Topical Issues in Cardiology and Pulmonology

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:9.00

Study Course Accepted:04.07.2023 13:28:37

Study Course Information
Course Code:		ISK_019		LQF level:		Level 7
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine		Target Audience:		Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Madara Tirzīte
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Internal Diseases
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 2 Hipokrata Street, iskrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042139
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		2	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		4
Classes (count)		4	Class Length (academic hours)		3	Total Contact Hours of Classes		12
Total Contact Hours								16
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)		2	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		4
Classes (count)		4	Class Length (academic hours)		3	Total Contact Hours of Classes		12
Total Contact Hours								16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
"A" course knowledge in pneumonology.
Objective:
To gain more advanced knowlwedge in pneumonology.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Syncope – classification, investigation			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
2	Sarcoidosis			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
3	Arrhythmia mechanisms and pharmacotherapy			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
4	PATE treatment and diagnostics			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
5	Non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of CHD			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
6	Adiposity related breathing disorders			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
7	Chronic obstructive lung disease systemic manifestation			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
8	Patient who smokes – what to do?			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
9	Topicality in AH treatment			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
10	Myocardial infarction – diagnostic and differential diagnostic on ECG			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
11	Respiratory manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases			Classes		1.00	clinical base
12	Acute allergic reactions			Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
Assessment
Unaided Work:
From bench to bedside, patient file data analysis, simulations, analysis of literature, including internet sources, fill in patient examination protocol. We are welcoming you to fill in and complete the questionnaire about the study course. The answers given are anonymous. We would like to ask you to formulate what was positive, useful and what helped you to understand the topics of our study course better. Share your thoughts about that knowledge and skills you have gained and improved as well as structured suggestions for further improvement of the study course.
Assessment Criteria:
1) Student's preparedness for lessons (20%), 2) activity during the lessons (20%), 3) ability to take part in reasoning discussion (30%), and 4) ability to use this knowledge in practice (30%).
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Students will acquire knowledge of up-to-date diagnostic tools and treatment methods and will be able to evaluate the risks and benefits of them.
Skills:		At the end of the study course students will be able to recognize, evaluate, diagnose and treat the diseases covered in the study course.
Competencies:		Competencies will allow integration of knowledge and skills into unified diagnostic practice with the purpose to evaluate a patient with respiratory complaints, to define diagnosis and to develop an individualized treatment plan.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. 22nd Edition, 2014
Additional Reading
1	http://www.ers-education.org/guidelines.aspx
2	Lejnieka redakcijā. „Klīniskā medicīna”. Rīga: SIA Medicīnas apgāds, 2010
3	Principles of Pulmonary Medicine
4	Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine