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Infectious Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:07.10.2022 14:00:26
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_120 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Infectious Diseases | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Baiba Rozentāle | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 36 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Biology, Anatomy, Histology, Biochemistry, Parasitology, Physiology, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Pharmacology and Internal diseases. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the study course is to ensure the basis of infectology and the principles of limiting the spread of infectious diseases, to raise awareness of the possible impact of infectious diseases on the individual's quality of life, and on health care and public health in general. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Epidemiology of infectious diseases. The epidemic process. Documents regulating the control of infectious diseases. Emergency management in the field of communicable diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Control of infectious diseases, specific, non-specific prevention. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Blood and sexually transmitted infectious diseases, their spectrum and importance in the context of public health. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Food - and water - borne infectious diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Air-drip infectious diseases (influenza, diphtheria, etc.), their spectrum and prevention options. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Tropical and Traveler Diseases. Health of travelers. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Organization of health care work in a clinic of infectious diseases. Healthcare-associated infections, inpatient anti-epidemic measures. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Principles of laboratory diagnostic of infectious diseases. Morphological, cytological examination, indications for use. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Upper respiratory tract infections. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Tick-borne diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Differential diagnosis of infectious diseases with eczantema. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Clinical signs of viral hepatitis, principles of treatment and prevention, end results. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Clinical signs of intestinal infectious diseases, principles of treatment and prevention. Food toxic infections. Parasitic diseases. Principles of diagnosis and treatment. Importance for public health. Prevention. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | HIV/AIDS: etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations. Antiretroviral therapy: indications, therapy monitoring, HIV resistance problems and their solutions. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 15 | Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Previous preparation for the topic of the lesson. For each missed lesson the student prepares a report (3 to 4 pages) on the topic of the missed lesson. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Test of the study course: student's independent work, knowledge tests (tests), student's activity in classes. Exam: A 50-question test with multiple choice questions on topical infectology questions. The exam is passed if 75% correct answers are provided. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to evaluate infectious diseases according to their importance for public health; will know the types of transmission and the characteristic symptoms of infectious diseases; develop a specific action plan to control infectious diseases. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will be able to analyse documents of Latvia, the World Health Organization, the European Center for Disease Control and other institutions that are relevant to the field of health society; develop a plan for specific actions to control infectious diseases – plan and control the work of medical personnel, determining the content and form of the necessary preventive measures; to analyse normative documents in the context of infectology; be able to obtain epidemiological data in the field of infectious diseases and analyse the results obtained, to draw up an action plan for specific measures to limit the spread of infection; to work professionally with healthcare professionals and health care providers in the field of infectious disease control and health promotion, respecting medical ethics and respecting patients' rights, taking responsibility for independent learning and acting as a health promoter in the context of the choice of specific and non-specific methods of infectious disease prevention. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be competent to design a public health prevention program in the context of prevention and control of infectious diseases; to take appropriate action in the event of outbreaks of infectious diseases with the aim of limiting them; to act in accordance with the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia and the European Union regarding infectious diseases. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vīksna L. Infekcijas slimības. Rīga, Medicīnas apgāds, 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Brila A. Infekcijas slimību epidemioloģija. Rīga, Nacionālais apgāds, 2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mandell G L, Bennett H E, Dolin R. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s. principles and practice of infectious disease. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2020. | ||||||||
| 2 | Damani, N. Manual of infection prevention and control / Nizam Damani. Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA, 2019. | ||||||||
| 3 | Vīksna L. Ceļotāja veselības rokasgrāmata. Rīga, Medicīnas apgāds, 2002. | ||||||||
| 4 | Rozentāle, Baiba. Gripa: [informatīvs izdevums]. Rīga : Nacionālais apgāds, 2004. 47 lpp. : il. ; 21 cm. ISBN 9984261476 | ||||||||
| 5 | Zinčenko L, Krūmiņa A. Medicīniskā helmintoloģija. Rīga: Vītola izdevniecība; 2010. | ||||||||
| 6 | Health Information for International Travel 2020. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Slimību profilakses un kontroles centra ikmēneša ziņojumi un epidemioloģiskie ziņojumi. | ||||||||
