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Paediatrics and Patient Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:12.01.2021 13:34:50
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PEK_007 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Lāce | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Paediatrics | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 45 Vienibas gatve, pk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67621730 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In the humanitarian and social sciences disciplines, which develop students' critical thinking skills, understanding of human as a living being and its importance in society. In foreign languages (Russian, English or German, Latin). Preclinical disciplines: human anatomy, physiology, cellular and medical biology, microbiology, embryology, genetics, parasitology, medical and biophysics, medical chemistry, histology. Medical terminology in Latvian, English, Russian and Latin. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course is intended for 3rd year students of the Faculty of Nursing. In the study subject “Pediatrics and Patient Care” the student learns the structural and functional peculiarities of a healthy child, the regularities of growth and development and the principles and attitude towards working with children. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to paediatrics. Paediatrics as a medical specialty. Contemporary Paediatrics and its branch – health and its promotion. Health and Illness. Factors affecting child health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Growth and development of a healthy child. Physical and psychomotor development. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The importance of breast milk in growth and development of a child. Physiology of lactation and breastfeeding techniques. Promotion and protection of breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Child abuse. Shaken baby syndrome. Sudden infant death syndrome, possibilities of its prevention. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Communication with the patient (children of different age groups) and the carers. Methods of collection of anamnesis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Peculiarities and care of a newborn baby. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Nutrition of children of different age groups. Principles of child nutrition and its role in the growth and development of a child. Healthy nutrition. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Infectious diseases in children (measles, rubella, diphtheria, scarlet fever, mumps, poliomyelitis), their causative agents and most common clinical symptoms, principles of treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The student's independent work includes the preparation of presentations and presentation during classes. Practical classes are used for the realization of the study course, in which students together with the teaching staff analyze the theoretical material, solve situation tasks, discuss clinical cases, participate in clinic conferences and councils. During the lessons, students perform clinical examinations of patients and work with medical histories. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The knowledge and skills of students in practical classes will be assessed via short quiz, analysis and discussion of theoretical material, clinical cases, and clinical situation tasks, reviewing each other’s work, preparation of written or oral reports; colloquiums, final test at the end of the study course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After successful completion of the study course „Paediatrics and care of a paediatric patient” student will be able to describe the role of paediatrics in medicine, its branches, and the general health status of children in Latvia. The students will be able to describe different age groups of children, to evaluate the role and proper collection techniques of anamnesis of paediatric patients, to describe the growth. The student will be able to understand the psyhosocial development of a child, and development of the language, perception, and personality. Students will be able to explain the principles of health promotion. To describe the structural peculiarities of the digestive, respiratory and urinary system, most common disorders. To explain the significance of nutrition in a growing organism, protection and promotion of breastfeeding, principles of artificial feeding of infants, as well as introduction of complementary foods. To gain insight in the formation and peculiarities of immune system in children. To gain insight into anatomical and functional peculiarities of a child’s organism, in growth and development, and most common childhood illnesses. To recognize most common infectious diseases in children, their treatment and prophylaxis. To know the immunization programme of the children in Latvia, the role of vaccination in infection control and prophylaxis. | ||||||||
| Skills: | This study course will improve the skills in learning and research, and application of acquired theoretical knowledge to practice. After the completion of the study course, students will be able to formulate key words and find the information on healthy child, in textbooks and online data bases. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The study course will give competencies in understanding and apply the key concepts of the studied topics. The study course will improve the skills in research and methodology and will enable the students to quickly find information on healthy child and most common illnesses at different ages in textbooks and online databases. The study course will provide to collect anamnesis, perform and prevention within their competencies, and observing the principles of ethics and personal data protection. The students will be able to assess physical development of a child and prophylactic measures appropriate to the age of the child. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju materiāls. | ||||||||
| 2 | Mācību metodiskie materiāli Pediatrijā | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kliegman R. M., Behrman R.E., Jenson H. B. Stanton B. F. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics 21st ed Elsevier: Saunders, 2020 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | BMJ Clinical Evidence | ||||||||
| 2 | BMJ Journals | ||||||||
| 3 | Cochrane Library | ||||||||
| 4 | DynaMed | ||||||||
| 5 | MD Consult | ||||||||
| 6 | PubMed | ||||||||
| 7 | Science Direct | ||||||||
