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General and Oral Pathology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:10.10.2022 09:50:31
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PAK_050 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Pathology | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māris Sperga | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Pathology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga Stradins University, Department of Pathology, Kuldīgas iela 9a, Riga, LV-1007, Latvia; e-mail: pak rsu[pnkts]lv; tel. +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: | Cell biology, human anatomy, histology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry. | ||||||||
| Objective: | 1. To ensure studies in general and oral pathology, including insight into the morphological and functional manifestations of certain pathological processes and diseases, pathogenesis thereof. This aspect of the programme should provide the theoretical basis for learning the clinical courses corresponding to the specialty, shaping a well-educated specialist. 2. Provide a practical overview of pathology as a diagnostic branch of medicine at a level appropriate to the needs of practical work. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Examination of surgical and biopsy tissue material in dentistry. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The concept of cell damage, necrosis, hyperplasia, hypertrophy, atrophy, metaplasia: essence, insight into pathogenesis, medical terminology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Inflammation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Insights into tumour pathogenesis. Clinically relevant tumour classifications: TNM, WHO. Breast cancer – a tumour prototype in medicine. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Pigment cell tumours of the perioral region and oral mucosa. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Pathology of neck lymph nodes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Oral morphology: lesions of the oral mucosa. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During studies, the student must learn from the electronic methodical study materials PAK_050 prepared by the Department of Pathology corresponding to the thematic plan. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | During the study course, students are offered a formative knowledge test with the help of short test works (multiple-choice test). At the end of the study course, students pass a written examination in the form of a multiple-choice test according to the planning of the respective study programme. In accordance with the RSU Academic Regulations (approved at the RSU Senate meeting of 21 April 2020; minutes No.2-1/4/2020), Paragraph 2.16, the final mark of the study course consists of the cumulative assessment (50%) and real knowledge obtained by the student (50%) in accordance with the result of the final course examination. The assessment of all test works, incl. in percentage and with grades, takes place in accordance with the current version of the Academic Regulations I of Rīga Stradiņš University. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the study course, the student will know and be able to reasonably explain the nature, causes and risk factors of various diseases of the oral cavity, as well as pathological processes occurring within them and/or general pathological processes, pathogenesis and expression thereof in clinical processes, laboratory and imaging examinations, possible complications and consequences, outcomes. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student will be able to reasonably evaluate the pathogenesis of the most common diseases of the oral cavity, relate it to the clinical manifestations and diagnostic basis of the diseases, as well as take practical steps to organise the required tissue examinations, interpret and critically analyse results thereof in relation to the overall picture of the disease. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The obtained competences cover the pathogenesis of diseases of the oral cavity and serve as a basis for further clinical studies for the acquisition of clinical competences in the relevant specialty. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU MF Patoloģijas katedras sagatavotie oriģinālie elektroniskie metodiskie e-studiju materiāli, PAK_050. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease, 10th ed. Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, Aster J. Elsevier, 2021 | ||||||||
| 2 | Robbins Basic Pathology, 10th ed.. Kumar V, Cotran RS, Robbins SL. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2018, 873 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Pathophysiology: the Biological basis for Disease in Adults and Children, 8th ed. McCance KL, Huether SE. Elsevier Mosby, USA, 1780 lpp. 2019 | ||||||||
| 4 | Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology, 2 sējumu komplekts ar CD-ROM, 3000 lpp., 11th ed. Mosby, 2018 | ||||||||
| 5 | Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 5th ed. Mills SE, Carter D, Greenson JK, Reuter VE, Stoler MH. 3104 lpp, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2015. | ||||||||
