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Practical Course in Pneumonology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:12.00
Study Course Accepted:29.01.2024 08:59:50
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ISK_208 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Madara Tirzīte | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Internal Diseases | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 4 Hipokrata Street, isk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042138 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of the Part A course in pneumonology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Acquire in-depth knowledge of respiratory diseases. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Smoking patient – what to do? | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Systemic manifestation of the chronic obstructive lung disease | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Differential diagnosis of cough | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Palliative care of pulmonary patients | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Interventional pulmonology | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 6 | Practical issues of allergology | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | HIV related lung diseases | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Thoracic tumours | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Respiratory manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Respiratory responses to extreme environment | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with a patient, i.e. medical history data, simulations, work with literature, including the e-environment, resulting in a protocol for patient screening with a diagnosis, its rationale, key examinations, and specific treatment for the patient being examined. We are welcoming you to fill in and complete the questionnaire about the study course. The answers given are anonymous. We would like to ask you to formulate what was positive, useful and what helped you to understand the topics of our study course better. Share your thoughts about that knowledge and skills you have gained and improved as well as structured suggestions for further improvement of the study course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Student preparedness for the classes (20%), activity during classes (20%), ability to take part in reasoning discussion (30%), and ability to use this knowledge in practice (30%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will acquire knowledge of up-to-date diagnostic tools and treatment methods and will be able to evaluate the risks and benefits of them. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon completion of the study course, students will be able to recognize, evaluate, diagnose and treat the diseases covered in the study course. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Competence will allow integration of knowledge and skills into unified diagnostic practice with the purpose to evaluate the patient with respiratory complaints, to establish a diagnosis and to develop an individualized treatment plan. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Bronchial biopsy | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 2 | Bronchoalveolar lavage | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 3 | Fibrobronchoscopy | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 4 | Interpretation of radiological imaging in pneumonology | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 5 | Interpretation of radiological imaging in pneumonology | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 6 | Rigid bronchoscopy | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 7 | Transbronchial biopsy | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. 22nd edition, 2022 | ||||||||
| 2 | O'Hehir, Robyn E. Allergy Essentials. 2nd edition. 2022 | ||||||||
| 3 | Joseph Loscalzo, Anthony Fauci, Dennis Kasper, Stephen Hauser, et al. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 21st edition. | ||||||||
| 4 | Michael A. Grippi, Danielle E. Antin-Ozerkis, Charles S. Dela Cruz, et al. Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders. 6th edition. | ||||||||
| 5 | Broaddus, V. Courtney. Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 7th Edition. 2022 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Principles of Pulmonary Medicine | ||||||||
| 2 | Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine | ||||||||
| 3 | Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders | ||||||||
| 4 | Lejnieka redakcijā. „Klīniskā medicīna”. Rīga: SIA Medicīnas apgāds, 2010 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.ers-education.org/guidelines.aspx | ||||||||
