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Infectious Diseases of Children
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:19.08.2019 15:36:57
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PEK_039 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Paediatrics | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Dace Gardovska | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Paediatrics | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Rīga, Vienības gatve 45, pk rsu[pnkts]lv, pkrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67621730 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Successful completion of the 1st – 4th year studies in pre-clinical and clinical subjects, including Paediatrics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | This study course is intended for the 5th year students of the Faculty of Medicine. After successful completion of all requirements of the study course the student will have acquired the basics of typical children's infectious diseases, which allows continuation of study course "Basics of paediatrics III" (including paediatric infectious diseases) in the 6th year, and also form necessary skills and attitude for doctor’s work in residency with children. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Paediatric infectious diseases in Latvia. National vaccination programme in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Current conception of foetal and newborn infections. Characteristics of HIV infection in children. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Disturbances of water and salt metabolism in children with infectious diseases. Principles or oral and parenteral rehydration. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Fever, septicaemia, sepsis, septic shock in children. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Characteristics of a child’s examination in case of infectious diseases. Infectious disease hospital for children. Clinical cases with tasks. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Most frequent exanthemata infections in children (measles, rubella, varicella, scarlet fever), their aetiology, epidemiology, typical forms, differential diagnosis, therapy and prevention. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Acute respiratory illnesses, their characteristics in children. Pertussis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Febrile seizures, acute laryngitis, epiglottitis, bronchiolitis in children. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Epidemic parotitis. Characteristics in hepatitides in children. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Gastrointestinal infections, their characteristics in children. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Therapy and characteristics of gastrointestinal infections in children. Oral rehydration in children. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Control of the independent work. Test. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1. Students prepare clinical cases with patient problem-oriented tasks according to protocol that requires a purposeful anamnesis, clinical investigation, assessment of patient’s health, formulation of problems, proposal of diagnostics, treatment and prevention according to student’s competence, as well as preparing a written theoretical material on research of study and medical literature. 2. Control of student’s independent work is done by testing knowledge, skills and competences at patients, with tests during seminars (case reports, multichoice tests, and situation tasks), discussions, control of independent work and written test at the end of practical lessons. 3. Examination at the end of the 5th year after lectures and successful completion of practical classes. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. During the study course the assessment of student’s knowledge, skills and competences is carried out at practical lessons, patient evaluation, control tests at lessons (case reports, multiple choice tests, case tasks, etc.), discussions in small groups about theoretical questions and clinical cases, independent work control, written test at the end of the practical lessons. 2. Examination takes place at the end of the 5th study year after successful completion of lecture course and practical lessons. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After successful completion of requirements of the study course, a student would have acquired knowledge, that allows to: 1. characterise distribution of children's infectious diseases in Latvia and in the world; 2. understand structure and operation of a children’s infectious diseases ward; 3. name infectious diseases and their immunisation time in children set in Latvia, the most frequent adverse effects and contraindications; 4. interpret today’s concept about congenital infectious of a foetus and a newborn, characterising their pathogenesis, typical clinical signs, diagnostic, therapy and prevention possibilities; 5. understand water – electrolyte metabolism disorders in children with infectious diseases, dehydration evaluation and rehydration therapy principles; 6. define terms: fever, bacteremia, sepsis, septic shock in children, analyse their causes and foresee a plan of actions in the above mentioned situations in children of different age; 7. recognise the most common exanthemous infections in children (measles, rubella, chickenpox, scarlet fever); 8. characterise features of acute respiratory illnesses in children, febrile seizures, acute laryngitis, epiglottitis, bronchiolitis; 9. recognise epidemic parotitis (mumps) and pertussis; 10. characterise features of intestinal infections and hepatitides in children; 11. characterise features of HIV infection in children; 12. name incubation periods of the commonly seen infectious diseases in children, isolation periods for patients and contacts. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After successful completion of the requirements of the study course students will: 1. know how to formulate keywords and orient themselves in textbooks and internet data bases for finding necessary information about children’s infectious diseases; 2. find a proper communication form for a child’s age for performing clinical examination; 3. know how to take history in cases of most common typical children’s infectious diseases up to 18 years of age, perform clinical examination, evaluate the general condition of patients, formulate patient’s problems in a structured way and within their competence offer solutions for diagnostics, treatment and prevention, describe the observed in a case history and report about it to the colleagues using medical terminology, taking into account ethical principles and requirements about personal data protection; 4. recognise typical forms of children’s infectious diseases included in the programme, interpret their characteristic clinical, laboratory and other examination signs, evaluate possible complications and differentials, offer treatment and prevention principles; 5. administer oral rehydration in children of different ages. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 1. Competences acquired during the study course will allow to analyse most frequent health problems in children connected to paediatric infectious diseases, incl. those that require integration of pre-clinical (homeostasis, microbiology, pharmacology, etc.) and clinical medicine (paediatrics, internal medicine, infectious diseases) for effective solutions in order to prepare medical documentation. 2. Competences will allow the students to integrate their knowledge and skills in a united diagnostic work in order to evaluate child’s health, to diagnose most frequent infectious diseases, to work out individualised health care plan, to make substantiated and scientifically proven decisions about child’s life, health and well-being, as well as social health and environment. 3. Competencies will allow students to apply their knowledge and skills commencing study course “Paediatric diseases” in 6th year. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju materiāls. | ||||||||
| 2 | Tiešsaistes adresē atrodamās grāmatas ( https://www.clinicalkey.com/): | ||||||||
| 3 | Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Kliegman, Robert M., 2016 by Elsevier, Inc. | ||||||||
| 4 | Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Long, Sarah S., 2018, Elsevier Inc | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Tiešsaistes adresē atrodamās grāmatas ( https://www.clinicalkey.com/): | ||||||||
| 2 | Remington and Klein’s Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant, Eighth Edition , 2016 | ||||||||
| 3 | Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Seventh Edition Cherry, James D., MD, MSc, 2014 | ||||||||
| 4 | Harriet Lane Handbook of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy, Second Edition McMillan, Julia A., MD , 2014 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Citi informācijas avoti: | ||||||||
| 2 | https://www.clinicalkey.com/ | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.bmj.com/ | ||||||||
| 4 | http://group.bmj.com/products/journals | ||||||||
| 5 | http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/cochrane_sea… | ||||||||
| 6 | http://www.dynamed.com/ | ||||||||
| 7 | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rsub | ||||||||
| 8 | http://search.ebscohost.com | ||||||||
