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Oncology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:30.09.2020 09:21:35
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | ISK_198 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Anatomy | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Dace Baltiņa | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Department of Internal Diseases | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, Oncological Centre of Latvia, iskrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042289 | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | Biology, medical statistics, foundations of epidemiology. | ||||||||
Objective: | To provide knowledge and develop understanding of oncology as a major public health issue. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | The history of oncology in the context of public health | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
2 | Epidemiology of malignant tumours, primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, morbidity, mortality, prevalence, cancer patient registries | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
3 | Malignant tumour screening, early detection, oncological vigilance in different age groups, algorithm for early detection of the most common tumours (symptoms, complaints, diagnostic algorithm) | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
4 | Principles and current options for the treatment of malignant tumours (surgery, radiotherapy and pharmacotherapy). Principles of dynamic monitoring | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | Individual work with medical literature, with the patient – collecting anamnesis, interpreting examinations, drawing up a treatment plan, formulating a possible diagnosis. | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | The final assessment for the course will be the average of the student’s attendance and exam grade. An exam is planned at the end of the study course, consisting of multiple-choice and theoretical questions. | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | Will be able to explain medical statistical and epidemiological terms describing oncology, explain trends in cancer incidence and mortality, analyse Latvian data in the context of other countries, classify tumours according to the prognosis and predictive markers, explain the meaning of epidemiological factors and the possibilities of tumour therapy. | ||||||||
Skills: | Will be able to collect relevant information from cancer registry and data of the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, perform data analysis, present oncological statistics in Latvia and other countries. | ||||||||
Competencies: | Will be able to correctly formulate a cancer diagnosis, understand the objectives and principles of tumour therapy, interpret the data of tumour statistics and epidemiological data, substantiate the devastating impact of unconventional medicine, and logically formulate and explain the aetiology and biology of tumours. | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | www.clinicalkey.com | ||||||||
2 | www.uicc.ogr.com | ||||||||
3 | www.spkc.gov.lv | ||||||||
Additional Reading | |||||||||
1 | www.livestrong.com | ||||||||
2 | PVO mājas lapā gūstamā informācija | ||||||||
3 | ESMO, NCCN, NICE mājaslapas | ||||||||
Other Information Sources | |||||||||
1 | Nodarbību laikā demonstrētās prezentācijas un nolasītais materiāls |