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Gerontology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:16.11.2022 12:27:53
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | GMK_001 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jānis Zaļkalns | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Family Medicine | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Anniņmuižas boulevard 26a, 2nd floor, office 236, 237, gmk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 29413956 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In public health, ethics, psychology, understanding of the functioning of the human physical body, physical and mental health and illness. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide basic information and build the understanding of future public health specialists about the global, local and individual problems of ageing, recognition thereof, social, medical and psychobiological aspects for ensuring a good quality of life in old age, creating public understanding of the basic principles and techniques for promoting active ageing, for the comprehensive functioning of the individual in society. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Ageing as a challenge for the society of the 21st century | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Current affairs of gerontology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Changes in body composition with ageing | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Multimorbidity and polypharmacy | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | Gerontopsychological phenomena | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Volunteer work by seniors as a tool for intergenerational solidarity and social inclusion | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Ageing in health and illness | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Psychosocial protective factors of ageing | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Cognitive deficit, prevention thereof | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | The most important needs of seniors and ways of meeting them | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Participation of the individual, family and society in ensuring a dignified life for seniors | Classes | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | When elaborating on the selected topic, developing the presentation and using the available sources of information, to include the experience and vision of Latvian and foreign specialists in the formulation of public health strategic guidelines for seniors. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Activity in lectures and classes, participating in discussions of topics developed by group members. 2. The full value of the description of the topic selected and developed by the student – problematic settings, solution algorithms, opportunities for improvement and paths thereof. 3. Quality of answers to colleagues’ and lecturer’s questions. 4. The exam grade consists of: 4.1. Participation in lectures and classes – 10%; 4.2. Accuracy of answers to the questions asked – 20%; 4.3. The quality of the developed topics and presentation thereof – 70%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Define the names, content and nature of terms used in gerontology and social gerontology; the basic concepts of promoting active ageing, explain the nature of ageing as a biopsychosocial phenomenon, name the hypotheses and theories of ageing; will know the prerequisites of healthy, active ageing, application thereof in order to ensure good quality of life at any stage of ageing. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To carry out an analysis of ageing society in the context of the development of preventive measures in order to promote active ageing, choosing the most suitable strategy for achieving this goal. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The ability to prepare a target group as well as an individual plan for the promotion of healthy ageing, develop early indicators of the ageing process, and apply correction tools in pathological ageing situations. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Current Diagnosis & Treatment Geriatrics, 3rd ed., Copyright © 2021 by McGraw Hill. | ||||||||
| 2 | Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 7th ed. Copyright © 2017 by McGraw-Hill Education. | ||||||||
| 3 | Essentials of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2nd ed. / Blazer, Dan G., Steffens, David C. Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing. Date Published: 02/2012 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | The Sage handbook of social gerontology / edited by Dale Dannefer and Chris Phillipson. 1st paperback ed. Los Angeles : Sage, 2013. xxiv, 685 lpp.(pbk.). | ||||||||
| 5 | Geriatric physical therapy / [edited by] Andrew Guccione, Rita A. Wong, Dale Avers. 3rd ed. St. Louis : Elsevier/Mosby, c2012. xii, 611 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Ebrary eBooks ( RSU bibliotēkas resursi): | ||||||||
| 7 | Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine. 5th ed. /Sinclair, Alan A. Pathy, John Morley, John E. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell. Date Published: 03/2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 8 | Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine/ : Holroyd-Leduc, Jayna Reddy, Madhuri Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell. Date Published: 02/2012 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Капитанов, Юрий Формула жизни : секреты здоровья и долголетия / Юрий Капитанов. Москва ;Санкт-Петербург: Диля, 2014. 267, [5] lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Konceptuālais ziņojums. Novecošanās stratēģija ilgākam un labākam darba mūžam Latvijā" "Risinājums aktīvās novecošanās situācijas uzlabošanai" | ||||||||
| 2 | Latvijas gados vecu iedzīvotāju veselības stāvoklis un to ietekmējošie faktori. Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs. 2012. | ||||||||
| 3 | Rīgas pilsētas pašvadības sabiedrības veselības stratēģija: „Veselīgs rīdzinieks – veselā Rīga. 2012.–2021.gadam. Vecāka gadagājuma iedzīvotāju (senioru) veselības stāvoklis. Informācija par veiktajām aktivitātēm. | ||||||||
| 4 | Veco ļaužu aprūpe (59) profesionālā tālākizglītība, tālmācība | ||||||||
| 5 | Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Emerging Perspectives on Resilience in Adulthood and Later Life By: Smith, Gregory; Hayslip, Bert. New York: Springer Pub. Co. 2012. eBook. | ||||||||
| 6 | ebook Collection (EBSCOhost) | ||||||||
| 7 | Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics By: Palmer, Mary H.; Dilworth-Anderson, Peggye. In: Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics. New York: Springer. 2011. eBook. | ||||||||
| 8 | Compact Clinical Guide to Geriatric Pain Management: An Evidence-based Approach for Nurses By: Quinlan-Colwell, Ann. In: The Compact Clinical Guide Series. New York: Springer Pub. Co. 2012. eBook. | ||||||||
| 9 | Elderly Patients with Multi-morbidity, Frailty, and Geriatric Syndromes: Therapeutic Problem of Contemporary and Incoming Medicine at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) From the Geriatrician's Viewpoint By: Weber, Pavel. In: Aging Issues, Health and Financial Alternatives. New York: Nova Science. 2011. eBook. | ||||||||
| 10 | Die besondere Ungewissheit im Handeln : Schluesselprobleme gerontopsychiatrischer Pflegepraxis: die Analyse beruflicher Kompetenzen zur Konstruktion von Curricula am Beispiel gerontopsychiatrischer Pflege By: Evers, Thomas. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. 2012. eBook. Language: German | ||||||||
| 11 | Database: Access Medicine | ||||||||
| 12 | Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Geriatrics,/ Williams BA, Chang A, et.al. 2nd ed.. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2014 | ||||||||
| 13 | Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, /Kane RL, Ouslander JG, et.al. (eds) 7th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2018. | ||||||||
| 14 | Database: Klinical Key | ||||||||
| 15 | Ham's Primary Care Geriatrics, Warshaw, Elsevier, 2022. by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. | ||||||||
