitoring). At the same time, it can provide valuable information on treatment options and the use of these technologies to patients with diabetes mellitus and their relatives, teachers and high school students.
Name of the project: Objectivization of evaluation clinical skills of students of midwifery in simulated condition
Project number: 008PU-4/2022
Implementation period: 2022 -2024
Responsible manager: doc. PhDr. Štefánia Andraščíková, PhD., MPH
Main solvers:
PhDr. Silvia Žultáková, PhD.
doc. PhDr. Bc. Ľubica Rybárová, PhD.
PhDr. Alena Schlosserová, PhD.
PhDr. Mgr. Helena Galdunová, PhD.
PhDr. Mária Gábor, PhD.
PhDr. Slávka Havrilová
Annotation
The main aim of the project is the application of the method of objective structured examination and evaluation (OSCE) of clinical skills in the clinical training of students of midwifery. Through the creation of clinical scenarios embedded in the e-learning environment, which will focus on clinical situations common in the midwife's clinical practice, using simulated clinical conditions in the simulation laboratory and creating structured evaluation forms, we want to ensure an attractive and safe clinical preparation environment for students, as well as an objectively structured formative-summative assessment of acquired clinical competencies, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Name of the project: Implementation of new methods in education in the field of study 7. 4. 3 Laboratory investigation methods in healthcare focused on the needs of clinical practice
Project number: 016PU-4/2021
Implementation period: 01/2021 –12/2023
Responsible manager: prof. MUDr. Mgr. Milan Jirsa, CSc.
Main solvers:
RNDr. Ivana Kočanová, PhD.
RNDr. Slavomíra Poniková, PhD.
PhDr. Valéria Mašterová, PhD.
Mgr. Viera Štalmachová
Mgr. Katarína Šoltésová
Annotation
The primary role of student’s education in the Bachelor's study program 7.4.3 Laboratory Testing Methods in Health Care is to create fundamental skills and habits. These will be the key competencies of laboratory technician with an emphasis on knowledge of basic laboratory equipment and laboratory methods in the premises of the Faculty of Health Care. The skills acquired during the education process in the simulation laboratory will help students to make a smooth transition to professional practice in clinical laboratory workplaces. This form of realization of continuous professional practice in clinical workplaces ensures natural acquisition of practical skills of students. The professional practice is based on multiple repetitions, on visualizations, on precise execution and on coordination of individual tasks. In this form of education, it is important to pay attention to the harmony of cognitive, affective and psychomotor learning together with innovative elements of education. The graduates of the Laboratory testing methods in health care will be able to make a continuous transition to the labor market. On the other hand the realization of practice is a guarantee of preparation of graduates who are then able to perform laboratory activities for clinical biochemistry, hematology, transfusiology, microbiology, pathological anatomy, histology, immunology, toxicology, genetics and public health.
Name of the project: Chronic Wound Care Simulation Center
Project number: 003PU-4/2021
Implementation period: 01/2021 –12/2023
Responsible manager: Dr. h.c. prof. PhDr. Anna Eliašová, PhD., DBA
Main solvers:
PhDr. Beáta Grešš Halász, PhD.
PhDr. Terézia Fertaľová, PhD.
PhDr. Silvia Cibriková, PhD.
PhDr. Lívia Hadašová, PhD., MBA
Annotation
Chronic (hard- to- heal or non-healing) wounds are a serious complication both in terms of healthcare management and patient quality of life. Management of care for patients with chronic wounds has an irreplaceable role within health systems due to the significant occurrence of chronic wounds. Wound management is influenced by the complex evolution of science, technology, socioeconomics, demography and population morbidity. Nursing must constantly adapt to new trends. Defining nursing roles in relation to education, licensing and certification has the potential to improve collaboration with professionals within the wound management team with the primary intention of achieving the best results for patients. The main objective of the project is to create a Simulation Centre for Chronic Wound Care. An important part of the project will be the creation of an educational module and the creation of a standard for the care of chronic wounds. In the context of creating an educational program, the team plans to develop publications (textbooks, articles, manuals), care maps, presentations and workshops that will be part of undergraduate, postgraduate and continual education. The project will also include research aimed at preventing decubitus using the latest recommendations in cooperation with national and international professional organizations and institutions. The team aims to present the results at national and international professional forums
Name of the project: GLIMR 2.0
Project number: CA18206
Implementation period: 12.9.2019-11.9.2023
Responsible manager: RNDr. Marek Chmelík, PhD., univ. doc.
