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Electrocardiography
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:05.08.2020 10:22:45
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_134 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Krēvica-Rozenberga | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 14 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 28 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In normal anatomy and normal physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | 1. To learn ECG recording techniques, the ability to assess, analyse and interpret ECG waveforms in the evaluation of myocardial status and function. 2. To promote the development of students’ clinical thinking. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Heart anatomy and physiology. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | ECG procedure and leads. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Nomenclature, assessment and characterisation of ECG waveform elements. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Determining the direction of the heart’s electrical axis. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Rhythm and frequency analysis. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Normal ECG variants and electrocardiological findings. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | ECG changes in case of diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparation in advance for the topic of the class, using the recommended readings. Preparation of study aids for study needs. Development of independent work on heart rate and frequency analysis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures and seminars, mandatory attendance of practical classes. Students’ ability to use ECG in patient examination and analyse the results is assessed. Successful completion of course examinations (clinical situational tasks with interpretation of examination results), successful completion of the final examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the course, students will be able to describe the ECG recording technique; know the nomenclature, evaluation and characterisation of ECG waveform elements; describe the use of ECG in the diagnostic process and analyse the acquired ECG information, assess the degree of pathology. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of completing the study course, students are able to perform patient examination using ECG; apply the results obtained by ECG to the clinical situation; orient in the results of electrocardiography examination; determine the direction of the electrical axis of the heart. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of completing the course, students understand the application of ECG in clinical situations and in the treatment process; students analyse and interpret electrocardiographic data, distinguish the norm from pathology and formulate a medical finding. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju un praktisko nodarbību materiāli. | ||||||||
| 2 | A. Kalvelis. Klīniskā elektrokardioloģija. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2008 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | A. Kalvelis. Elektrokardioloģijas pamati. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2009 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | John R. Hampton. The ECG in Practice. 2013 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Klīniskā medicīna 1.daļa. A. Lejnieka redakcijā. Sirds un asinsvadu saslimšanas. J. Jirgensons, O. Kalējs. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds 2010 | ||||||||
| 2 | A. Kalvelis. Elektrokardiogrāfija. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds 2009 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas Kardiologu biedrības vadlīnijas – www.kardiologija.lv | ||||||||
| 2 | Interneta resurss: http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html | ||||||||
| 3 | Interneta resurss: http://www.practicalclinicalskills.com/ekg.aspx | ||||||||
