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Internal Diseases Propedeutics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:05.10.2022 09:19:25
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ISK_017 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Larisa Umnova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Internal Diseases | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 2 Hipokrata Street, isk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042338 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Normal anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Provide students with methods of subjective and objective examination, interpretation skills of the additional examinations. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Methods of investigation of a patient. Interrogation and general inspection of a patient. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | A concept of symptom and syndrome, their role in establishment of a diagnosis and differential diagnosis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Clinical presentations and methods of investigations of cardiovascular diseases. Investigations for a cardiac patient. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Clinical presentations and investigations of respiratory system diseases. Investigations for a respiratory patient. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Clinical presentations and investigations of abdominal pathology. Differential diagnosis of abdominal pain. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Clinical presentations and investigations of musculoskeletal and endocrine pathology. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Methods of investigation of a patient. Interrogation and general inspection of a patient. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | A concept of symptom and syndrome, their role in establishment of a diagnosis and differential diagnosis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Clinical presentations and methods of investigations of cardiovascular diseases. Investigations for a cardiac patient. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Clinical presentations and investigations of respiratory system diseases. Investigations for a respiratory patient. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Clinical presentations and investigations of abdominal pathology. Differential diagnosis of abdominal pain. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Clinical presentations and investigations of musculoskeletal and endocrine pathology. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Patient examination and description. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attending classes, preparing for the classes, individual work analysis. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Know the basic methods of patients' investigation, symptoms of diseases. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To be able to investigate patients, recognise abnormal findings, link them to a specific organ and system damage. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Evaluate the patient's condition, analyse and explain abnormalities; formulate and justify a conclusion. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Propedeitika. 5. izdevums /G.Orļikova un K.Pičkura red./ Rīga, 2014. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Klīniska medicīna. prof. A.Lejnieka redakcijā, 1.-3. grāmatas. Nacionālais Medicīnas apgāds, 2010-2012. | ||||||||
