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Infectious Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:28.03.2024 13:06:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | IUDK_027 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Infectious Diseases | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| 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) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, biology, physiology, pathologic physiology , microbiology, internal diseases, neurology, surgery and pharmacology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide theoretical and practical knowledge about developmental mechanisms and aetiology of infectious diseases in human body in correlation with clinical symptoms and possibility of treatment and specific or etiological therapy, as well as about prophylactic methods against infectious diseases, control of spread of infectious diseases, impact on public health and quality of life of each individual. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The proportion of infectious diseases and their role in practical medicine. Characterisation of infectious diseases. Infectious patient care in the country. Hospitalisation rules for sick people. Operational principles of an in-patient hospital for infectious diseases. | Lectures | 0.25 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Anti-epidemic measures in hospitals. Sanitary regime. Sterilisation. Disinfection. Disinsectisation. Deratisation. | Lectures | 0.25 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Airborne infectious diseases, their proportion among the other infectious diseases (influenza, diphtheria, etc.). Epidemiology. Clinical manifestation. Prevention. Contact infections. | Lectures | 0.25 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | External fungal diseases. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of infectious diseases having rash. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Neurological infections. Aetiological structure, clinical features and principles of therapy. | Lectures | 0.25 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | The prevalence of blood-borne infections in the world and in the country (hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, etc.). Prevention. The health of travellers. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Tuberculosis (including bone), its epidemiology in Latvia and in the world, basic diagnostic principles and treatment, prevention. Rehabilitation of TB patients. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent preparation for classes, report on the topic relevant to the themes of the study course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Independent work: report, assessment criteria – compliance of the content of the report with the selected/chosen topic; design of the report; student’s individual input, contribution or work invested; level of student’s knowledge evaluated by the lecturer in discussions with the student. Test: activity (involvement, participation) during practical classes, assessment of the independent study report - 50%, MCQ on the issues acquired in the course - 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to characterize/describe and classify infectious diseases according to etiological factor, prevailing symptoms, which are important during orthotic-prosthetic works, will know principles of diseases prevention and control. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to develop action plan for diagnosis and treatment of disease of the patient; to implement the created plan based on collected anamnesis and data obtained from laboratory tests and other investigations; to evaluate data of physical examination of the patient. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To communicate successfully with patients, their relatives and medical professionals as regards diagnostics, differential diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases; to provide patient care in cooperation with patients, their relatives and medical experts, while respecting patients’ rights and norms of medical ethics; to study independently and use e-health medical resources for communication with other students and colleagues. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vīksna L. Infekcijas slimības. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds; 2011, 568 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Bennett J. E., Dolin R. l., Blaser Mandell M. J. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 9th Edition. 2020. | ||||||||
| 3 | Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2021. Bryn A. Boslett; Brian S. Schwartz. 2021. | ||||||||
| 4 | Zeltiņa I., Zavadska D, Grope I., et.al. Praktiskas rekomendācijas vakcinācijai veseliem pieaugušajiem un riska grupu indivīdiem Latvijā. Rīga. Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs; 2019. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.uptodate.com | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.who.int/ | ||||||||
| 3 | https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com | ||||||||
| 4 | https://www.clinicalkey.com | ||||||||
| 5 | http://search.ebscohost.com/ | ||||||||
| 6 | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rsub | ||||||||
