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Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:22.03.2022 15:07:24
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | IUDK_004 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Infectious Diseases | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ludmila Vīksna | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Infectology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 3 Linezera Street, idk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67014777 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Biology, anatomy, histology, physiology, pathologic physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, propedeutics, parasitology, pharmacology, internal diseases. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide theoretical and practical knowledge about developmental mechanisms and etiology of infectious diseases in human body in correlation with clinical symptoms, including aspects of disability, therapeutic methods, particular and available for treatment, also self-protection possibilities from infectious diseases and their impact on quality of life of each individual. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Most important infectious diseases in Latvia and in the world. Theory about infections and epidemic process. Main principles for diagnostics and treatment of infectious diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Travellers’ health and infectious diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Infectious diseases characterised by complications requiring rehabilitation (Diphtheria, Encephalitis, Lyme disease etc.). | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Particular features of rehabilitation for patients with Tuberculosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Specific and non-specific prevention of infectious diseases. Hospital-acquired infections. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Most important infectious diseases in Latvia and in the world. Theory about infections and epidemic process. Main principles for diagnostics and treatment of infectious diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Infections spread by airborne, direct contact and faecal-oral route of transmission. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Travellers’ health and infectious diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Blood-borne infectious diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Infectious diseases characterised by complications requiring rehabilitation (Diphtheria, Encephalitis, Lyme disease etc.). | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Specific and non-specific prevention of infectious diseases. Hospital-acquired infections. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preliminary preparation for each practical class (relevant topic), independent study report. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Student’s independent work: Independent study report: assessment criteria – compliance of the content of the report with the selected/chosen topic; design of the report; student’s individual input, contribution or work invested; level of student’s knowledge evaluated by the lecturer when discussing the individual study report with the student. Examination: Activity or participation during practical classes and assessment of the independent study report - 50%, multi-choice test - 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to systematize infectious diseases, to classify prevailing symptoms and developmental mechanisms of infectious diseases, indications and contraindications for use in physiotherapy, to collect anamnesis and explain data obtained from laboratory tests and physical examination. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to develop action plan for medical activities, which are necessary for diagnostics, clinical course and determination of treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases; to apply procedures, set by physician for infectious diseases patients. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Professional communication with patients, their relatives and medical professionals as regards in improvement of quality of life, while respecting patients’ rights and norms of medical ethics; ability to study independently and use e-health medical resources for communication with other students and colleagues. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bennett J. E., Dolin R., Blaser M. J. Mandell Douglas and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 9th Edition, Elsevier, 2019. | ||||||||
| 2 | Fred F. Ferri. Ferri's Clinical Advisor. 2023, Elsevier. | ||||||||
| 3 | Vīksna L. Infekcijas slimības. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds; 2011, 588 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Zeltiņa I., Zavadska D, Grope I., Aldiņš P., et.al. Praktiskas rekomendācijas vakcinācijai veseliem pieaugušajiem un riska grupu indivīdiem Latvijā. Rīga. Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs; 2019. | ||||||||
| 5 | Tuberkulozes klīniskās vadlīnijas. 2015. | ||||||||
| 6 | Tuberculosis. Jennifer Furin, Helen Cox, Madhukar Pai. Lancet 2019; 393: 1642–56 | ||||||||
| 7 | Madhukar Pai, Marcel A. Behr, David Dowdy, et.al. Tuberculosis. Nature reviews/Disease primers. Article number: 16076 doi:10.1038/nrdp.2016.76 Published online 27 Oct 2016. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vakcinācija: aktīvā specifiskā imūnprofilakse. L. Vīksna. Nacionālais apgāds, Rīga, 2008, 252 lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.uptudate.com | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.who.int/ | ||||||||
| 3 | https://www-amboss-com.db.rsu.lv/row/campus/2018/rsu-activa… | ||||||||
| 4 | https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com | ||||||||
| 5 | https://www.clinicalkey.com | ||||||||
| 6 | http://search.ebscohost.com/ | ||||||||
| 7 | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rsub | ||||||||
| 8 | https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/ | ||||||||
| 9 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ | ||||||||
| 10 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/ | ||||||||
| 11 | https://emedicine.medscape.com/ | ||||||||
| 12 | https://www.cdc.gov/ | ||||||||
| 13 | http://www.antimicrobe.org/ | ||||||||
