Departments

Examples include the projects of the Student Grant Competition (IGA UP - Internal Grant Agency UP) such as Modified Sensory Input Objectification in Clinical Rehabilitation, Objectification of the Use of Purpose-Focused Movement, Observation, Movement Imagination in Rehabilitation, and Muscle Synergy Objectification in Upper Limb Ideo-Motoric Function.

Kinesiology Laboratory
The department together with the Rehabilitation Ward of the University Hospital Olomouc possesses motor function analysis equipment which is absolutely unique in the Czech Republic. The kinesiology lab has the dynamic posturography system Noraxon and surface electromyography systems (MyoSystem 1400 and TeleMyo). A recent addition to the measuring technology is treadmills with built-in force plate C-Mill and Zebris, which enable the objectification of walk cycle evaluation, walking speed measurement, step length, forces during walking and walking over obstacles with simulated video feedback. EMG compatible video cameras for synchronized EMG signal and image are used for graphic presentation and easier results interpretation in the studies performed by researchers and students. The highly specialized technical equipment of the kinesiology lab is among the best technology in the Czech Republic; it offers unique practical experience to students and researchers to work with a wide spectrum of objectification measures and to use them for motor function analysis in a practical setting.

The center is a service facility of the Faculty of Health Sciences. It unites the teaching staff and professionals in pre-clinical, theoretical, and clinical fields that guarantee the education of all study programs at Faculty of Health Sciences. The research activities of the staff are based on their professional field.

Science and research activities of the department focus on the following areas: competences transformation of non-medical healthcare professionals (general nurse) in the Czech republic, implementation of a standardised nursing terminology NANDA International, NIC, NOC in nursing care in the Czech environment, using the concept of basic stimulation in nursing care, areas of multicultural care, palliative care, care for people with disabilities, evidence-based practice in nursing. An international conference "Professionalism in Nursing" is organised by the department in order to exchange knowledge from professional nursing in a formal and informal way.

The department closely cooperates with partner educational and scientific institutions in the Czech Republic as well as abroad. The department is a member of the international organisation ENNE- European Network for Higher Education in Nursing and cooperates with the international nursing organisation Sigma Theta Tau at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, USA.

The publishing and research activities include the problems of qualitative and quantitative research in nursing, lifestyle and its limits, chronic disease problems, prevention and occurrence of burnout syndrome in general nurses, and the research of health-protecting factors. The staff focuses on the use of quantitative research triangulation in the study of people with chronic disease. The target group is multiple sclerosis patients. This research is very unique in the field of nursing. Publication outcomes deal with problems in nursing research, measurement and evaluation tools for specific chronic diseases, and with the interconnection of special education and nursing intervention, communication and approach.

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Pedagogical and scientific research focus of the Department

The staff have long focused on the issues of somatic development, physical activity and lifestyle of children, youth and adult population. They are involved in activities in the field of primary prevention of musculoskeletal disorders and obesity in children and youth. They also focus on adult and ageing population issues in relation to lifestyle and living conditions.

Currently, the Department staff are working on the project "Active aging- a healthy lifestyle", which is being implemented within the framework of the AURORA Mini-Grants UP Alliance project. The Department collaborates with the Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice (Slovakia) and with the Departament ď Anthropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona (Spain). The project focuses on the lifestyle and living conditions of the elderly before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other research activities include the use of imaging methods in the field of biological anthropology. In the field of gynaecology and obstetrics, the focus is on monitoring the somatic condition of pregnant women, the quality of life in women with stress urinary incontinence. In the field of cultural and social anthropology, the focus is on the quality of life. The Department staff are also involved in supervising students' undergraduate and graduate theses and mentoring students within the Student research programme (SVOC).

The Department staff organize professional seminars and conferences. The Department is responsible for running the specialized course of the University of the Third Age called "How to live well and take care of your health?". The Department also runs the yearly educational retraining / certified / programme called "Health Worker for Leisure time activities".