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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Larisa Umnova
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Clinical Pharmacy
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy; Clinical Pharmacy

Objective

To provide students with knowledge in clinical areas – pathophysiology of diseases, clinical manifestations of pulmonary diseases, evaluation of examinations, basic methods of treatment and pharmacotherapy options for respiratory system diseases.
The study module comprises an integrated training cycle in which the student is gradually introduced to the pathological physiology of a group of diseases, clinical pharmacology, clinical manifestations, examination possibilities, interpretation of examination data, principles and types of treatment and pharmacotherapy possibilities.

Prerequisites

Human anatomy, physiology and pathology; medical biochemistry; pharmacology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

As a result of successfully completing the course, the student will have knowledge of the following:
• mechanisms of occurrence of respiratory diseases;
• the most common clinical manifestations and complications of respiratory diseases;
• methods of examination of diseases of respiratory organs;
• basic methods of treatment of respiratory diseases;
• principles of medicinal treatment of respiratory diseases.

Skills

The student will be able:
• to evaluate and interpret the results of respiratory system examinations;
• to evaluate medicinal treatment for a patient with lung pathology.

Competence

The student will be able:
• in collaboration with the medical practitioners, to determine a pharmacotherapy plan for an individual patient with a lung disease;
• to assess the advantages and disadvantages of pharmacotherapy methods in relation to the patient’s examination data;
• to monitor the progress of pharmacotherapy, predict side effects and plan the prevention thereof, and provide the necessary information to other medical specialists.

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