Normal Physiology and Neurophysiology

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:2.00

Study Course Accepted:02.04.2024 08:48:18

Study Course Information
Course Code:		CFUBK_081		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		5.33		ECTS:		8.00
Branch of Science:		Clinical Medicine; Normal Physiology		Target Audience:		Medical Services
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Leons Blumfelds
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Human Physiology and Biochemistry
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, cfbkrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061550
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		23	Lecture Length (academic hours)		1	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		23
Classes (count)		21	Class Length (academic hours)		1	Total Contact Hours of Classes		21
Total Contact Hours								44
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)		16	Lecture Length (academic hours)		1	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		16
Classes (count)		32	Class Length (academic hours)		1	Total Contact Hours of Classes		32
Total Contact Hours								48
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Biology, physics, chemistry and human anatomy.
Objective:
The aim of the course is to provide knowledge about functions and regulatory mechanisms of the organism and provide skills to use this knowledge for solving medical problems in the framework of the speciality.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Body and environment. Cell physiology.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
2	Physiology of excitatory tissue. The skeletal muscle physiology.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
3	The muscular physiology. Neuronal physiology. Basic principles of regulation.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
4	Synapses. Reflexes.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
5	Signal processing in central nervous system.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
6	Vegetative functions.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
7	Respiratory physiology I - II.			Lectures		5.00	E-Studies platform
8	Psychophysiology of hearing. Phonation and articulation. Oral physiology.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
9	Motor functions.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
10	Integrative functions of the brain I.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
11	Integrative functions of the brain II - III.			Lectures		6.00	E-Studies platform
12	Sensory physiology I. General sensory physiology. Tactile sensation. Thermal sensation.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
13	Sensory physiology II. Physiology of vision.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
14	Sensory physiology III. Sense of taste. Sense of smell. Physiology of pain.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
15	Sensory physiology IV. Sense of hearing I.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
16	Sensory physiology V. Sense of hearing II. Vestibular sensation.			Lectures		2.00	E-Studies platform
17	Body and environment. Cell physiology.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
18	Physiology of excitatory tissue. Muscles.			Classes		2.00	laboratory
19	Muscles. Neurons. Basic principles of regulation.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
20	Synapses. Reflexes. Signal processing in central nervous system.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
21	Inhibition in central nervous system. Vegetative functions.			Classes		2.00	laboratory
22	Respiratory physiology I.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
23	Respiratory physiology II.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
24	1st colloquium			Classes		2.00	computer room
25	Psychophysiology of hearing. Phonation and articulation. Oral physiology.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
26	Motor functions.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
27	Integrative functions of the brain I.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
28	Integrative functions of the brain II.			Classes		2.00	laboratory
29	Integrative functions of the brain III.			Classes		2.00	laboratory
30	2nd colloquium			Classes		2.00	computer room
31	Sensory physiology I. General sensory physiology. Tactile sensation. Thermal sensation.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
32	Sensory physiology II. Physiology of vision.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
33	Sensory physiology III. Sense of taste. Sense of smell. Physiology of pain.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
34	Sensory physiology IV. Sense of hearing I.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
35	Sensory physiology V. Sense of hearing II. Vestibular sensation.			Classes		3.00	laboratory
36	3rd colloquium.			Classes		2.00	computer room
Assessment
Unaided Work:
To study regularly, independently and critically accordingly to the curriculum and program of the study course. To complete the tasks at appropriate quality and submit in a timely manner the results for evaluation. For every practical assignment the student independently fills in a protocol accordingly to the set tasks and uploads it in e-studies until the set dates. Some of the assigned tasks do not require for them to be uploaded in e-studies, then independent work involves – to answer questions in e-studies in a form of structured tasks. Each of these tasks will be assessed accordingly to the quality of work. If the assessment is negative, mistakes and discrepancies must be corrected and the task handed in once again, by observing the set dates for that. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
Assessment Criteria:
• Students' participation in practical classes; • Evaluation of students' knowledge and skills in practical classes; • Evaluation of students' knowledge and skills in lab protocols; • Evaluation of students' knowledge and skills in colloquia (student can take a colloquium only if all protocols before the particular colloquium are accepted) – student should pass all colloquia in the study course with the successful grade; • Evaluation of students' knowledge and skills in the exam. Exam grade is applied only for students who have passed all course colloquia with successful grades. Exam grade is cumulative. The mean colloquium percentage from all successful course colloquia is calculated; 1,2% is added to it for each colloquium that is done successfully during the scheduled colloquium class. The final percentage is expressed as grade according the 10-point scale described in learning outcomes assessment system in the RSU Academic regulations.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		After successful completion of the study course student would be able: • to name main functions of organs and organ systems; • to explain realization mechanisms of various organism functions; • to analyze cause and effect relationships in the processes occurring in human body; • to describe regulatory mechanisms occurring in the organism; • to account and define various parameters that characterize functions of the organism; • to differentiate hierarchy levels of regulatory mechanisms.
Skills:		After successful completion of the study course student would be able: • to prepare persons before certain methods of investigation; • to choose the most appropriate method of investigation for evaluation of body functions; • to calculate or find the normal values of the most important parameters that characterize functions of human body; • to identify and measure the most important physiological parameters; • to differentiate correct results of measurements and recordings from artefacts; • to recognize results of functional investigation methods that indicate healthy organism function.
Competencies:		After successful completion of the study course student would be able: • to integrate individual knowledge and skills in a global view of the whole human body; • to use acquired knowledge and skills in studies of specialized clinical courses.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Aberberga-Augškalne, L. un Koroļova O. Fizioloģija ārstiem. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds, 2021.
Additional Reading
1	Linda S. Costanzo. Costanzo Physiology. 7th Edition. Elsevier, 2021. ClinicalKey.
2	John E. Hall & Michael E. Hall Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology. 14th Edition. Elsevier, 2020. ClinicalKey.
3	Bruce M. Koeppen & Bruce A. Stanton. Berne & Levy Physiology. 7th Edition. Elsevier, 2018. ClinicalKey.
4	Susan Mulroney & Adam Myers. Netter's Essential Physiology. 2nd Edition. Elsevier, 2016.
5	John E. Hall & Michael E. Hall. Pocket Companion to Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology. 14th Edition. Elsevier, 2021.
Other Information Sources
1	Lekciju materiāls, t. sk., lekciju izdales materiāli, e-studiju vidē ievietotie materiāli, saites uz interneta resursos pieejamiem materiāliem.
2	http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Human_Physiology
3	http://physiologie.cc/Pruef.htm