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Internal Diseases

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:19.08.2021 10:11:22
Study Course Information
Course Code:ISK_197LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:1.00ECTS:1.50
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Internal MedicineTarget Audience:Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Larisa Umnova
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Internal Diseases
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 2 Hipokrata Street, iskatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042338
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)2Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures4
Classes (count)4Class Length (academic hours)3Total Contact Hours of Classes12
Total Contact Hours16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Normal anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology.
Objective:
Providing a student with methods of subjective and objective examination, and skills of interpretation of the additional examinations.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Methods of investigations for a patient. Interrogation and inspection of a patient. A concept of symptom and syndrome, their role in diagnosis and differential diagnosis of a disease.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Cardiovascular diseases.Lectures1.00auditorium
3Cardiovascular diseases:risk factors, causes, clinical presentations, treatment options, complications and prevention.Classes1.00clinical base
4Respiratory diseases: risk factors, causes, clinical presentations, treatment options, complications and prevention.Classes1.00clinical base
5Gastrointestinal and urinary system diseases.Classes1.00clinical base
6Endocrine and musculoskeletal diseases.Classes1.00clinical base
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Patients’ examination and description.
Assessment Criteria:
Evaluate the patient's condition, analyze and explain abnormalities; formulate and justify a conclusion.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Know the basic methods of patients investigation, diseases symptoms.
Skills:To be able to investigate patients, recognize abnormal findings, link them to a specific organ and system damage.
Competencies:Evaluate the patient's condition, analyze and explain abnormalities; formulate and justify a conclusion.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Propedeitika. 5. izdevums /G.Orļikova un K.Pičkura red./ Rīga, 2014.
Additional Reading
1Klīniska medicīna prof. A.Lejnieka reakcijā, 1.-3. grāmatas. Nacionālais Medicīnas apgāds, 2010-2012.
Other Information Sources
1www.inbox.lv/ispropedeitika/faili.