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Medical Genetics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:13.11.2020 09:58:33
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | BUMK_048 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Medical Genetics | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Edvīns Miklaševičs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Biology and Microbiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, bmk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061584 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Molecular biology, human anatomy and physiology, physics, biochemistry. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire basic knowledge in medical genetics and skills in analyzing risks of heritable diseases. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Cancer genetics I | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Cancer genetics II | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Cancer genetics | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Disorders of sexual development I | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Disorders of sexual development II | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Disorders of sexual dvelopment | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Genetics of neuromuscular disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Colloquium I | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Pharmacogenetics. Personalised medicine | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Genetics of neurological disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Genetics of mental and behavioral disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Genetics of neurological disorders. Genetics of mental and behavioral disorders | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Genetics of cardiovascular disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Genetics of metabolic disorders | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Genetics of cardiovascular disorders. Genetics of metabolic disorders | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Colloquium | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students will work in small groups or individualy. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • regular attendace of practical classes, weekly tests; • colloquiua to test theoretical knowledge and skills; • final test, which includes two theoretical questions and problems (risk calculation). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to recognise and characterise main types of human heritable pathologies, their inheritance; explain laws of inheritance of human traits; characterise heritable and sporadic mutations and clarify their role in human pathologies; explain interaction between genetic and environmental factors and its importance in developing multifactorial traits. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to analyse and calculate risk of heritable diseases, recognise most common heritable pathologies. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Combined theoretical knowledge and aquired skill will provide students knowledge about disease etiology. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Jorde, L., Carey, J., Bamshad, M. and White R. Medical Genetics. 3rd edition, Mosby; 2003, 363 p. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Emery and Rimoin's Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics. The 6th edition, Elsevier, 2013. | ||||||||
| 2 | Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics. Problems and Approaches. The 4th edition, Springer, 2010. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | New England Journal of Medicine. Available from: www.nejm.org | ||||||||
| 2 | OMIM. Available from: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | ||||||||
| 3 | http://estudijas. rsu.lv. Medicīna 2. studiju gads Medicīniskā ģenētika | ||||||||
