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Problematic Issues in Infectology and Haepatology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:06.08.2020 11:31:33
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | IUDK_009 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ludmila Vīksna | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Infectology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 3 Linezera Street, idk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67014777 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, biology, parasitology, pathologic physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, infectology, internal diseases, surgery, neurology, clinical pharmacology and immunology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To ensure acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge of differential diagnosis of infections and other pathologies having common symptoms; to define pathogenesis of these symptoms and syndromes, as well as precisely formulate the justification of the diagnosis; to strengthen the patient examination skills and to develop the examination programme for a particular patient. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Detailed discussion of clinical cases in the context of Covid-19 and other acute respiratory viral infections. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Detailed discussion of clinical cases of hospital-acquired infections – current solutions, including epidemiological ones, and future perspective. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Detailed analysis of clinical cases in the context of prosthetic and other foreign object related infections – solutions, future perspective. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Detailed analysis of clinical cases in the context of tropical infections for Latvian residents – Dengue fever, malaria, etc. Risk assessment. Prevention. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Aspects of differential diagnosis of Lyme disease related clinical cases in practical medicine. Problems and solutions. Prognosis and prevention. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Potential clinical problems with etiotropic (curative) treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C, and their solutions prior to initiation of and during treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Non-standard clinical cases of HIV/AIDS and related infections – solutions, problems, perspective. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Analysis of clinical cases, diagnostic solutions, and perspectives of neuroinfections, including prions. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preliminary preparation for the particular topic of the class, independent study report on the chosen topic. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Independent study: independent study report, assessment criteria: compliance of the content of the report with the selected topic; design of the report; student’s individual input, contribution or work invested; the level of the student’s knowledge is assessed by the lecturer while discussing individual study reports with students. Exam: practical class attendance, successfully evaluated Individual Study Report, interpretation of the clinical case. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to describe and systematise the correspondence of particular symptoms and syndromes to particular diseases and to view them analytically in the aspect of differential diagnosis; to explain and justify necessary examinations, including specific, laboratory, radiologic, morphological etc.; and based on the above mentioned examinations to justify the diagnosis in a detailed way; to develop a treatment plan by applying data confirming the diagnosis; to be able to explain the choice of therapeutic activities under circumstances when differential diagnostics is still in process; to be able to demonstrate knowledge necessary for differential diagnosis. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to plan medical activities for a particular patient for differential diagnostic purposes; to clarify various anamneses, including epidemiological, in a detailed, deepened and purposeful way; by applying the acquired facts in diagnosis of diseases and differential diagnosis; to assess, interpret and analyse the acquired medical data and investigation results: laboratory, ray diagnostics, functionally morphological etc. with the aim to establish the diagnosis. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to develop a detailed examination plan and treatment programme of complicated infectious diseases and/or non-infectious diseases under the circumstances of differential diagnosis in pathology and to prescribe medication for ensuring patients with individualised therapeutic approach; to apply basic knowledge of argumentation, rhetoric and logics in professional cooperation with patients, patients' relatives and colleagues in the field of diagnosis of infectious diseases, differential diagnosis, treatment and prevention observing medical ethic requirements and respecting patients' rights; to benefit from e-studies in solving medical issues; to take a leading role in health promotion in the context of specific and non-specific prevention of infectious diseases; to fulfil administrative functions in choosing the effective diagnosis of infectious diseases and treatment principles. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases E-Book. Elsevier, 2020. Web. | ||||||||
| 2 | European Commission ; Directorate-General for Communication. COVID-19 : EU Coronavirus Response. Luxembourg]: [Publications Office], 2020. Web. | ||||||||
| 3 | Fred F. Ferri. Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2019, Elsevier. | ||||||||
| 4 | Goldman L., Schafer A. “Goldman-Cecil Medicine”, 25th Ed. Elsevier Inc. 2016 | ||||||||
| 5 | Maxine A. Papadakis, Stephen J. McPhee, Michael W. Rabow Lange Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2018, 57th Edition; „Innere Medizin“ Gerd Herold and Associates | ||||||||
| 6 | Garcia-Monco J.C. CNS infections. Clinical approach. Springer, 2018 | ||||||||
| 7 | Vīksna L. Infekcijas slimības. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds; 2011. | ||||||||
| 8 | Kuntz E., Kuntz H. D. Hepatology. 3rd ed. Springer medizin Verlag Heidelberg, Germany, 2008. | ||||||||
| 9 | Edited by Younossi Z. M. Practical Management of Liver Diseases. Cambridge University Press, USA, 2008. | ||||||||
| 10 | Lejnieka A. redakcijā. Klīniskā medicīna. Pirmā, otrā, trešā grāmata. Medicīnas apgāds, Rīga, 2012. | ||||||||
| 11 | Editor in Chief Porter R. S. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. 19th ed. Merck & C0. Inc., 2011. | ||||||||
| 12 | Brila A. Infekcijas slimību epidemioloģija. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds; 2009. | ||||||||
| 13 | Danilāns A. Hroniskas aknu slimības. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds; 2009. | ||||||||
| 14 | Bacon B R, et al, editors. Comprehensive Clinical Hepatology. 2nd ed. St Louis; London: Elsevier Mosby; 2010. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | EASL Recommendations on Treatment of Hepatitis C 2018. Journal of Hepatology | ||||||||
| 2 | EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines On Hepatitis E Virus Infection | ||||||||
| 3 | Feldman M, Friedman L S, Brandt L J. Sleisenger and Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Review and Assessment. 2 vol. 9th edition. Edinburgh: Elsevier Sounders; 2010. | ||||||||
| 4 | Foster G R, Goldin R D. Management of Chronic Viral Hepatitis. 2nd ed. London: Taylor & Francis; 2005. | ||||||||
| 5 | Белопольский Ю А. Справочник по инфекционным болезням. Москва; 2009. | ||||||||
| 6 | Покровский В И, Пак С Г, Брико Н И, Данилкин Б К. Инфекционные болезни и эпидемиология. 2-e изд. Москва; 2009. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.uptudate.com | ||||||||
| 2 | https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/ | ||||||||
| 3 | https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.who.int/ | ||||||||
| 5 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ | ||||||||
| 6 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/ | ||||||||
| 7 | https://emedicine.medscape.com/ | ||||||||
| 8 | https://www.cdc.gov/ | ||||||||
| 9 | http://www.antimicrobe.org/ | ||||||||
| 10 | https://www-amboss-com.db.rsu.lv/row/campus/2018/rsu-activat e | ||||||||
| 11 | http://www.dynamed.com/ | ||||||||
| 12 | http://www.merckmanuals.com/ | ||||||||
| 13 | https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/ | ||||||||
| 14 | http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases | ||||||||
| 15 | https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com | ||||||||
| 16 | https://www.clinicalkey.com | ||||||||
| 17 | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rsub | ||||||||
| 18 | http://search.ebscohost.com/ | ||||||||
