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Clinical Social Work with Infectious Disease Patients

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:11.08.2022 13:30:08
Study Course Information
Course Code:IUDK_036LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Infectious DiseasesTarget Audience:Social Welfare and Social Work
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, idkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67014777
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)8Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures16
Classes (count)8Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes16
Total Contact Hours32
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)4Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures8
Classes (count)6Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes12
Total Contact Hours20
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Biology, anatomy, biochemistry, parasitology, physiology, microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, internal diseases and pharmacology.
Objective:
To provide basic knowledge about infectious diseases, with the special emphasis on factors reducing quality of life and options to prevent these factors; to give knowledge about principles of control of infectious diseases’ transmission; to give understanding about potential impact of infectious diseases on the quality of life of each individual as well as on public health in general; to increase awareness about bio-terrorism and travellers’ health problems; to learn how to analyse the impact of infectious diseases on individual, to plan social work methods and techniques for improving patients’ quality of life.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Global development and safety in the context of infectious diseases. Introduction to infectious diseases. Infectious diseases in the context of all the other diseases. The prevalence of infections in the world and in Latvia.Lectures1.00clinical base
2Principles of anti-epidemic measures. Operational management of emergency situations related to infectious diseases in Latvia and in the world. Bioterrorism.Lectures1.00clinical base
3Hospitalisation rules and principles of an in-patient hospital for infectious diseases. Practical aspects of sterilisation and disinfection.Classes1.00clinical base
4Introduction to the decontamination of medical devices (cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation, process control, regulatory laws and regulations).Classes1.00clinical base
5Vaccination: routine, epidemiological indications, etc. Specific conditions for its implementation – storage, administration. Vaccination side-effects, procedure for their registration.Classes1.00clinical base
6Healthcare-associated infections, including hospital infections.Lectures1.00clinical base
7Blood-borne diseases and their role in the quality of life of the individual and in public health.Lectures1.00clinical base
8Aetiology of respiratory tract infections, characteristics of their development, principles of diagnosis, treatment and prevention, description of potential complications.Classes1.00clinical base
9Characteristics of the disease progression in HIV/AIDS patients and the principles of care.Classes1.00clinical base
10Tropical and travellers’ diseases. Health provision aspects for travellers.Lectures1.00clinical base
11Epidemiology and restriction of tuberculosis (TB), including diagnosing, registering, reporting and basic principles of treatment and care.Classes2.00clinical base
12Infectious diseases having movement and swallowing disorders (poliomyelitis, botulism, diphtheria, etc.), diagnosis, treatment and care principles.Classes1.00clinical base
13Visual signs of infectious diseases.Lectures2.00clinical base
14Practical aspects of the chaplain’s work at a healthcare institution.Lectures1.00clinical base
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Global development and safety in the context of infectious diseases. Introduction to infectious diseases. Infectious diseases in the context of all the other diseases. The prevalence of infections in the world and in Latvia.Lectures0.50clinical base
3Hospitalisation rules and principles of an in-patient hospital for infectious diseases. Practical aspects of sterilisation and disinfection.Classes1.00clinical base
5Vaccination: routine, epidemiological indications, etc. Specific conditions for its implementation – storage, administration. Vaccination side-effects, procedure for their registration.Classes1.00clinical base
7Blood-borne diseases and their role in the quality of life of the individual and in public health.Lectures1.00clinical base
8Aetiology of respiratory tract infections, characteristics of their development, principles of diagnosis, treatment and prevention, description of potential complications.Classes1.00clinical base
9Characteristics of the disease progression in HIV/AIDS patients and the principles of care.Classes1.00clinical base
10Tropical and travellers’ diseases. Health provision aspects for travellers.Lectures1.00clinical base
11Epidemiology and restriction of tuberculosis (TB), including diagnosing, registering, reporting and basic principles of treatment and care.Lectures1.00clinical base
Classes1.00clinical base
12Infectious diseases having movement and swallowing disorders (poliomyelitis, botulism, diphtheria, etc.), diagnosis, treatment and care principles.Classes1.00clinical base
13Visual signs of infectious diseases.Lectures0.50clinical base
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Preliminary preparation for each practical class (relevant topic); individual study report on the chosen topic. At the end of the study course, fill in the course evaluation survey.
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. Exam: activities during classes and assessment of individual work - 50%, multiple-choice test - 50%.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):Exam (Written)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Students will be able to classify infectious diseases according to etiological factors, prevailing symptoms and level of disease severity, as well as according to impact of infectious diseases on quality of patients’ life; to explain or justify social work methods, measures and plan for an individual patient; will know legislation in Latvia as regards infectious diseases control and prophylaxis.
Skills:The students will be able to develop individual social care plan for a patient for the purpose of improvement of quality of life; to plan social work activities and coordinate them with the work of medical professionals; analyse legal documents in the context of existing legislation for control of infectious diseases.
Competencies:To apply basic knowledge and skills of reasoning, logics and public speaking to communicate successfully with patients, their relatives and medical professionals as regards disease control and prevention and health promotion of infectious diseases and to provide patient social care in cooperation with patients, their relatives and medical experts, while respecting patients’ rights and norms of medical ethics; to assume the role of health promoter in the context of specific and non-specific prophylaxis of infectious diseases; to act according to existing legislation of Latvian Republic and European Union.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Bennett J. E., Dolin R., Blaser M.J. Mandell Douglas and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 9th ed., Elsevier, 2020.
2Vīksna L. Infekcijas slimības. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds; 2011.
3Fred F. Ferri. Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2019, Elsevier.
4Rekomendācijas par SARS-CoV-2 infekcijas un COVID-19 epidemioloģiju, diagnostiku, klīniskajām norisēm un komplikācijām. Valsts pētījumu programma. L.Vīksna, I.Tolmane un autoru kolektīvs. Rīga, 2021. gada marts. 227. lpp.
5Zeltiņa I., Zavadska D, Grope I., Aldiņš P., Savrasova L., Grāmatniece A., Žilde A. Praktiskas rekomendācijas vakcinācijai veseliem pieaugušajiem un riska grupu indivīdiem Latvijā. Rīga. Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs; 2019
6EASL recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C: Final update of the series. Journal of Hepatology 2020 vol. 73 pp.1170–1218.
7European AIDS Clinical Society Guidelines Version 10.1 October 2020.
8Madhukar Pai, Marcel A. Behr, et.al. Tuberculosis. NATURE REVIEWS | DISEASE PRIMERS, Article number: 16076 doi:10.1038/nrdp.2016.76 Published online 27 Oct 2016
9Edward T Ryan, David R Hill, et.al. Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10th Edition, Elsevier, 2020.
Additional Reading
1Vīksna L. Ceļotāja veselības rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds; 2002.
2Brunette G W, Kozarsky P E, Magill A J, Shlim D R. CDC Health Information for International Travel 2010. Philadelphia: Mosby. 2009.
3Laimborelioze. Diagnostikas un ārstēšanas klīniskās rekomendācijas pieaugušajiem. Autors: Latvijas Infektologu, Hepatologu un HIV/AIDS speciālistu asociācija. Izdevējs: Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs. 2020.
4Jay Keystone, Phyllis Kozarsky, et.al. Travel Medicine, 4th ed., Elsevier, 2018.
5Vīksna L. Vakcinācija: aktīvā specifiskā imūnprofilakse. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds; 2008.
Other Information Sources
1www.uptodate.com
2http://www.who.int/
3https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com
4https://www.clinicalkey.com
5http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rsub
6http://search.ebscohost.com/