Infectious Diseases I (IUDK_016)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide theoretical and practical knowledge of developmental mechanisms and aetiology of infectious diseases in the human body in correlation with clinical symptoms and possibility of treatment and specific or etiological therapy, as well as of prophylactic methods against infectious diseases, control of spread of infectious diseases, impact on public health and quality of life of each individual.
Prerequisites
Anatomy, biochemistry, biology, parasitology, pathologic physiology, microbiology, immunology, pharmacology, propaedeutic, internal diseases.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to describe and classify infectious diseases according to etiological factor, prevailing symptoms, type of spread, levels of disease severity, hazard to public health and each individual; to identify and describe specific, typical, pathogenetic and other symptoms; to explain the programme or plan of investigations and systematize the methods; to define and explain general principles of treatment; to define steps of health care plan for individual treatment/to relate steps of health care plan to individual treatment; to describe and comment on current principles of specific prophylaxis, applying them on public health level as well as to each individual patient.
The students will be able to develop an action plan for diagnosis and treatment of the disease of the patient; to implement the created plan based on collected anamnesis and data obtained from laboratory tests and other investigations; to evaluate data of physical examination of the patient; the students will be competent to integrate results of laboratory investigations in the design of disease diagnostics; to plan prevention activities in order to control the spread of disease.
To apply basic knowledge and skills of reasoning, logics and public speaking in order to analyse situations in practical infectology, to discuss and explain personal viewpoint/opinion and constructively promote achievement of professional goals and specific tasks in order to provide individual and public health care; to communicate successfully with patients, their relatives and medical professionals as regards diagnostics, differential diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases; to provide patient care in cooperation with patients, their relatives and medical experts, while respecting patients’ rights and norms of medical ethics; to study independently and use e-health medical resources for communication with other students and colleagues; to demonstrate and improve personal professional skills and develop oneself as a potential health care provider and promoter in the context of specific and non-specific prophylaxis of the infectious diseases.
