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Paediatrics and Nutrition
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:08.03.2024 14:30:54
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PEK_008 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Nutrition Science | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Liene Smane | ||||||||
| 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) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 5 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 45 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 45 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Human anatomy, physiology, pathological physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To create students’ knowledge and understanding of the impact of nutrition on the child’s growth and development, the physiology and pathologies of the child’s body. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Paediatrics, its place in medicine and its relation to nutritional science. The process of taking anamnesis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The growth and development of a healthy child. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Nutrition and importance thereof in child development. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Breast milk and its composition. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | The process of taking anamnesis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | The growth and development of a healthy child. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Breast milk, its characteristics, importance in infant development. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Nutrition and importance thereof in childhood. Food pyramid. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Artificial feeding of infants. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Health problems in children related to inadequate nutrition - rachitis, iron deficiency anaemia, allergies. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Obesity in children, related diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Vegetarian diet in childhood, related problems. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Nutrition recommendations for patients with genetic, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, kidney diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | A test and examination of independent learning. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 5 | The process of taking anamnesis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | The growth and development of a healthy child. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Breast milk, its characteristics, importance in infant development. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Nutrition and importance thereof in childhood. Food pyramid. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Artificial feeding of infants. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Health problems in children related to inadequate nutrition - rachitis, iron deficiency anaemia, allergies. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Obesity in children, related diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Vegetarian diet in childhood, related problems. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 15 | Nutrition recommendations for patients with genetic, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, kidney diseases. A test and examination of independent learning. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Before each class, the student prepares for the class and gets acquainted with the current material using the self-test questions available in the e-environment and the materials posted for each class. For each class, the student creates a PowerPoint presentation on current topics in Paediatrics and Nutrition. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The exam grade (final assessment) consists of: the average grade during the classes (50%) + the final examination assessment (50%). The final examination grade is constituted as follows: 25 questions (MCQ, filling in the missing words, short open-ended questions (60%)) + clinical case (40%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students acquire knowledge about the physiology and disorders of child development and growth, the impact of nutrition on child development, the basics of healthy nutrition in different periods of childhood, the immaturity and pathology of the digestive system in childhood, when dietary adjustments are necessary to ensure normal growth and development of the child. During the course, the student: questions patients and their relatives, prepares presentations on the subject of the class, completes short tests; deals with clinical situations. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To assess the child’s physical, movement and psychosocial development, the adequacy of feeding for the child’s age and state of health. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students become competent in questioning children and parents, evaluating data, analysing clinical symptoms, organising promotion of healthy eating, and drawing up nutritional programmes for children of different ages and with different health problems. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Collection of structured medical history (anamnesis) | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 2 | Collection of structured medical history (anamnesis) | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 3 | Evaluation of different scales of children's health status (physical development, adiposity, head, chest, arterial pressure) | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 4 | Evaluation of different scales of children's health status (physical development, adiposity, head, chest, arterial pressure) | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | E - studijās ievietotie mācību materiāli. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kliegman, Robert M., MD; St Geme, Joseph W., MD; et.al. Nelson Texbook of Pediatrics. 2020, Elsevier Inc. | ||||||||
| 3 | RSU tiešsaistes datu bāzes: brīvpieejas datubāzes (PubMed), uz pierādījumiem balstītas medicīnas datubāzes- ClinicalKEY, DynaMedPlus. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Clinical Paediatric Dietetics. 4th Edition. Vanessa Shaw (Editor). November 2020, Wiley-Blackwell 864 Pages. | ||||||||
| 2 | Nutrition and Bone Growth in Pediatrics. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2011-10-01, Volume 58, Issue 5, 2011, Elsevier Inc. | ||||||||
