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Pain Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:09.11.2022 16:03:24
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AURK_035 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation | Target Audience: | Pharmacy | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ināra Logina | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No. 32, ark rsu[pnkts]lv, LV-1002, +371 67069452 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In biology, physiology and anatomy, biochemistry, clinical disciplines, pharmacology, psychology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote the acquisition of knowledge about the types of pain, mechanisms of occurrence and their pharmacotherapy options. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction in pain medicine. Epidemiology of pain and social role. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Basic biological mechanisms of pain. Biological role of pain. Anatomy and physiology of pain. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Chronic pain, causes and mechanisms. The most common types of chronic pain. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Acute pain – mechanisms, types, causes and prevention of pain. Evaluation of pain. Perioperative and pain of manipulation, its care. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Principles of multidisciplinary pain care. Principles of pain services. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Principles and methods of pain pharmacotherapy. Placebo effects in pain therapy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Back and other musculoskeletal pain and their multidisciplinary therapy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Headaches and its therapy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Neuropathic pain, principles of its pharmacotherapy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Pain as a biopsychosocial phenomenon. Nociplastic pain. Types of dysfunctional pain and principles of their care. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Cancer pain, principles of palliative care. Pharmacotherapy of cancer pain. Opioid use in pain therapy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Minimally invasive pain therapy methods. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The student independently acquires the literature offered in the study program, summarizes the obtained information. Prepares a clinical pharmacist's assessment of possible treatment and develops recommendations for the prevention of pain based on the acquired knowledge. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | In order to successfully master the study course material and prepare for the final examination of the study course, the student performs the following activities – mandatory, not assessed with a mark, the execution of the assigned tasks with i / ni is recorded (completed or not completed): 1. Participation in practical classes. For each missed lesson – prepare a written presentation or, as far as possible, participate in another group's lesson on the topic of the missed lesson. 2. Solution and analysis of pharmacological care in several clinical cases in practical classes (i / ni). The final assessment of the course consists of: 50% – consists of a written exam – a multiple-choice test with 40 theoretical questions and 50% – attendance of practical classes and completed tasks. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will have acquired knowledge that allows: • understand the main mechanisms of pain; • understand the types and causes of pain and their biological significance; • know ways to assess pain | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student will be able to: • interview and assessment of pain patients; • choose the most appropriate type of therapy; • plan patient care at different stages. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student will be able to: • to advise healthcare professionals and patients on issues related to pain therapy; • in cooperation with medical practitioners, prescribe appropriate analgesic pharmacotherapy for an individual patient; • to monitor the pharmacotherapy of chronic pain; • Implement health promotion, prevention and early detection. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju un praktisko nodarbību materiāli; | ||||||||
| 2 | G. Iļķēns Sāpju patoģenēzes mehānismi: medikamentozas terapijas iespējas: Sāpju terapija, 2003 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Pain: Clinical Updates. www.iasp-pain.org. | ||||||||
| 4 | Sāpes. I.Loginas redakcijā // Medicīnas apgāds. Rīga : 2013, 396 lpp | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http.//www.efic.org | ||||||||
