.
Oncology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:28.03.2023 11:09:20
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ISK_227 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Anatomy | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Dace Baltiņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Internal Diseases | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Hipokratas street 4, Oncological Centre of Latvia, isk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042289 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Prior knowledge in Biology, medical statistics, basics of epidemiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge and understanding of oncology as an essential problem of public health. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Oncology as an important public health problem. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Diagnosis of cancer in the XXI century - judgment or challenge. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Basics of tumor biology. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Tumor types. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Tumor risk factors and prevention. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Principles of tumor diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Principles of tumor therapy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Principles of tumor therapy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work with medical literature, with the patient - taking an anamnesis, interpreting examinations, drawing up a treatment plan, formulating a possible diagnosis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The final grade of the course will be the average grade, which will be formed from the students' attendance and the exam grade. At the end of the study course, an exam is planned, consisting of multiple-choice questions and theory questions. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | You will be able to explain the terms of medical statistics and epidemiology describing oncology, explain cancer incidence and mortality trends, analyze Latvian data in the context of other countries, classify tumors according to their prognosis and predictive markers, explain the importance of epidemiological factors and the possibilities of tumor therapy. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will be able to collect essential information from the cancer registry and SPKC data, perform data analysis, present oncological statistics in Latvia and other countries. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to correctly formulate a cancer diagnosis, understand the goals and principles of tumor therapy, interpret tumor statistical and epidemiological data, argue the destructive effects of unconventional medicine, logically formulate and explain the etiology and biology of tumors. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | www.clinicalkey.com | ||||||||
| 2 | www.uicc.ogr.com | ||||||||
| 3 | www.uptodate.com | ||||||||
| 4 | www.spkc.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 5 | www.vm.nvd.gov.lv | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | www.livestrong.com | ||||||||
| 2 | PVO mājas lapā gūstamā informācija | ||||||||
| 3 | ESMO, NCCN, NICE mājaslapas | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Nodarbību laikā demonstrētās prezentācijas un nolasītais materiāls | ||||||||
