.
Infectious Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:28.01.2021 09:30:21
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_031 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Infectious Diseases | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inese Lācīte | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepaja, 24/26 Riņķu Street, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In biology, chemistry, microbiology, anatomy, physiology, pathological physiology, pharmacology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop understanding and acquire knowledge of the aetiology of infectious diseases, mode of transmission thereof, recognition of the main clinical signs, diagnostic possibilities, actions in emergency situations and the possibility of protection. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The process of infection. Terminology. Basic concepts of epidemiology. Intrahospital infection. Toxic shock syndrome. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Intrahospital infection. Toxic shock syndrome. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Gastrointestinal infections (dysentery, salmonellosis, bacterial food-borne intoxication, cholera, typhoid, yersiniosis, leptospirosis). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Respiratory tract infections (flu, parainfluenza, adenovirus infection, diphtheria, meningococcal infection). Tuberculosis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Tuberculosis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Tick-borne encephalitis, Lyme disease, malaria, rabies, tetanus. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Dangerous infections (plague, anthrax). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Viral hepatitis. HIV infection and AIDS indicator diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Viral hepatitis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | HIV infection and AIDS indicator diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the study course, students independently prepare for oral theoretical examinations on individual topics. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Student participation in practical classes is assessed (25%), and successful completion of theoretical tests (at the end of each topic, a test that includes multiple-choice and essay-type questions) – 75%. At the end of the course – an exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the study course, students will be able to do the following: • recognise the symptoms of infectious diseases and act in emergency situations; • describe the principles of laboratory examinations; • evaluate the collected data set to understand the basic principles of treatment; • assess preventive measures for each infection. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After successfully completing the course, students will be able to independently, taking into account the acquired knowledge, as well as based on the actions prescribed by the doctor, carry out preventive measures of the necessary content and form. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to provide emergency assistance to patients with infectious diseases, explain the importance of prevention and organise preventive measures. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju materiāli | ||||||||
| 2 | I. Mazjānis, E. Tīrāns. “Vakcinācija. Imūnsistēma. Antimikrobiskā infekciju profilakse. Rīga. 2002. 416 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | I. Mazjānis, E. Tīrāns. “HIV infekcija un AIDS”. Rīga, 2001. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | L. Vīksna. “Ceļotāja veselības rokasgrāmata”. SIA „Nacionālais medicīnas apgāds”. 2002. 232 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | J. Dzenis, B. Rozentāle. „Antimikrobiskās terapijas ceļvedis”. Rīga. SIA „Nacionālais medicīnas apgāds”. 2004. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Anita Brila. Infekcijas slimību epidemioloģija. SIA „Nacionālais apgāds”. 2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 7 | L. Vīksna „Infekcijas slimības”. SIA „Medicīnas apgāds”, 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rozentāle Baiba. Meticilīnrezistenta staphylococcus aureus hospitālās infekcijas profilakse / Baiba Rozentāle, Ilze Vingre. - Bibliogr.: 42.lpp. // Latvijas Ārsts. – ISSN 1019-5068. - Nr. 11 (2005), 39. - 42. Lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | I. Geldners. Baktēriju rezistence un nozokomiāla infekcija. //Doctus, Nr. 8 (2004). | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.aslimnica.lv (Infektoloģijas centra mājas lapa) | ||||||||
