Topical Issues in Angiology, Thoracic Surgery, Transplantology and Urology

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:8.00

Study Course Accepted:18.08.2022 12:07:43

Study Course Information
Course Code:		KK_002			LQF level:		Level 7
Credit Points:		2.00			ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Clinical Medicine; Surgery			Target Audience:		Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Andrejs Brikuns
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Surgery
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No. 24, kkrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069745
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		10	Lecture Length (academic hours)			2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		20
Classes (count)		4	Class Length (academic hours)			3	Total Contact Hours of Classes		12
Total Contact Hours									32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Knowledge achieved during 1-10th semesters in anatomy, histology, physiology, pathophysiology and surgery.
Objective:
Students will acquire knowledge of the topical issues on urgent and elective abdominal, thoracic, cardio-vascular surgery, transplantology and urology.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic				Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Multisite artery disease.				Lectures		1.00	other
2	Nonatherosclerotic peripheral artery disease.				Lectures		1.00	other
3	Trofic ulcers, necroses, gangrene, pressure ulcers. Treatment methods. Multifocal atherosclerosis – a modern problem. Role of an angiosurgeon in stroke prevention.				Lectures		1.00	other
4	Principles and methods of surgical treatment of esophageal diseases. Esophageal replacement methods.				Lectures		1.00	other
5	Organ transplantation.				Lectures		1.00	other
6	Hepatic transplantation.				Lectures		1.00	other
7	Artificial blood circulation and mechanical circulatory support methods.				Lectures		1.00	other
8	Surgical treatment of ascending aorta and aortic arc diseases.				Lectures		1.00	other
9	Male reproductive health. Erectile dysfunction, drug and surgical treatment.				Lectures		1.00	other
10	Secondary hypogonadism, diagnosis, treatment principles.				Lectures		1.00	other
11	Cardiac replacement therapy.				Classes		1.00	other
12	Pancreas and biliary system pathology diagnosis.				Classes		1.00	other
13	Peripheral vascular injuries.				Classes		1.00	other
14	Great vessel injuries.				Classes		1.00	other
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Student independently prepares for each lecture and class, using materials, available in E-studies. During this course student must prepare a short presentation about a topic given by teacher, actively engage in discussions; form, express and justify opinion about the topics.
Assessment Criteria:
It is obligatory to take all lectures and attend online classes, which is not evaluated in points, but is a mandatory condition for receiving an evaluation in the study course. Active participation in discussions about clinical cases will not be evaluated. The final evaluation of the study course consists of the evaluations of the tests performed during the study course (50% of the final evaluation) and the evaluation of the final test (Exam, 50% of the final evaluation), which must be received within the term specified in E-studies.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		• discuss issues on urgent and elective thoracic, cardio-vascular surgery, transplantology and urology; • describe the topical issues on aetiology and pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of surgical diseases; • describe the application of cardiopulmonary bypass systems, transplantology and endourological operations.
Skills:		• prepare a patient for thoracic surgery and evaluate the efficiency of preparation; • examine patients with trophic changes in extremities due to arterial and venous aetiology and diagnostics of pancreatobiliary system.
Competencies:		• interpret symptoms of thoracic, urologic, cardiac and vascular diseases; • describe principles of transplantology; • analyse results of patient examination; • prepare necessary laboratory and instrumental investigation plan for the patient; • analyse a surgical case; • interpret data acquired from laboratory and instrumental investigation methods; • formulate and justify a full clinical diagnosis; • plan treatment tactics for a surgical clinical case; • define indications for surgical and conservative treatment.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Lekciju materiāli e-vidē
2	Gardovskis, J. 2013. Ķirurģija. 2.izd. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte.
3	Townsend, C.M. 2022. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 21st ed. Elsevier.
4	Zollinger, R.M., Ellison, E.C. 2022. Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations. 11th ed. New York: Mc Graw Hill.
5	Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students:
6	Townsend, C.M. 2022. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 21st ed. Elsevier.
7	Zollinger, R.M., Ellison, E.C. 2022. Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations. 11th ed. New York: Mc Graw Hill.
Additional Reading
1	Williams, N.S., O'Connell, P.R., McCaskie, A. 2018. Bailey & Love’s Short Practice of Surgery. 27th ed. London: Champan & Hall Medical
2	Brunicardi F, Andersen D.K., Billiar T.R., Dunn D.L., Kao L.S., Hunter J.G., Matthews J.B., Pollock R.E.(Eds.), 2019. Schwartz's Principles of Surgery. 11th ed. McGraw Hill.
3	Cameron, J.L., Cameron, A.M. 2020. Current Surgical Therapy. 13th ed. Elsevier.
4	Harris, J.R., Lippman, M.E., Morrow, M., Osborne, C.K. 2014. Diseases of the Breast. 5th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
5	Gabriel, A., Nahabedian, M.Y., Maxwell, G.P., Storm, T. 2020. Spear's Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art. 4th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
6	Reynard, J., Brewster, S.F., Biers, S., Neal, N.L. 2009. Oxford Handbook of Urology. 4th ed. OUP Oxford.
Other Information Sources
1	RSU abonētās medicīniskās literatūras datubāzes /Medical literature databases subscribed to RSU