Annotation
In Europe, 50,000 new cases of glioma occur each year, and this number is expected to rise with the ageing population. Well-established international consortia are putting tremendous research efforts into a better understanding of glioma pathology and improved treatment strategies. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) only has a minor role in these research efforts, despite being a widely available medical imaging modality and whilst advanced MRI techniques are emerging with great potential for improved characterisation of glioma. To exploit advanced MRI to the fullest, two issues need to be solved:
• The scattered research landscape in which advanced MRI is being developed for glioma imaging.
• The limited presence of advanced MRI research in established consortia for clinical work and research in glioma.
This COST Action aims to build a pan-European and multidisciplinary network of international experts in glioma research, patient organisations, data scientists, and MR imaging scientists by uniting the glioma imaging community within Europe and progressing the development and application of advanced MR imaging for improved decision making in diagnosis, patient monitoring, and assessment of treatment response in clinical trials and clinical practice. This COST Action will bring Europe to the global forefront on glioma imaging research, by providing recommendations and open-access software tools that will accelerate the bench-to-bedside translation of advanced MRI techniques. These scientific developments will further the understanding of glioma pathophysiology facilitating scientific breakthroughs in novel therapies and improve personalised patient management ultimately increasing the quality of life of glioma patients.
Name of the project: The multidisciplinary approach of teaching midwives and physiotherapists in the care of woman using multimedia technologies
Project number: 008PU-4/2019
Implementation period: 2019 - 2021
Responsible manager: doc doc. PhDr. Štefánia Andraščíková, PhD., MPH
Main solvers:
PhDr. Silvia Žultáková, PhD.
PhDr. Ľubica Rybárová, PhD.
PaedDr. Helena Galdunová, PhD.
PhDr. Alena Schlosserová, PhD.
Mgr. Pavol Nechvátal, PhD.
PhDr. Lucia Demjanovič Kendrová, PhD.
PhDr. Katarína Hnatová, PhD.
PhDr. Matúš Kozel, PhD.
PhDr. Mária Gábor, PhD.
Annotation
The project is a continuation of the previous project completed in 2017 and is aimed at expanding and innovating the content of professional theoretical and practical training in midwifery. It is an interdisciplinary link with the principles of adult education and the promotion of distance learning. The aim is to link theoretical and practical training in midwifery with physiotherapy in a multidisciplinary way. The implementation of the project was carried out through interaction and active search for new knowledge, the orientation of teaching to practical problem solving (PBL) based on critical thinking, simulation of real situations in the interconnection of the work of midwives and physiotherapists, demonstration of professional skills, case studies, work with multimedia information technology and e-learning. Another aim is to prepare the conditions for theoretical and practical teaching of women's care in a specialised laboratory environment with potential links to the public and to offer services in the care, promotion and protection of women's health at an educational institution following collaboration with health care providers.
Name of the project: Evaluation of the physical activity of seniors as a starting point for improving the forms of teaching in the issue of active aging
Project number: 009PU- 4/2018
Implementation period: 01/2018-12/2020
Responsible manager: doc. MUDr. František Németh, PhD.
Main solvers:
PhDr. Andrea Šuličová, PhD.
PhDr. Mgr. Tatiana Šantová, PhD.
PhDr. Lucia Kendrová, PhD.
PhDr. Petra Homzová
Mgr. Jakub Čuj
PhDr. Ľuboslava Kundracíková
Annotation
Population of Slovakia as well as that in other developed countries becomes older. Currently in Slovakia about 13% of the population is older than 65 years (the official age limit for geriatric patients), and this segment " consumes " more than 60-70% of the costs designed for providing outpatient and hospital health care and causes a sustainable trend of increasing funds in this sphere. Because of this reason the mainstreaming of our health care system in the field of geriatrics should conform to the requirements of National Programme of the Protection of Older Persons (1998). The aging of the population with the upcoming frailty, disability and non-independency requires a conceptually different solution than only a reprofilization of the hospital beds. Geriatric medicine and nursing must be focused on the various intervention programs that can delay the of inability and non-independency occurrence in seniors.Physical activity program is one of the most important, most effective and less expensive among the interventional methods. Lot of the health benefits in geriatric patients can be achieved thanks to precisely developed and implemented physical activity interventions (Fried, Guralnik, Avlund...)
Name of the project: The role of nursing in the use of activation techniques in patients with dementia
Project number: 012PU-4/2018
Implementation period: 01/2018-12/2020
Responsible manager: doc. MUDr. Eleonóra Klímová, CSc.
