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Special Issues of Family Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:08.08.2022 11:18:59
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | GMK_003 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Biology | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Vija Siliņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Family Medicine | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, 2nd floor, Rooms No. 236 and 237, gmk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 29413956 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge gained during the first 5 study years, especially related to public health, internal diseases, pediatrics and mental health. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to broaden the knowledge on the role of the family medicine in the health care system and discuss issues essential for primary health care. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Headache in family physician’s practice | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Polymorbidity and poly-pharmacy risks for patients - seniors | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Family physician`s medical tactic in commonly occurring cases of acute conditions | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Early diagnostics of malignant tumors of visual localisation in family physician’s practice _SSNMF | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Diabetic patients' compliance in family physician`s practice | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Travellers' vaccination and consultations in family physician`s practice | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Back pain in Family physician`s practice | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Specialists role in Family medicine | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 9 | The value of lifestyle on health throughout life | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 10 | Patients with low back pain in primary care unit – clinical case based studying | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 11 | Abdominal pain in primary care | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 12 | Family physician’s role in hospitalized patient's medical problem solving | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students acquire recommended literature with the aim to develop theoretical knowledge. To develop practical skills students practice on simulators and medical equipment. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Taking part in workshops or presenting worksheets according to the description of each workshop. Final assessment - 100% cumulative exam consisting of multiple choice questions about each lecture and workshop. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After successful completion of the course students will have been acquired knowledge about: • specific situations in speciality of family medicine (disabled persons, persons with low income, with social problems, etc.), • the role of prevention in context of family medicine and travelling (adult vaccination, vaccination of risk groups), • condition of human health in the world and Latvia, • legislative acts of Republic of Latvia and European Union within the context of health care. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After accomplishing the course students will be able to : • communicate effectively with patients of different ages groups, • evaluate appropriately advertisements of medications and treatment techniques, • apply internet-based materials in daily work of family physician and to evaluate facts and suggestions. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After completion of the study course the student will be competent to collaborate with patients, relatives of patients and colleagues on special issues of family medicine, obeying norms of medical ethics and respecting rights of the patient. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care, 2022 | ||||||||
| 2 | Basic & Clinical Pharmacology. 15th ed. Bertram G. Katzung, 2021 | ||||||||
| 3 | DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination. 11th ed. Richard F. LeBlond, Donald D. Brown, Manish Suneja, Joseph F. Szot. Copyright, 2020, by McGraw-Hill Education. | ||||||||
| 4 | Murtagh's General Practice. 6th ed. 2015 | ||||||||
| 5 | CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine. 5th ed. 2020, by McGraw-Hill Education | ||||||||
| 6 | BATES' GUIDE TO PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HISTORY TAKING and skills of good interviewing. 2017 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sūnīte, Solvita. Latvijas primārās veselības aprūpes galvenās problēmas Eiropas reģiona veselības aprūpes stratēģisko mērķu kontekstā = Main problems of primary health care in Latvia in the context of strategic goals in health care for the European region / Solvita Sūnīte, Kaspars Kroders // Ekonomika, Nr.3. 2004, [362.]-370.lpp. ISSN 1407-2157. ( Latvijas Universitātes raksti ; 671.sēj. ). | ||||||||
| 2 | Veselību visiem 21.gadsimtā. PVO, 1999 | ||||||||
| 3 | Muguras jostas daļas sāpju izmeklēšanas un terapijas taktika ģimenes ārsta praksē. Gulbis A. Traumatoloģijas un Ortopēdijas slimnīca, Mugurkaula ķirurģijas centrs. 2012 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Family medicine : principles and practice / ed. by Robert B. Taylor. 8th ed. New York : Springer, 2022. xxix, 1170 lpp. : il. | ||||||||
| 2 | IDF Clinical Practice Recommendations for managing Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care. International Diabetes Federation - 2017 | ||||||||
| 3 | Type 2 diabetes in adults: management NICE guideline [NG28] | ||||||||
| 4 | Diabetes in pregnancy: management from preconception to the postnatal period NICE guideline [NG3] | ||||||||
| 5 | 2. tipa cukura diabēta ārstēšanas klīniskās rekomendācijas. Latvijas Endokrinologu asociācija, 2016 | ||||||||
| 6 | Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr.265. 2006.gada 4.aprīlī, Medicīnisko dokumentu lietvedības kārtība | ||||||||
| 7 | Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management NICE guideline [NG5] | ||||||||
| 8 | Multimorbidity. World Health Organization 2016. Technical Series on Safer Primary Care | ||||||||
| 9 | Muguras lejas daļas sāpes primārajā veselības aprūpē, 25.02.2016. Nr. KV 01 - 2016 | ||||||||
| 10 | Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management NICE guideline [NG59] | ||||||||
| 11 | European guidelines for the management of acute nonspecific low back pain in primary care. Eur Spine J. 2006, 15 (Suppl. 2): S169–S191 DOI 10.1007/s00586-006-1071-2 | ||||||||
| 12 | European guidelines for the management of chronic nonspecific low back pain. Eur Spine J. 2006, 15 (Suppl. 2): S192–S300 DOI 10.1007/s00586-006-1072-1 | ||||||||
| 13 | Profilaktiskās apskates un izmeklējumi, 1. pielikums MK noteikumiem 1529 Veselības aprūpes organizēšanas un finansēšanas kārtība | ||||||||
| 14 | WHO Recommendation on immunization – summary tables | ||||||||
| 15 | Valsts apmaksāta vakcinācija Latvijā (NVD) | ||||||||
| 16 | Vakcīnu apraksti / drug sescriptions for each vaccine | ||||||||
| 17 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students: | ||||||||
| 18 | Family medicine : principles and practice / ed. by Robert B. Taylor. 8th ed. New York : Springer, 2022. xxix, 1170 lpp. : il. | ||||||||
| 19 | IDF Clinical Practice Recommendations for managing Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care. International Diabetes Federation - 2017 | ||||||||
| 20 | Type 2 diabetes in adults: management NICE guideline [NG28] | ||||||||
| 21 | European guidelines for the management of acute nonspecific low back pain in primary care. Eur Spine J. 2006, 15 (Suppl. 2): S169–S191 DOI 10.1007/s00586-006-1071-2 | ||||||||
