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Clinical Placement III
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:12.04.2024 11:48:59
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUUK_250 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 17.00 | ECTS: | 25.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Nutrition Science | Target Audience: | Medical Services; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Gundega Rudzīte-Aņiščenko | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Sports and Nutrition | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Cigoriņu Street 3, spk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67611559 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | All courses previously tought in study program. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To strengthen the student's knowledge, develop and improve practical skills and acquire competence in accordance with the profession standard of the nutrition specialist. During the Clinical Practice III, the student must observe, manage and analyze the specifics of the nutrition specialist. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to clinical practice III | Lectures | 4.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to clinical practice III | Lectures | 4.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The student must independently study the sources of the indicated literature, prepare a portfolio of clinical practice and a presentation of two clinical cases. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Compulsory visit of Clinical Practice, passed the practice exam. Cumulative assessment is based on Clinical Practice III grade and portfolio, which is equal to 60% of the total grade, detailed analysis of clinical cases – 20 % and clinical case presentation, which is equal to 40% of the total grade. The portfolio should include: a) tracking of practice hours, b) summary of daily work procedures and activities, c) reflections about the gained experience, conclusions and self-assessment, d) supervisor's assessment of the individual effort during clinical practice, e) detailed analysis of two clinical cases (sping and autumn Clinical Practice III). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Understands the structure of the anamnesis, knows the functioning of a person in normal and pathological conditions, follows ethical norms in communication with the patient. Understands the impact of nutrition therapy on health status and objectives, understands the indications and contraindications for the use of medical technology. Understands the bioenergetic processes in the human organism - the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Understands nutritional therapy for patients in the acute phase of inpatient, outpatient and within the multi-professional rehabilitation team. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Respects patient rights, confidentiality principles, data protection. Determines the patient's complaints and needs, identifies the patient's medical records and documents the patient's medical anamnesis. Bases objectives of nutrition therapy on the results of the evaluation and analysis of the patient's nutrition, eating habits, functional capacity and the daily nutrients and energy needed and the conclusion of a nutrition specialist. Informs the patient about the information obtained in the evaluation process and the conclusion, professionally documents the information obtained during the consultation, prepares the conclusion of a nutrition specialist on the patient's nutritional status. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Respects the patient's confidentiality and the protection of personal data, autonomy and rights in the professional activity of a nutrition specialist. Purposefully obtains information from the medical records of the patient and / or relatives, caregiver or legal representative for the provision of nutritional therapy, analyses and evaluates the results obtained during the consultation and identifies the problem. Completes the medical documentation in a comprehensible, professional manner, using professional terminology. Explains and justifies nutrition specialist consultation process and the conclusion and recommendations in a way that the patient and / or relative, caregiver, or legal representative can understand. Determines the patient's goals and the desired outcome of nutritional therapy and together with the patient sets significant, specific, achievable objectives, developing a treatment plan and correctly documenting it. Applies knowledge of nutrition therapy, diseases, food and cooking technologies. Purposefully, professionally and respectfully cooperates with other medical practitioners. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Uztura mācība / Zigurds Zariņš, Lolita Neimane, Edgars Bodnieks. 7., pārstrād. un papild. izd. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2018 432 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Handbook of nutrition and food / edited by Carolyn D. Berdanier, Johanna T. Dwyer, David Heber. 3rd edition. 2014. xxi, 1113 pages. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kasper, Heinrich Ernährungsmedizin und Diätetik / Heinrich Kasper; unter Mitarbeit von Walter Burghardt. 12., überarb. Aufl. München: Elsevier/Urban & Fischer, 2014. XVI, 652 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Raymond, J. L., In Raymond, J. L., In Morrow, K., & Mahan, L. K. Krause's and Mahan's food & the nutrition care process. 2021 | ||||||||
| 5 | Krause’s food & nutrition therapy / edited by L. Kathleen Mahan and Sylvia Escott-Stump. 12th edition. St.Louis: Elsevier Saunders, 2008. xxiv, 1352 lpp. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Cardiovascular diseases: nutritional and therapeutic interventions / edited by Nilanjana Maulik. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. xxviii, 586 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Handbook of clinical nutrition and stroke / Mandy L. Corrigan, Arlene A. Escuro, Donalds F. Kirby, editors. New York: Humana Press, 2013. xxix, 310 lpp. Nutrition and Health. | ||||||||
| 3 | Skutelis, Antons. Zāļu un uztura mijiedarbība un blaknes / Antons Skutelis, Ilze Bārene. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds, 2013, 54 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Lejnieks, Aivars. Viss par sāli: pārmēra sāls lietošanas kaitējumi veselībai / Aivars Lejnieks, Andrejs Kalvelis. Rīga: Latvijas Hipertensijas biedrība, 2011. 33 lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Advancing dietetics and clinical nutrition / edited by Anne Payne, Helen Barker. Edinburgh; New York: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2010. xiii, 382 lpp. | ||||||||
| 6 | Rubana, Inta Māra. Uzturs fiziskā slodzē. Rīga: RaKa, 2010. 200 lpp. | ||||||||
| 7 | Sirds un virtuve / Andreja Ērgļa un Ivetas Mintāles redakcijā. Rīga: Latvijas Inovatīvās medicīnas fonds, 2010. 141 lpp. | ||||||||
| 8 | Selga, Guntars. Enterālā ēdināšana. Jūrmala: GSE, 2009, 320 lpp. | ||||||||
| 9 | The challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response. Проблема ожирения в Европейском регионе ВОЗ и стратегии ее решения / Всемирная организация здравоохранения. Европейское региональное бюро; под редакцией: Francesco Branca, Haik Nikogosian и Tim Lobstein. Копенгаген | ||||||||
| 10 | Европейское региональное бюро ВОЗ. 2009. xiii, 392 lpp. | ||||||||
| 11 | Wills, Judith. Bērnu uzturs. Rīga: Jāņa Rozes apgāds, 2009, 286 lpp. | ||||||||
| 12 | Aivars, Juris Imants. Fizioloģisko funkciju regulācija cilvēka organismā: starpaugstskolu akadēmiskā maģistra studiju programma "Uzturzinātne": mācību materiāls / Juris Imants Aivars, Līga Ozoliņa-Moll. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2008. 147 lpp. | ||||||||
| 13 | Oxford handbook of gastrointestinal nursing / edited by Christine Norton, et al. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. xvii, 734 lpp. Oxford handbooks in nursing. | ||||||||
| 14 | The essential handbook of eating disorders / edited by Janet Treasure, Ulrike Schmidt, Eric van Furth. Southern Gate, Chichester; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005. xxi, 238 lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.vm.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 2 | www.ldusa.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.who.int/en/ | ||||||||
