.
Internal Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:15.02.2023 11:18:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ISK_196 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Vladimirs Voicehovskis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Internal Diseases | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 2 Hipokrata Street, isk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042338 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 18 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Normal anatomy, physiology and biochemistry in the course volumes provided in the programme of the Faculty of Public Health. In addition to the current course, students learn the basics of pharmacology, pathoanatomy and pathophysiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To introduce students to the aetiology of the most common internal diseases, mechanisms of development, clinical symptoms, main complications and principles of primary prevention thereof. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Basic principles of professional communication in medicine | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Propaedeutics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Cardiology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Pulmonology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Gastroenterology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Endocrinology, nephrology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Rheumatology, haematology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Introduction to the clinic: Definition of communication, regulations of the clinic and ward, image of a medic (role play). Ethical aspects. Deontology. Academic integrity. Doctor-patient relationship, regulations, legal aspects, design of the doctor’s office, role of the assistant, medical documentation, Historia morbi (subjective part), “first patient” (role play). | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Basic techniques for general examination of patients. Measuring blood pressure, pulse, auscultation, palpation. Practice with a patient simulator, group colleagues. Historia morbi (objective part). | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Cardiology: diagnostic principles, examination methods. Cardiac auscultation. Practice with a patient simulator, group colleagues. Cardiovascular risks, arterial hypertension, hypertensive crises, acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, acute and chronic heart failure, infective endocarditis. Prevention, complications, work capacity. Visit to the clinic. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Pulmonology: diagnostic principles, examination methods. Lung auscultation. Practice with a patient simulator, group colleagues. Bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy. Prevention, complications, work capacity. Visit to the clinic. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Gastroenterology: diagnostic principles, examination methods, cholangiopancreatographic diseases, biliary colic, jaundice; gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, gastrointestinal bleeding; enterocolitis, Crohn’s disease. Prevention, complications, work capacity. Visit to the clinic. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Endocrinology: diagnostic principles, examination methods, diabetes mellitus, coma, metabolic syndrome, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, osteoporosis. Prevention, complications, work capacity. Visit to the clinic. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | Nephrology: diagnostic principles, examination methods, nephrolithiasis, renal colic, acute and chronic renal failure, haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplantation. Prevention, complications, work capacity. Visit to the clinic. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 15 | Rheumatology: diagnostic principles, examination methods, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis; vasculitis; metabolic arthropathy: gout. Prevention, complications, work capacity. Visit to the clinic. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 16 | Haematology: diagnostic principles, examination methods, acute and chronic leukaemias, anaemia (B12 and iron deficiency), coagulopathy, haemorrhagic diathesis, haemophilia, thrombocytopenia. Prevention, complications, work capacity. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with educational literature. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Exam – standardised and formalised tasks (MCQ): • theoretical questions (5 groups) – 60% of the total grade; • practical questions (one “clinical case”: assessment, diagnosis, prescription of treatment if necessary) – 40% of the total grade. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | To demonstrate an understanding of the latest medical technologies, examination techniques and scientific trends. To take anamnesis, arrange it sequentially, recognise the possible risk factors of the disease. To recognise the possible pathology taking into account the obtained examination data. As a result of completing the study course, students acquire basic knowledge and key competences in patient examination, diagnosis of diseases, complications and prevention thereof. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will know basic and advanced methods of patient examination, how to diagnose diseases, analyse their causes, prevent possible complications and take preventive measures. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Evaluate the symptoms identified, relate them to pathological processes in the patient’s body. To be able to analyse situations, substantiate, logically formulate and explain one’s opinion. To communicate with people of different competences and with different experience on professional issues, achieving solutions that benefit their health, society or the environment. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Orļikovs G., Pičkurs K., Voicehovska J. Propedeitika, 5. izdevums. Rīga, RSU, 2014, 367 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Klīniskā medicīna prof. A.Lejnieka redakcijā. Pirmā grāmata. Nacionālais Medicīnas apgāds, 2010. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Klīniskā medicīna prof. A.Lejnieka redakcijā. Otrā grāmata. Nacionālais Medicīnas Apgāds, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Klīniskā medicīna prof. A.Lejnieka redakcijā. Trešā grāmata. Nacionālais Medicīnas Apgāds, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Rudzītis K. Diagnostikas pamati un terapijas preambula. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2005. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Lynn S. Bickley. BATES' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. 11th edition. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2013. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Манджони С. Секреты клинической диагностики (пер. с англ.). Москва: БИНОМ, 2004. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kalvelis A. Klīniskā elektrokardiogrāfija. Rīga, Nacionālais Medicīnas apgāds. 2008. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Мурашко В. В., Струтынский А. В. Электрокардиография. Москва: Медицина, 1994 – 2005 | ||||||||