Main solvers:
PhDr. Terézia Fertaľová, PhD.
PhDr. Iveta Ondriová, PhD.
PhDr. Dagmar Magurová, PhD.
PhDr. Jana Cuperová, PhD.
PhDr. Lívia Hadašová, PhD., MBA
PhDr. Wioletta Mikuľáková, PhD.
Annotation
The number of seniors is growing in relation to the increase in life expectancy, when the soul and psyche of a senior falls behind, but the body is still functional. This paradox is increasingly discussed in relation to disease and the symptoms of dementia. Increasing quantitative but also qualitative demands of caring for these clients places demands on the expertise of direct care providers. The priority objective of this project is the implementation of a new concept of care for the elderly, their activation in view of the escalating cognitive deficit. A necessity in this regard is to increase the professional specialized educational level of both university teachers and subsequently students and practising nurses who provide comprehensive nursing care to seniors. Lifelong learning supports the use of new approaches in the care of the elderly while encouraging potential quality. By involving students we want to combine theory and practice to awaken interest in care for the population of seniors and to implement transgenerational care, which may ultimately benefit them in the labour market given the generally high demand for quality graduates.
Name of the project: e Education in the field of emergency health care and rescue services
Project number: 032PU-4/2018
Implementation period: 01/2018-12/2020
Responsible manager: Ing. Bc. Danka Boguská, PhD
Main solvers:
PhDr. Ivana Argayová, PhD.
PhDr. Ľudmila Miženková, PhD.
PhDr. Martina Vitková
Ing. Bc. Vladimír Hosa
doc. MUDr. Roman Zazula, Ph.D.
Annotation
The project is oriented to innovation and internationalisation of the content of professional theoretical and practical training of medical rescuers and other emergency services of the Integrated Rescue System of the Slovak Republic, in particular existing and future members of the Fire and Rescue Service, via application of effective learning, education and evaluation strategies in correspondence with principles of adult education and distance learning support. It will be realised on the basis of interaction and information active searching, orientation of the teaching to problem solving, simulation of real situations, demonstration of professional skills, case studies, work with multimedia information technologies and e-learning.
Name of the project: Innovation of the subject Nursing procedures I and II - creation of a modular educational program
Project number: 029PU - 4/2017
Implementation period: 01/2017-12/2019
Responsible manager: Dr. h. c. prof. PhDr. Anna Eliašová, PhD., DBA
Main solvers:
PhDr. Terézia Fertaľová, PhD.
PhDr. Iveta Ondriová, PhD.
PhDr. Jana Cuperová, PhD.
PhDr. Lívia Hadašová, PhD., MBA
PhDr. Gabriela Kuriplachová, PhD.
PhDr. Andrea Lengyelová
Annotation
The project is aimed at creating and implementing a modular system of education in the subjects Nursing Procedures I and II in order to apply innovative practices in the education of future nurses. The highly humane and responsible work of healthcare workers places a great importance on their professional training. Educational institutions are therefore obliged to constantly to improve it and to respond to the current needs of contemporary society. Modular education can be a very effective system of authentic learning, which is characterized by the application of higher thought processes and problem solving in connection with actual practice. The modular system is flexible and allows the school to respond quickly to innovative processes relating to the method, form, time of training and to the individual capabilities of the student. The presented project also includes the preparation of scientific publications, which promote self-study and make it more efficient in the modular system.
Name of the project: The importance of perfusion scintigraphy of the myocardium in middle-aged diabetics as a starting point of application for innovative forms of teaching radioisotope diagnostic technologies in the framework of international cooperation
Project number: 066PU- 4/2016
Implementation period: 01/2016 –12/2018
Responsible manager: MUDr. Alexander Kiško, CSc.
Main solvers:
doc. PhDr. Ľubica Derňarová, PhD., MPH
doc. MUDr. Marián Babčák, PhD.
doc. MUDr. František Németh, PhD.
MUDr. Ján Kmec, PhD.
Annotation
Medical, social and socio-economic significance of the disease is in its high prevalence, prognostically bad complications, reduced quality of life of the patients, but also in the costs expenses on lifelong treatment, particularly in case of type 2 DM. Prevalence of myocardial ischemia detected by perfusion gated-SPECT myocardial scintigraphy is planned to be established in unselected population of asymptomatic young and middle-age type 2 DM patients in region of Eastern Slovakia. In addition, the project aims to determine predictors of myocardial ischemia and to elaborate the indications and clinical guidelines for stress perfusion imaging in asymptomatic diabetics, which would be based on the principles of EBM. Recently, the incidence of type 2 DM in eastern Slovakia have increased, especially in the younger age groups. The tendency of lowering of average life expectancy in the patients with type 2 diabetes represents as a growing and serious problem for the health care system in the region. The increasing prevalence of type 2 DM is associated with a 70% increase in obesity. The life expectancy level in type 2 DM patients under the age of 40 is lower by eight years, compared to non-diabetic, and the prognostically bad complications of the diabetes, especially coronary atherosclerosis, occur in a much younger age. In this regard, an early detection of myocardial ischemia in young and middle-age patients as well as putting them on an optimal long-term and aggresive interventional strategies with lifestyle and dietetic limitations, aggressive drug therapy or coronary revascularizations. However, the majority of these patients are managed not properly because of the lack of clinical trials with the relevant guidelines and recommendations on this item. Only the few studies have been conducted on this issue, so far. CECA (Cost-Effectiveness of Cardiac Functional Testing) clinical study showed that the diagnostic strategy with stress perfusion gated-SPECT scintigraphy is of the same cost-effectiveness and diagnostic value as coronary angiography in identifying patients who should undergo revascularization. This method is a method of choice for its financial and diagnostic values and should be preferred for the detection of myocardial ischemia in diabetic patients. Prospective, randomized, observational DIAD (The Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics) study dealt with the detection of myocardial ischemia with perfusion gated - SPECT scintigraphy in asymptomatic type 2 DM patients. It was concluded that so called "silent ischemia" occurs in more than one in five asymptomatic patients with type 2 DM. Conventional cardiovascular risk factors did not correlate with an abnormal stress imaging and only cardiac autonomic dysfunction was a strong predictor of myocardial ischemia. Diabetic patients that have been included into this study were up to 75 years of age and with the disease duration from 20 to 45 years. There is reasonable suspection that in young and middle-age patients the prevalence of myocardial ischemia may differ to that in older patients, as well as a clinical predictors of ischemia, which in some sense can be "unconventional". An importance of early clinical and instrumental detection of asymptomatic ischemia is reasonable, taking into account that patients with type 2 diabetes should start aggressive risk factor modification as soon as possible to prevent future coronary complications. There were only few studies evaluating the management efficacy in the type 2 DM with an asymptomatic myocardial ischemia in sense of improving prognosis and outcomes in these patients. In BARI-2D (Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization The Investigation 2 Diabetes) study there was find no significant difference in the death level and serious cardiovascular events in the patients who underwent primary revascularization and those who have been indicated for aggressive conservative strategy. Similarly, DYNAMIT (Do You Need to Assess Myocardial Ischemia in Type-2 diabetes) and COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation) studies didn’t find systematic screening and revascularization in high-risk asymptomatic patients with type 2 DM having a potential of improving prognosis compared to the proper medical treatment. We have found no studies assessing possible clinical predictors of myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic type 2 diabetics of young middle age, and making clinical guidelines and recommendations for stress perfusion gated - SPECT scintigraphy as the screening method in these patients in accordance to the principles of EBM. Completion of the study should have a significant impact on improving the detection of asymptomatic myocardial ischemia in diabetic patients of younger age groups, optimizing treatment and prevention strategies as well as improving the prognosis and quality of life of these patients.
Name of the project: Multimedia technology in the preparation of midwives 2
Project number: 049PU- 4/2015
Implementation period:01/2015-12/2017
Implementation period: doc. PhDr. Štefánia Andraščíkova, PhD., MPH
Annotation
The project is a continuation of a project completed in 2013 and is aimed at creating a custom e-learning environment at the FZO, expanding, innovating and internationalizing the content of professional and theoretical and practical training of future midwives through the use of effective teaching, learning and assessment strategies in line with the principles of adult education and the promotion of distance learning. Implementation will be through interaction and active information seeking, problem-based learning (PBL), simulation of real-life situations, demonstration of professional skills, case studies, working with multimedia informatio technology and e-learning.
