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Standard Situations in Internal Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:28.06.2022 12:26:18
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KPUMTK_002 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Edijs Šmagris | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Clinical Skills and Medical Technologies | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, kpumtk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061579 | ||||||||
| 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: | Knowledge of pathological physiology, propaedeutics (including laboratory and instrumental diagnostics) and clinical pharmacology. Internal diseases knowledge gained from previous academic years. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Create a standardized approach to history taking with simulated (standardized) patient model in which students are trained to collect structured clinical history and formulate further investigation plan in simulated environment. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Standardized approach of taking patient history | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Chronic cough | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 3 | Shortness of breath | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 4 | Chest discomfort I | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 5 | Chest discomfort II | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Syncope | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 7 | Dysphagia | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 8 | Constipation | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Mini lectures and clinical cases analogous from “E-studies” resources. Patient history interpretation, treatment plan, possible diagnoses formulation according to clinical case. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Study course acquisition will be assessed according to OSCE standards: participation in simulated situations, discussions and clinical case studies. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course the students will have acquired knowledge and skills of targeted and structured patient history taking from patient who presents complaints of cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, loss of consciousness, dysphagia. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course students will be able to purposely take medical history and formulate most probable diagnosis and differential diagnosis, assign investigation plan. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After successful completion of study course students will be able to recognize symptoms of diseases covered by the program and choose appropriate diagnostic methods to use. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Anterior and lateral comparative percussion of lungs | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 2 | Auscultation of lungs | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 3 | Measurement of arterial pulse | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 4 | Measurement of the arterial pressure | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 5 | Posterior lungs comparative percussion | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Propedeitika. 4. izdevums. G. Orļikova un K. Pičkura red. Rīga, 2014. 370 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 | Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. 24th edition. by Nicki R. Colledge, Brian R. Walker, and Stuart H. Ralston. Churchill Livingstone, 2022 | ||||||||
| 6 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students: | ||||||||
| 7 | Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. 24th edition. by Nicki R. Colledge, Brian R. Walker, and Stuart H. Ralston. Churchill Livingstone, 2022 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 18th edition. by Editors Dan L. Longo, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper, et.al. 2021. | ||||||||
| 2 | Medicīnas mācīšanās sistēmas platforma /Medical learning system platform AMBOSS | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://estudijas.rsu.lv | ||||||||
