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Abdominal Pathologies
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:31.01.2023 11:25:22
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PAK_042 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Pathology | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Štrumfa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Pathology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga Stradins University, Department of pathology, 9A Kuldigas Street, Riga, LV-1007, Latvia; e-mail: pak rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| 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: | Human anatomy. Prerequisites for human physiology and histology or cell biology are desirable. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide future public health specialists with basic knowledge and understanding of the nature of abdominal organ diseases (including gastrointestinal and gynaecological organ pathologies) in order to form a solid foundation for further studies, epidemiological analysis and scientific research in public health. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Tissue analysis in diagnostics and research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Insight in the pathogenesis of selected gastrointestinal diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Insight in liver pathology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Insights into the pathogenesis of gallbladder and pancreatic diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Insights into the pathogenesis of reproductive diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Oesophageal, gastrointestinal and duodenal pathology: gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastritis, stomach and duodenal ulcers, celiac disease. Oesophageal, gastrointestinal and duodenal tumours. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Colon and small intestine pathology: inflammatory bowel diseases and functional disorders, appendicitis, hernia, ischemic bowel disease, haemorrhoids. Colon tumours. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Diffuse and focal liver diseases: acute and chronic viral hepatitis, alcohol-induced liver damage, liver steatosis, liver cirrhosis, drug-induced liver damage, liver failure, primary and metastatic tumours in the liver. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Gallbladder and pancreatic diseases: gallstone disease, acute cholecystitis, acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer. Jaundice. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Reproductive pathology: diseases of female genitalia (cervix, uterus, ovaries), gynaecological infections. Pathology of pregnancy. Pair infertility. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Closing discussion. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the studies the student has to master electronic methodological study materials prepared by the teaching staff of the Department of pathology of the corresponding topic. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of classes, active participation in discussions, final exam (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon completion of the study course, the student will know and will be able to explain in a reasoned manner the nature, causes and risk factors of various abdominal diseases and general pathological processes, pathogenesis and its presentation in clinical processes, laboratory and imaging examinations, possible complications and consequences and outcomes. Pathological processes to be studied include issues of pathogenesis of gastrointestinal, liver and biliary tract, pancreas, gynaecological and reproductive diseases as a basis for further clinical studies, understanding of the formation of clinical symptoms and laboratory changes and their detection. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to reasonably evaluate pathogenesis of the most common abdominal diseases, link it to clinical manifestations of diseases and basics of diagnostics, as well as to epidemiological analysis and public health assessment. The student will also be able to take practical action to organise tissue and/or laboratory examinations required in the practice of a general practitioner or specialist, to interpret and critically analyse their results in relation to the overall picture of the disease. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The acquired competence covers the pathogenesis of diseases of various organs and their systems, raises awareness of pathological processes occurring in the body as the basis for clinical manifestations and serves as a basis for further clinical studies to acquire and understand clinical competences, as well as for scientific research in the field of public health. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU Patoloģijas katedras docētāju sagatavotie oriģinālie elektroniskie metodiskie e-studiju materiāli. | ||||||||
