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Differential Diagnostics and Current Issues in Treatment of Internal Diseases (Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology)
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:29.07.2020 13:56:10
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ISK_201 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jūlija Voicehovska | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Internal Diseases | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 2 Hipokrata Street, isk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042139 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 48 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 48 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Preliminary knowledge of propaedeutics, pathology, pharmacology, immunology, dermatology, biochemistry. Students should know the topics of previous internal diseases courses. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Students will learn the latest updates and issues of diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment in the fields of Rheumatology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Abdominal pain differential diagnosis (value of image techniques, nonabdominal causes of abdominal pain). | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Upper gastrointestinal diseases differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Differential diagnosis and treatment approach of gut diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases: differential diagnosis and treatment approach. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Liver diseases differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Functional gastrointestinal disorders. Differential diagnosis and treatment possibilities. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Emergency cases in kidney patients with coexisting multimorbid conditions, differential diagnosis, treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Differential diagnostic and treatment of primary and secondary glomerulopathy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Overview of tubulointerstitial disease, differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Urine syndromes, urine albumin excretion, differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | The most common disorders of acid-base balance, diagnostic approach. Renal syndromes, measures to correct. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Chronic kidney disease: long time observation, kidney replacement therapy starting. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Diffuse connective tissue diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | Vasculitis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 15 | Joints diseases, differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 16 | Analysis and discussion of patient cases. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Abdominal pain differential diagnosis (value of image techniques, nonabdominal causes of abdominal pain). | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Upper gastrointestinal diseases differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Differential diagnosis and treatment approach of gut diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases: differential diagnosis and treatment approach. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Liver diseases differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Functional gastrointestinal disorders. Differential diagnosis and treatment possibilities. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Emergency cases in kidney patients with coexisting multimorbid conditions, differential diagnosis, treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Differential diagnostic and treatment of primary and secondary glomerulopathy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Overview of tubulointerstitial disease, differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Urine syndromes, urine albumin excretion, differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | The most common disorders of acid-base balance, diagnostic approach. Renal syndromes, measures to correct. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Chronic kidney disease: long time observation, kidney replacement therapy starting. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Diffuse connective tissue diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | Vasculitis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 15 | Joints diseases, differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 16 | Analysis and discussion of patient cases. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work with a patient – history collection, interpretation of examinations, development of a treatment plan, formulation of a possible diagnosis; establishment of a patient's disease history under the lecturer's and physician's supervision; presentation and defence of study research work. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | According to the State Exam evaluation criteria. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test (Semester) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Test (Semester) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The acquisition of study subjects results in knowledge of the most important etiology of renal, gastrointestinal and joints diseases, pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis and treatment. Students will learn about the principles of filling medical documentation in hospital circumstances. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to communicate with patients and colleagues, identify renal, gastrointestinal and joints diseases listed in the study description, their severity and pattern/course of development, differentiate them, justify diagnosis, prescribe the necessary investigative plan and assess results, prescribe treatment for certain patients, design the necessary medical documentation. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The acquired competencies of the study course will allow purposeful and structured examination of the patient's history, assessment of the patient's vital signs (namely, patient's state of consciousness, breathing, heart rate, central and peripheral pulse, arterial blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation, body temperature, diuresis) the components and symptomatology that affect it; will allow the patient's health status to be evaluated, normality and deviation interpreted, and the findings and specific situation to be attributed, and the next tactics to be decided. It will allow to recognize acute medical conditions, to organize timely assistance, to interpret the results of various examinations and formulate the appropriate conclusions, to plan treatment tactics. The acquired competencies will allow to perform manipulations appropriate to the respective pathological condition, to write prescriptions, to fill in medical documentation in accordance with the requirements of regulatory enactments. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Klīniskā medicīna” Prof. A.Lejnieka redakcijā, 1., 2. un 3.grāmata, Rīga, Zvaigzne, 2012., 287. – 672. | ||||||||
| 2 | J. Pokrotnieks. Gastrointestinālā endoskopija. Rīga, 2000., „Pilatus”, 144 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | A.Danilāns. Hroniskas aknu slimības I, II un III daļa. Medicīnas apgāds, 2009-2013. | ||||||||
| 4 | E. Vēverbrants, A. Pētersons. Nefroloģija kabatā. e-grāmata, iBooks Store, Apple, 2015. | ||||||||
| 5 | E. Vēverbrants, A. Pētersons. Nephrology in your pocket. e-textbook, iBooks Store, Apple, 2015. | ||||||||
| 6 | Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology, 3-th edit. 2005 | ||||||||
| 7 | Harrison`s Rheumatology by Anthony S. Fauci, current edition | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine 18th Edition 2011 | ||||||||
| 2 | Tytgat G.N.J., Tytgat S.H.A.J. Grading and Staging in Gastroenterology. Thieme Stuttgart - N.Y., 2009. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kelley’s Textbook of Rheumatology, current edition | ||||||||
