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Paediatrics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:20.10.2022 11:24:52
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PEK_045 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Liene Čupāne | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Paediatrics | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 45 Vienibas gatve, pk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67621730 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 21 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 33 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Human anatomy, normal physiology, histology, genetics, embryology, otorhinolaryngology, neurology, medical psychology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The objective of the Paediatrics study course is to provide undergraduate students with knowledge in paediatrics related to speech therapy problems in children, as well as to develop the necessary skills and attitude of a speech therapist in working with children in a multidisciplinary team in medical treatment and rehabilitation institutions. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Paediatrics as a branch of medicine. Modern paediatrics and direction of its development – health and promotion thereof. Health and disease. Determinants of children’s health. Children’s health groups. Periods of childhood. Contact with the patient (children of different ages) and their relatives. Finding out the medical history and methodology to be used (empathy, not expressing an assessment during the inquiry process, understanding the feelings of the person questioned, understanding whethe) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Human growth and development during the antenatal period; newborn, assessment thereof. Critical periods of intrauterine organ development. Characterisation and assessment of a newborn. Estimation of gestational age by physical and neuromuscular maturity. Classification of newborns by gestational age. Apgar score. Maternal and foetal factors affecting intrauterine growth. Adaptation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Child’s physical development. Human growth and development, characteristic dimensions thereof in dynamics. Determination and evaluation of indicators. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Formation of the nervous system during the antenatal period and development after birth. Development of the nervous system. Motor functions, assessment thereof. Neurological examination of a child. Examination of the neural functions of the brain during childhood. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Child’s motor and psychosocial development. The unconditioned reflexes of a newborn. Development of motor functions during childhood periods. Development of sensory functions. Child’s perception and psychosocial development. Denver scale. Language development. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Development of the musculoskeletal system. Development of the musculoskeletal system and structural-physiological features in children. Assessment of the musculoskeletal system by inquiry and examination. Pathological musculoskeletal conditions. Head, neck, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, throat – anatomy, physiology, functions, pathology. Anatomical and physiological features, variants in children in different periods of childhood. Specific aspects of anamnesis in different periods of childhood. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Child nutrition and importance thereof in child growth and development. Development of the digestive system and structural-physiological features of the organs. Healthy diet. Healthy food pyramid for children. The plate method. Basic principles of feeding at different ages. Breast milk and importance thereof in child growth and development. Breastfeeding physiology, technique. Exclusive breastfeeding, complementary foods. Promotion and protection of breastfeeding. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Contact with the patient (children of different ages) and their relatives. Finding out the medical history and methodology to be used (empathy, not expressing an assessment during the inquiry process, understanding the feelings of the person questioned, understanding whether help is needed, what kind of help is needed). | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Human growth and development during the antenatal period; newborn, assessment thereof. Critical periods of intrauterine organ development. Characterisation and assessment of a newborn. Estimation of gestational age by physical and neuromuscular maturity. Ballard scale Classification of newborns by gestational age. Apgar score. Maternal and foetal factors affecting intrauterine growth. Adaptation. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Child’s motor and psychosocial development. The unconditioned reflexes of a newborn. Development of motor functions during childhood periods. Development of sensory functions. Child’s perception and psychosocial development. Denver scale. Language development. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Child’s physical development. Human growth and development, characteristic dimensions thereof in dynamics. Determination of indicators. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Development of the digestive system and structural-physiological features of the organs. Child nutrition and importance thereof in child growth and development. Healthy diet. Healthy food pyramid for children. The plate method. Basic principles of feeding at different ages. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Breast milk and importance thereof in child growth and development. Breastfeeding physiology, technique. Exclusive breastfeeding, complementary foods. Promotion and protection of breastfeeding. Principles of artificial feeding. Feeding a child after one year of age. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | - Video lectures 2.5 hours x 7, learning of the content is confirmed by a passed test (multiple-choice questions) after listening to the lectures - Getting acquainted with the required reading before each class (expected duration 2 hours for each class) - Preparation of answers to self-control questions before each class - Preparation of a clinical case (prepared in the form of a PowerPoint presentation, consisting of at least 5 slides) | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | It is possible to get an automatic final assessment if the average assessment is not lower than 6.5 points. The average assessment consists of the average grade obtained: - 1. in class tests (a multiple-choice test at the end of each class); - 2. in the test after lectures (a multiple-choice test taken by students after listening to all lectures); - 3. an independently prepared clinical case (created using one of the virtual clinical cases from a class or it can be a clinical case of an actual patient) - guidelines for creating a clinical case in e-studies. If the average assessment is below 6.5 or one of the above requirements is not met, an oral exam is held. When taking the exam, the final assessment consists of: 50% exam + 50% average grade in the classes. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | About the physiology and pathology of child development and growth related to child development, language, speech and behaviour disorders. After completing the study course in paediatrics, the student is able to distinguish the normal development and growth of a child from a pathological process. Orients oneself in the methods that help to determine the child’s individual compliance with physiological development. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To assess the child’s physical and psychosocial development, establish contact with the child and their parents, assess the information obtained during the conversation, check the child’s language and speech development and skills, self-care abilities, understand the cause of the disorder. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Competences and skills in questioning children and parents, evaluating data, analysing clinical symptoms. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Assessment of the health condition of the newborn | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 2 | Assessment of the health condition of the newborn | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 3 | Collection of structured medical history (anamnesis) | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 4 | Collection of structured medical history (anamnesis) | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 5 | Evaluation of different scales of children's health status (physical development, adiposity, head, chest, arterial pressure) | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 6 | Evaluation of different scales of children's health status (physical development, adiposity, head, chest, arterial pressure) | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 7 | Evaluation of newborn reflexes | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 8 | Evaluation of newborn reflexes | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | What is pediatrics? | ||||||||
| 2 | ANO Bērnu tiesību konvencijai trīsdesmit | ||||||||
| 3 | Bērnu tiesību konvencija | ||||||||
| 4 | The Newborn, John M. Olsson. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 21th edition, 2020. Chapter 21, 128-131.e1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Assessment of Growth, Vaneeta Bamba, Andrea Kelly. Nelsson Textbook of Pediatrics. 2020. Chapter 27, 151-157.e1 | ||||||||
| 6 | Feeding healthy infants, children and adolescents. Elizabeth Prout Parks, Shaikhalil, Jonathan A. Mitchell, et.al. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 21th edition, Chapter 56, 321-331.e1 | ||||||||
