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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Inese Mihailova
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medical Services; Clinical Pharmacy
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Immunology

Objective

To promote acquisition of knowledge of the main types of immunopathology and related diseases: immunodeficiencies, autoimmunity, allergies, infections of the immune system, etc.; the most important parameters characterising human immunity, options for the determination thereof, indications, clinical interpretation and use in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of various diseases; immunoprophylaxis and immunocorrection techniques, agents, indications of use and side effects; clinical immunopharmacology agents.

Prerequisites

Normal anatomy, histology and physiology – must know the structure of the normal immune system, as well as the basic principles of medical genetics, microbiology, biochemistry, pathological physiology and the functions of the immune system.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

As a result of completing the study course, students obtain knowledge that allows to:
• understand and describe the functioning of the immune system in normal conditions and in case of various immune pathologies;
• name and describe the most important immunological test methods that characterise different components of immunity: humoral immunity, cellular immunity, complement system, phagocytosis;
• know the aetiology, clinic, immunopathological diagnosis and therapy of immunopathological conditions.

Skills

The student will be able to:
• orient in the principles of immunotherapy, groups of immunomodulators;
• orient in the most important immunomodulatory preparations, their side effects and prevention of the side effects.

Competence

As a result of completing the study course, students will be able to:
• monitor the progress of pharmacotherapy in case of immunopathologies, evaluate the results and prepare the necessary information for other medical specialists.

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