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Basics of Pediatric Cardiology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:21.03.2023 12:02:47
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PEK_046 | 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: | Ingūna Lubaua | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Paediatrics | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 45 Vienibas gatve, pk rsu[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) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Preclinical theoretical knowledge about the structure and function of the cardiovascular system; clinical knowledge in propaedeutics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote the acquisition of in-depth theoretical knowledge in children's cardiology, to provide knowledge about the structure of the cardiovascular system, functional and structural features for children, as well as to build skills and abilities in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of heart pathologies. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Development of the heart. Fetal and neonatal circulation | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Acyanotic and cyanotic heart diseases | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Cardiomyopathies | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Electrocardiography in children | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Excercise test | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Cardiac catheterization | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Congestive heart failure | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Arterial hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Classification of heart disease. Diagnostics. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Univentricular heart diseases | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Cardiovascular infections | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Arrhythmias | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Chest pain | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | Invasive heart procedures | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 15 | Treatment of congestive heart failure | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 16 | Treatment of arterial hypertension. Treatment of pulmonary hypertension. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | For the implementation of the program, practical lessons are used, in which students together with teaching staff analyze the theoretical material, solve situational tasks, and discuss clinical cases. During classes, students perform clinical examination of patients. The student's independent work includes: Analysis of a clinical case of a patient with a certain pathology, preparation of a literature review according to the clinical case. A review of the most commonly used medications with dosages and side effects. Presentation of a clinical case or lesson topic. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | During the study course the assessment of student’s knowledge, skills and competencies is carried out in practical lessons, patient evaluation, control tests in lessons (multiple choice tests, case tasks), discussions in small groups about theoretical questions and clinical cases, independent work control. Written exam at the end of the practical lessons. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the study course, the student will gain in-depth knowledge and be able to navigate children's cardiology. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After completing the study course, the student will understand the etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms of heart diseases in children. Be able to evaluate the results of cardiac functional examinations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After completing the study course, the student will be able to interpret the hemodynamics of heart pathologies, will be able to create an examination and treatment plan in cases of heart pathologies, will be able to interpret children's electrocardiograms. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Park, M. K. Park’s Pediatric cardiology for Practitioners. Mosby Elsevier, 2021. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kliegman, R. M., Behrman, R. E., Jenson, H. B., Stanton, B. F. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 21th ed, Elsevier: Saunders, 2021. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Nichols, D. G., Ungerleider, R. M., Spevak, P. J., et al. Critical heart disease in infants and children. Mosby Elsevier, 3rd ed., 2019 | ||||||||
| 2 | Anderson, R., Baker, E., Penny, D., Redington, A., Wernovsky, G. Anderson’s pediatric cardiology, 4th ed. Churchill Livingstone, 2020. | ||||||||
| 3 | Uptodate | ||||||||
