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Clinical Rehabilitation in Internal Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2022 10:26:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_224 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Illa Mihejeva | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | Lecture Length (academic hours) | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Human anatomy and physiology, medical ethics, propaedeutics, pathology knowledge. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire knowledge of a modern, holistic view of functioning disorders acquired in the event of different diseases and injuries, their recognition, modern solutions during all treatment phases (acute, subacute, chronic), outcomes prognosis. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Rehabilitation principles in patients after stroke. | Lectures | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 2 | Principles of cardiac rehabilitation. | Lectures | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 3 | Principles of pulmonary rehabilitation. | Lectures | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 4 | Rehabilitation in endocrinology. | Lectures | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 5 | Immobile patient: identifying medical problems, evaluating risks, solutions. Early mobilization tasks, contraindications. Working with the patient – assessing the risks of medical complications. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Rehabilitation principles in patients after stroke. Working with the patient: evaluating the risks of medical complications, evaluating disorders, planning treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Rehabilitation principles in patients with neurological disorders. Working with the patient: evaluating the risks of medical complications, evaluating disorders, planning treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation, its tasks. Working with the patient – evaluating disorders, planning treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Rehabilitation in rheumatology, its tasks. Working with the patient – evaluating disorders, planning treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Rehabilitation in endocrinology, its tasks. Working with the patient – evaluating disorders, planning treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparing for seminars; independent work with reading sources. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • active participation in seminars; • quality of answers; • testing theoretical knowledge during the course (oral and in writing); • test at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course, students will: 1) acquire basic knowledge regarding the objectives and tasks of physical and rehabilitation medicine at different stages of treatment for patients with internal or surgical diseases, as well as the planning of health services; 2) be able to assess the malfunctioning according to the International Classification of Functioning; 3) acquire basic knowledge of functioning disorders in patients with different diseases, injuries. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the study course, students will be able to assess impaired functioning, assess the risks of medical complications. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the study course, students will be able to make practical use of acquired knowledge and skills in assessing patient health and impairment. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Physical and rehabilitation medicine for Medical Students. Ed. by Maria Gabriella Ceravolo - Nicolas Christodoulou, Franco Franchignoni - Nikolaos Barotsis. 2018 Edi.Ermes - Milan (Italy). | ||||||||
| 2 | White book on physical and rehabilitation medicine in Europe. Free European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 2018, April; 54(2):125-55 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Braddom’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 6th ed., 2021 Saunders Elsevier | ||||||||
| 2 | Barnes, M. P., Johnson, G. R. (ed.) Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity. 2nd ed. 2008, Cambrige University Press | ||||||||
| 3 | DeLisa's physical medicine and rehabilitation : principles and practice / editor-in-chief, Walter R. Frontera ; editor emeritus, Joel A. DeLisa. 6th ed. 2020 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine | ||||||||
| 2 | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | ||||||||
