15-minute learning – Kostadin Kostadinov

Welcome to the 15-minute learning section. Here you will find quick, digestible lessons on various topics including medical ethics, statistics, social medicine, and public health. Each post is designed to be read or completed in approximately 15 minutes.

Медицинска тайна: кога пазим, кога споделяме, кога съобщаваме

Medicine | 2nd year

Dental Medicine

Материал за 15-минутна подготовка към третото упражнение: понятие и етични основания на медицинската тайна, здравна информация и допустимо предоставяне по Закона за…

Костадин Костадинов

Medical confidentiality: when to keep, share or report

Medicine | 2nd year

Dental Medicine

A 15-minute reading before the third class: the concept and ethical foundations of medical confidentiality, health information and permitted disclosure under the Bulgarian…

Kostadin Kostadinov

Информирано съгласие: от разговора до решението

Medicine | 2nd year

Dental Medicine

Материал за 15-минутна подготовка към второто упражнение: условия за валидно съгласие, съдържание на информацията, способност за вземане на решение, българската правна…

Костадин Костадинов

Informed Consent: From Conversation to Decision

Medicine | 2nd year

Dental Medicine

A 15-minute reading for Class 2: the conditions for valid consent, what must be explained, decision-making capacity, the Bulgarian legal framework, refusal, emergencies and…

Kostadin Kostadinov

Dental Public Health: When the Community Is the Patient

Dental Public Health

Dental Medicine

A 15-minute reading for Class 1: what dental public health is, its aim and tasks, determinants and the common risk factor approach, how oral health is measured, and how the…

Kostadin Kostadinov

Въведение в медицинската етика: от принципите към решенията

Medicine | 2nd year

Материал за 15-минутна подготовка към първото упражнение: етика и право, историческо развитие, етични теории, четирите принципа, справедливост и анализ на казус.

Костадин Костадинов

Introduction to Medical Ethics: From Principles to Decisions

Medicine | 2nd year

A 15-minute reading for Class 1: ethics and law, the historical development of medical ethics, ethical theories, the four principles, justice and a practical method for…

Kostadin Kostadinov

Health Culture, Health Behavior, and Health Education

Social Medicine

Health Education

A 15-minute reading covering health culture and its components, the determinants and motivations of health behavior, the COM-B model, steps for developing health culture at…

Kostadin Kostadinov

Planning, Economics, and Marketing in Healthcare

Social Medicine

Health Management

Health Economics

A 15-minute reading covering strategic management and health planning, the foundations of health economics including opportunity cost, demand elasticity, and economic…

Kostadin Kostadinov

Physician’s Liability and the Social History of the Patient

Social Medicine

A 15-minute reading covering the four forms of physician liability under Bulgarian law and the structured framework for social history taking and medical-social planning.

Kostadin Kostadinov

Reproductive Health, Family Medicine, and Adolescent Health

Social Medicine

A 15-minute reading covering abortion as a public health problem, infertility, family planning, prophylaxis of congenital diseases, family health care, adolescence and…

Kostadin Kostadinov

Expert Evaluation of Temporary Incapacity for Work — Indicators and Analysis

Social Medicine

An overview of the medical assessment of work capacity, temporary incapacity for work, authorities, indicators, and social protection in Bulgaria.

Kostadin Kostadinov

The Dispensary Method in Preventive Medicine

Social Medicine

A comprehensive reading on the dispensary method, its proactive orientation, operational forms, and implementation in the Bulgarian healthcare system.

Kostadin Kostadinov

Occupational Medicine and Workplace Health

Social Medicine

An overview of occupational medicine, its preventive hierarchy, legal frameworks, and the role of Occupational Health Services in Bulgaria.

Kostadin Kostadinov

Hospital Care in Bulgaria: Functions, Structure, Hospitalization, and Quality

Social Medicine

A 15-minute reading material covering the functions, structure, hospitalization processes, and quality of hospital care in Bulgaria.

Kostadin Kostadinov

Primary Health Care, Outpatient Care, and the General Practitioner

Social Medicine

A comprehensive reading on the rationale of primary health care, its definition, characteristics, and the Bulgarian model of outpatient care and the general practitioner’s…

Kostadin Kostadinov

The Burden of Disease: Concepts, Measurement, and the Bulgarian Context

Social Medicine

A comprehensive 15-minute reading material on the framework of disease burden, exploring metrics such as DALY, YLL, and YLD, and examining the current epidemiological…

Kostadin Kostadinov

Risk Factors, Causality, and Morbidity Measurement

Social Medicine

Reading material on Risk Factors and Causality. Measurement of Diseases and Exposure. Morbidity Data Sources. Case Finding and Case Reporting.

Kostadin Kostadinov

Demography Indices and the Physician’s Role in Registration

Social Medicine

An in-depth 15-minute reading material on demographic indices, population structures, and the legal framework for birth and death registration in public health.

Kostadin Kostadinov

Sociological Research Methods in Medicine

Medical Sociology

Research Methods

Social Medicine

An in-depth 15-minute reading material on integrating sociological inquiry within public health, exploring how qualitative and quantitative methods reveal the social…

Kostadin Kostadinov