Name of the project: Simulation laboratory for training nursing procedures
Project number: 017PU- 4/2012
Implementation period:01/2012-12/2014
Implementation period:: doc. PhDr. Ľubica Derňarová, PhD., MPH
Annotation
Higher education is performed using typical teaching forms. Each is linked to certain educational concepts and models that are reflected in the methodological framework of the organization of the educational content and in the roles of teacher and student. One specific type of higher education is exercises under laboratory conditions, which are mainly of a practical nature and for the professional training of future nurses they are highly specific. The program of study requires nursing students in their first year to master nursing procedures under laboratory conditions. Such exercises are preparation for real clinical practice. By completing the course the student shows they are able to explain a specific nursing practice or performance, illustrate a situation in which the nursing procedure would be carried out, organize and prepare the equipment, implement the procedure, identify errors and deficiencies in the nursing procedure. There are demanding in terms of content and time not only for students but also for teachers. The material and technical support for nursing exercises in the laboratory should be in accordance with the requirements and standards imposed on education of the university type. With the support of the grant we have established a modern simulation laboratory, equipped with simulators for training nursing practices, thus creating wider opportunities for exercise under laboratory conditions. Added value in the project comes from establishing cooperation with the Prešov branch organization of the Association of Diabetics of Slovakia, with which we participated in training the measurement of blood glucose and insulin injection using simulation models. We used simulators at the University of the Third Age at Prešov University in the field of "Health Care". We taught seniors to apply anticoagulant therapy and reapply colostomies. The benefit of the project is a general shift in thinking in relation to an innovative way of education, not only for students but also for lecturers. One of the key outcomes of the project is a university textbook “Vybrané ošetrovateľské postupy” (selected nursing procedures), which has a wider use not only for students in nursing, but also in the field of emergency medical care and midwifery. The pressure of competition forces us to continue the trend of improving the quality of higher education in other scientific – research activities.
Name of the project: Educational help center for relatives of patients with Alzheimer's disease in the context of connecting theory and practice in teaching students
Project number: 022PU- 4/2011
Implementation period: 01/2011-12/2013
Responsible manager: doc. MUDr. Eleonóra Klimová, CSc.
Annotation
Today in all developed countries gain ground an important and complex subject of an aging society, which is the result of demographic developments in last decades. To a population aging are contributing factors of current demographic trends such as the declining birth rate, increasing life expectancy and increasing group of very old people. The active part of life does lengthen but old age and its extension is also associated with increasing disease peculiar to this period of life. Among these diseases belongs Alzheimer's disease. Reflecting the current requirements of modern society, the Faculty of health care of University of Presov was established Educational support center for relatives of patients with Alzheimer's disease, as a tool for improving the quality of education for students of nursing and physiotherapy in the role of educators led by lecturers. Establishment of the center we offer the general public the opportunity to increase the knowledge level of care of patients with Alzheimer's disease at home. The topics of educational meetings focused on the establishment of the safe home environment, incentive programs, training memory functions, positioning and rehabilitation at home, peace elimination of psychological and physical stress, social support, innovative pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods of treatment, respite care, which preceded the theoretical basis of Alzheimer's disease. The added value of the project has been active cooperation with devices that provide health and social care for seniors in the region of Presov. Based on their requirements have been arranged an educational meetings right in social care facilities. Educated were also employees of these facilities. The output of the project is university textbook: Theory and Practice in the care of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Benefit of the project is the establishment of an educational center for the needs of professionals and the general public , improving the educational process with the possibility of linking theory and practice, priority in disciplines: psychiatric nursing, education in nursing, neurological nursing, applied psychology in nursing, professional ethics, communication in nursing, geriatric nursing, mental health nursing.
Name of the project: Multimedia technology in the preparation of midwives
Project number: 004PU- 4/2011
Implementation period: 01/2011-12/2013
Responsible manager: doc. PhDr. Štefánia Andraščíkova, PhD., MPH
Annotation
The project aims to innovate and internationalise the content of the theoretical and practical training of midwives through the use of effective teaching, learning and assessment strategies in line with the principles of adult learning and the promotion of distance learning. Implementation will be through interaction and active information seeking, problem-based learning (PBL), simulation of real situations, demonstration of professional skills, case studies, working with multimedia information technology and e-learning.
Name of the project: Communication with the hearing impaired in nursing practice
Project number: 3/6070/08
Implementation period: 01/2008-12/2010
Responsible manager: Dr. h. c. prof. PhDr. Anna Eliašová, PhD., DBA
Annotation
Communication with the deaf man is lengthy and without adequate assistance leds to misunderstandings. It is even more difficult for rescuers in their work.They are quite often addressed with situations where time plays the crucial role and every second means the boundary between life and death. The objectives of professional publication "Communication with health workers and deaf man" and "Manual of the healthcare worker´s communication with deaf man" is to reconcile and to get closer each other and present a simple means of communication between the participants in the communication process. Understanding of basic knowledge about communication with patients with disabilities helps to avoid disruption of relations with them and thus the various conflicts.
