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Surgical Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:18.08.2022 12:18:06
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KK_011 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Surgery | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Mihails Pavlovičs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Surgery | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, Pilsoņu Street 13, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, 24th building, kk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069745 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Normal anatomy, physiology and pathology of the human. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Obtaining knowledge about surgical diseases, their etiology, clinical picture, diagnostics and treatment options. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Surgical pathology, investigation methods of the surgical patients, conventional and minimally invasive surgery. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Management of care in the pre- and postoperative period. Methodology of the surgical operations. Course of simple manipulations. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Purulent skin and soft tissue infections. Clinical picture, diagnostics and treatment options. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | The most common surgical diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Clinical picture, diagnostics, treatment options and complications. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Hepatobiliary pathology. Clinical picture, diagnostics, treatment options. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | Wound care and treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Peritonitis, types. Sepsis, septic shock, multiorgan dysfunction syndrome. Definition, diagnostics, tactics of the treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 8 | Pancreatic diseases. Clinical picture, diagnostics, treatment options. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 9 | Hepatobiliary pathology. Clinical picture, diagnostics, treatment options. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 10 | Colorectal pathology. Precancerous diseases. Clinical picture, diagnostics and treatment options. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 11 | Acute and chronic appendicitis. Diagnostics, differential diagnostics, tactics of the treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 12 | Ileus. Classification. Differential diagnosis. Principles of conservative and surgical treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 13 | Abdominal wall hernias. Investigation of patients. Diagnostics and differential diagnostics. Various options of surgical treatment. Complications of hernia. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 14 | Causes of upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, tactics of the treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 15 | Acute and chronic mesenteric circulatory disorders, their manifestations, diagnosis, treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 16 | The most common endocrine diseases. Clinical picture, diagnostics and surgical treatment options. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students prepare presentation about common problems of nursing in surgical diseases to increase presentation skills and to foster discussion during practical classes. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Knowledge and skills will be tested during classes while discussing clinical cases. Oral exam. Every student answers 5 questions and receives 0 - 2 points for each answer. Evaluation of the exam is assessed by summing up the points. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the study course the student will acquire knowledge about etiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostics, treatment principles and prevention of surgical pathology in the context of patient care. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the study course students will be able to • collect anamnesis; • perform physical examination of the abdomen and thyroid using palpation, percussion and auscultation. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On completion of the study course, students should be able to: • analyse date acquired during examination of the patient; • analyse current surgical issue, interpret laboratory and radiological, endoscopic investigation data; • formulate full clinical diagnosis; • determine indications for conservative and operative treatment. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju un praktisko nodarbību materiāli. | ||||||||
| 2 | „Ķirurģija”, Profesora Jāņa Gardovska redakcijā, Rīga 2013. | ||||||||
| 3 | The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, 10th ed. Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018. | ||||||||
| 4 | LEMON mācību materiāli māsām. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 6 | The Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, 10th ed. Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2018. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Schwartz's Principles of Surgery: Single Volume, 11th edition. Mc. Graw-Hill Medical, 2019. | ||||||||
| 2 | Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 21th ed. - Philadelphia: W.B.Saunders, 2022. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://emedicine.medscape.com/ | ||||||||
