.
General Pathology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:20.08.2021 14:07:31
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_091 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Arvīds Jakovļevs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | knowledge of anatomy, biology, normal physiology and biochemistry acquired at secondary school and in the 1st year of studies. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To form the students’ understanding of the morphology and functions of a sick organism, to give them a basic knowledge of clinical medicine, and to teach them to think clinically. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | A general understanding of sickness and health. Aetiology. Pathogenesis | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Pathological physiology of cell damage. Pathological tissue growth. Regeneration. The concept of tumour growth. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Pathology caused by gas exchange and circulatory disorders. Hypoxia. The concept of mountain sickness. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | 1. Teaching about disease. Aetiology. Pathogenesis. Hypoxia. 2. Pathological tissue growth. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 5 | 1. Peripheral circulation disorders. Inflammation I. 2. Inflammation II. Organismal homeostasis and the concept of acid-base imbalance. | Lectures | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 6 | Pathological physiology of thermoregulation. Hypothermia. Fever and overheating | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Thermoregulatory disorders (seminar). Student presentations. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | The body’s overall response to cell damage. Shock. Collapse, fainting. Terminal conditions. Pathological physiology of death. Intensive care, resuscitation. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Stress. The clinical triad of Sellier. The concept of psycho-emotional and somatic stress. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Stress. Pain as a pathological process. Student presentations. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | 1. Water-electrolyte exchange disorders. Hypohydration, types thereof. 2. Hyperhydration, types thereof. Basic mechanisms of oedema formation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | 1. Pathology of the blood system. The concept of anaemias, pathogenesis thereof. Types of anaemias. 2. Leukocyte pathology. Hematosarcoma. 3. Blood clotting disorders. The concept of bleeding diathesis. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Pathology of the blood system. Discussion of laboratory tests. Designing, discussing and solving clinical tasks. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparation in advance for the class, using the recommended readings. Developing independent work and preparing a presentation. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Students’ knowledge, skills and competence are assessed by means of test work and seminars, when independent work is also presented. At the end of the study course, students must take an exam. Requirements for obtaining credit points: - Interim tests in each class (25% of the overall assessment). Assessment of the independent work (10% of the overall assessment). Practical classes (25% of the overall assessment). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the study course, students will have the following knowledge: - the concepts of health and sickness; pathological process; - differences between normal and abnormal growth of cells and tissues; - the effects of hypoxia on tissues; - the effects of internal and external environments on the systems of the human body; the effects and manifestations of low and high body temperatures; - the basic mechanisms of the immune system activity and the development of allergic reactions; - how the body’s compensatory and adaptive responses work; the causes of psycho-emotional and somatic stress; - how to interpret the basic symptoms and course of diseases on the basis of pathological changes; - basic diagnostic methods and treatment principles. - the creation of medical terminology. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of completing the study course, students will be able: - to predict the effects of the internal and external environment on the systems of the human body, depending on the age and constitutional type of the organism; - to identify tissue and organ pathology compared to the norm; - to explain the symptoms and course of diseases on the basis of typical pathological changes; - to recognise thermoregulatory disorders in the body and explain the pathogenesis thereof; - to recognise the manifestations of allergy and explain the pathogenesis thereof; - to differentiate between psycho-emotional and somatic stress; - to identify and analyse health risk factors; - to create medical terms and use them correctly. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of completing the study course, students will be able to do the following: - understand the structure, function and interrelationships of the main body systems; - assess and analyse the impact of the internal and external environment on human body systems at different ages; - identify tissue and organ pathology compared to the norm, based on basic diagnostic methods; - explain the symptoms and course of diseases with arguments on the basis of typical pathological changes; - understand the body’s compensatory and adaptive responses depending on the influences of the surrounding environment. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju un praktisko nodarbību materiāli. | ||||||||
| 2 | Raipulis J. Ģenētikas pamati. Rīga, 2002. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | A. Valtneris – Cilvēka fizioloģija, „Zvaigzne ABC”, 2018. | ||||||||
| 4 | Arta Balode. Laboratoriskā diagnostika. Nacionālais apgāds, 2008 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Robbins L, Cotran RS, Kumar V. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. New York, 10th ed. 2021 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ķirurģija prof. Jāņa Gardovska redakcijā, Rīga, 2013 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ilze Supe. Rokasgrāmata neiroloģijā ģimenes ārstiem un internistiem. Nacionālais apgāds, 2004 | ||||||||
| 3 | Sandra Lejniece. Klīniskā hematoloģija. Nacionālais apgāds, 2020 | ||||||||
| 4 | A. Lejnieks Klīniskā medicīna 1. Rīga, 2010. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Kristaps Rudzītis. Terminologia medica. Nacionālais apgāds, 2005. | ||||||||
| 2 | www.studentconsult.com. | ||||||||
