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Pathological Anatomy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:05.08.2020 12:59:56
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PAK_006 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Pathology | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Štrumfa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Pathology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | RSU, pak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67815096 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Previously acquired knowledge of biology, human anatomy, human histology, genetics, physiology and biochemistry. | ||||||||
| Objective: | This course is designed to deepen knowledge of fundamental cellular and molecular biology problems, to develop practical skills and competences in cell structure microscopical and ultra structural analysis. The course focuses on the essential principles of cell structure and activities accompanied by a description of commonly used techniques and equipment. This course provides the possibility to combine a theoretical knowledge and practical demonstrations, and increase our understanding of the cellular base of physiological and pathological processes and their significance. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Tissue examination in pathology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Cellular pathology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Insight in tumour pathology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Breast pathology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Examples of malignant tumours. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | An insight in respiratory pathology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | An insight into gynaecological pathology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | An insight in cardiovascular pathology: myocardial infarction and angina pectoris. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Analysis of the electron and light microscopy micrographs, short tests and descriptions of schemes that confirm the understanding of fundamentals of cell biology. Self-studies using literature, making description of electron micrographs, histological slides and pictures. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Analysis of histological slides, cellular structures. Exam at the end of this study course in the form of written multichoice test. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to describe basic properties of cells and main cell types, modern methods used for study of cells, components of biological membranes and their role in maintenance of cell function, cellular organelles and main events attributed to the cytoplasmatic organelles, tissue adaption, tissue barriers, biocompatibility; cell and tissue examination methods and novel possibilities. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Using bright field optics and examining paraffin embedded tissue sections, students will be able to distinguish the major cell components, will be introduced to commonly used staining techniques; will be able to evaluate a specialized cell shape and size, and structurally based communications as well as identify major artifacts appearing due to unadequate sample processing. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Student will be able to recognize in the microscope: main tissue groups, structure of the main organs; to evaluate quality, informability, interactions and localization of the seen tissue structures in the histological slides; will be able to document cell biology and histology slides and to work with the special literature. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU MF Patoloģijas katedras lekciju materiāli patoloģijā, PAK_006. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease, 8th ed. Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, Aster J. Elsevier, 2009. | ||||||||
| 2 | Robbins Basic Pathology, 7th ed.. Kumar V, Cotran RS, Robbins SL. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2003, 873 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Pathophysiology: the Biological basis for Disease in Adults and Children, 5th ed. Ar CD-ROM. McCance KL, Huether SE. Elsevier Mosby, USA, 1780 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology, 2 sējumu komplekts ar CD-ROM, 3000 lpp., Mosby, 2004. | ||||||||
| 5 | Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 5th ed. Mills SE, Carter D, Greenson JK, Reuter VE, Stoler MH. 3104 lpp, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009. | ||||||||
