Basics of Paediatrics II (PEK_051)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide students with knowledge of structural and functional features of the child’s body, development from birth to 18 years, frequent childhood illnesses, as well as to develop the necessary skills and attitudes in the work of a general practitioner with children.
Contents:
• Physical, mental and social health of the child
• Nutrition and its role in various stages of the child’s age
• The most common pathology in early, preschool, school age
• Structural and functional features of the organ systems (digestive, endocrine, joint and connective tissue systems, cardiovascular, haematopoietic systems) and their most common diseases
• Emergency paediatric conditions in simulated situations
• Promoting health at childhood.
Prerequisites
In the humanities and social sciences disciplines that develop students’ critical creative thinking skills, understanding of a human as a living being and its role in the society.
In foreign languages (Russian, English or German, Latin).
Preclinical theoretical knowledge of the structure and function of the human body (disciplines of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th year of study), clinical medicine, internal disease course.
Learning outcomes
The acquired knowledge will allow to identify the most common diseases of the digestive, endocrine systems, joint and connective tissues, cardiovascular, haematopoietic systems, their prevalence and peculiarities in different age groups of the child, to describe and present facts about the impact of disease risk factors, and aspects of primary prevention, morphology, aetiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment, including clinical pharmacology, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, intensive care, and secondary prevention.
To find out patient complaints and anamnesis.
To perform physical examination of the patient by palpation, percussion and auscultation.
To take peripheral pulse, heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure, assign them to a specific clinical situation and link them to the overall examination process.
To apply basic knowledge of reasoning, logic, and rhetoric to analyse practical situations, discuss, explain one’s opinion, and constructively contribute to the achievement of professional goals and fulfilment of specific tasks.
To be able to communicate with patients, their relatives, colleagues, other people involved in health care.
To plan independent improvement of one’s own communication skills, respecting other people’s different levels of knowledge, experience, tradition, culture and other individual personality characteristics.
To interpret clinical test results, relate them to a specific clinical situation, and link them to the overall examination process.
To compare signs of pathology with normal parameters of morphology and homeostasis using integrative thinking, recognise disease symptoms, explain pathology, formulate a diagnosis and differentiate it from other diagnoses, check for the most common complications, predict the course and consequences of the pathological process.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine, SSNMFz | 9 | Master’s | Required | Jevgēnija Petruhina, Pauls Sīlis, Zane Dāvidsone, Anna Beate Apsīte, Kristīne Lukjanoviča, Elizabete Cebura, Žanna Kovaļova, Anija Meiere, Dana Isarova, Ingūna Lubaua, Lizete Kļaviņa, Diāna Stoldere, Emīls Šmitiņš |
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine, SSNMF | 9 | Master’s | Required | ||
| Medicine, MF | 9 | Master’s | Required |
