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Biophysics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:05.08.2020 11:18:25
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_196 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Biology; Biophysics | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Mārtiņš Pikšis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu iela 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, lfrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | |||||||||
| Objective: | |||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction. Biomechanical. Movement of direction and rotation. The concept of degrees of freedom of movement. Levers and connections in the human support and movement system. Conditions of human body balance and their effects on disease formation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Biomechanical of fluids and gases. Viscous fluid and gas flow. Reinolda number. Bernulli formula. Puazey formula. Haemodynamics. Main parameters of the circulation. Circulatory diseases, their mathematical description and calculations. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | X-ray, development and use in medicine. Types of radiology. Physical underpinnings of CT. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Mechanical oscillations and waves. Types of waves. Sound. Acoustics. Hearing, its mathematical description. Ultrasound and infrasound, their use in medicine. Ultrasonography and doplerography. Vibrations. Noise, its impact on the human. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Physical fields, types, sources and methods of study of the human organism. Protection against adverse effects of external physical factors. Electrical safety. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Electromagnetic oscillations and waves. Optics. Human vision. Physical underpinnings of visual perception. Mathematical description and prevention of visual defects. Distribution of optical radiation to tissues. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Man in the physical fields of the surrounding world. Natural and artificial sources of the electromagnetic field, their impact on the human body. Ionizing radiation. Dosimetry. Background radiation, radon gas. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Mechanical oscillations and waves. Acoustics methods in diagnostics. Acoustic measurements, medical applications. Logarithmic scales. Physical bases for clinical acoustic investigation methods. Audio-metry. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | In the lessons, count tasks on a given topic, develop multiple laboratory jobs. A presentation of one of the selected basic topics of the course must be prepared and presented. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. During practical classes – solving tasks. 2. Final assessment – test (multiple choice). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test (Semester) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After successful fulfilment of the requirements of a study course, students will have acquired knowledge that will allow: 1. Use medically physical terms correctly; 2. Understand the importance of physics and mathematics in medicine; 3. Understand the physical understanding of the parameters for medical diagnosis and the methods of obtaining them; 4. Assess the physical effects of the surrounding world on the human body and protect itself from undesirable effects. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of the acquisition of a study course, students: 1. Focus on biophysical terms; 2. Use the acquired expertise to assess cardiovascular diseases; 3. Assess the use of blood-tipping and syringes from a physical-mathematical point of view. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of learning a study course, students will be able to assess physical phenomena and laws, their effects on the human body and justify their use in medical diagnostics. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | P. Davidovits. Physics in Biology and Medicine. Academic press, 2008 (3rd ed.). | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | S. Amador Kane. Introduction to physics in modern medicine. - Taylor & Francis, 2003. | ||||||||
| 2 | D. Giancoli. Physics: principles with applications. - Prentice Hall, 2005. | ||||||||
