.
Oncology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:04.04.2022 08:56:58
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ISK_030 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Iveta Kudaba | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Internal Diseases | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 2 Hipokrata Street, isk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042338 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 1 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 1 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 15 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of biology, epidemiology, clinical pharmacology, microbiology, histology, anatomy, propaedeutics, genetics, knowledge of the state language. | ||||||||
| Objective: | • To promote awareness of oncological diseases as a significant controllable public health problem. • To promote the acquisition of knowledge about tumor biology and pathogenesis in a modern sense. • To acquire knowledge about tumor diagnostic methods and disease prevalence assessment. • To master the basic principles of diagnosis and treatment of malignancies of breast, colon and rectum. • To master the diagnosis and therapy of oncological emergencies. • To master the pathogenesis of chronic pain syndrome, basic principles of diagnosis and treatment of oncology patients. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Cancer epidemiology, risk factors, the State organized cancer screening. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Breast cancer. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Colorectal cancer. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Oncologic emergencies. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Chronic pain syndrome. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Introduction in oncology. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work with literature (lung, skin, prostate, breast, colorectal, gastric cancer, gynecological and urological tumours) and patients – collection of anamnesis and preparation of a report. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Each student reports on patients with various oncological diseases, thus demonstrating the ability to communicate with the cancer patient, collect a targeted medical, life and family history, evaluate and criticize mistakes in the patient's current care, interpret different differential diagnostic options and justify the planned treatment to the clinical situation. At the end of the course students prepare a presentation about one topic, which makes 50% of the final mark. As well as written multiple choice (MCQ) exam to test student's knowledge of tumor epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment options, accounting for the other 50% of the final mark. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After successful completion of the study course requirements, students will have acquired knowledge that will allow: Understand, define and outline the concepts of descriptive epidemiology of the most common tumours – incidence, mortality, prevalence, five-year survival, relative and attributable risk. Describe and classify primary, secondary and tertiary tumor prevention methods. To gain an understanding of the carcinogenesis of the tumour, the ways of spread, the course of development and the possibilities of influencing it. Distinguish, evaluate and apply tumor diagnostic methods. Use TNM and other tumour classification methods. To formulate the effectiveness of different tumour therapy methods, indications, contraindications and combination possibilities. Recognize and evaluate strong emotional responses and integrate this knowledge into contact with cancer patients and their relatives. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Name and sequentially rank the most common tumours in Latvia, as well as formulate and systematize risk factors for various tumours. Ability to analyze the role of various genetic and epigenetic factors in tumor development at the individual and societal level. Collect targeted life, harmful factors and family history of cancer patients. Use the TNM classification to describe the prevalence of the disease. To evaluate the possibilities of tumour therapy depending on the spread of the disease. Delivering of negative and disturbing information. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Understanding and ability to evaluate, compare and interpret tumor epidemiological data, biology, disease prevalence (stages), diagnostic and therapeutic options. Ability to anticipate and solve communication problems in work with cancer patients and their relatives. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Analysis of cytological material | C1 - High level | |||||||
| 2 | Analysis of histochemical preparations | C2 - Expert level | |||||||
| 3 | Auscultation of lungs | C1 - High level | |||||||
| 4 | Echocardiography | C2 - Expert level | |||||||
| 5 | Evaluation of results of electrocardiography | C2 - Expert level | |||||||
| 6 | Evaluation of results of spinal radiography | C2 - Expert level | |||||||
| 7 | Examination technique of breast, as well as supraclaviculal, infraclavicular and axillary lymph nodes | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 8 | Interpretation and description of thoracic X-ray examinations | C1 - High level | |||||||
| 9 | Palpation of the abdominal surface | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 10 | Preparations analysis by light microscopy. Immunohistochemistry preparations analysis | C1 - High level | |||||||
| 11 | Structured history taking | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours. 8th Edition, 2017. James D. Brierley, Mary K. Gospodarowicz, Christian Wittekind | ||||||||
| 2 | Izdales materiāli nodarbībās. | ||||||||
| 3 | Klīniskā onkoloģija. Autoru kolektīvs D.Baltiņas vadībā. Zvaigzne ABC, 1999. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | M.Baltiņš Lietišķā epidemioloģija. Zinātne, 2003. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | D.Baltiņa. Diagnoze – vēzis. Zinātne, 2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology. 11. izdevums, 2019. | ||||||||
| 7 | ESMO Handbook of Oncological Emergencies | ||||||||
| 8 | Jim Cassidy, Donald Bissett, Roy A. J. Spence, Miranda Payne. Oxford Handbook of Oncology. 4. izdevums, 2015. | ||||||||
| 9 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 10 | DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology. 11. izdevums, 2019.. | ||||||||
| 11 | Jim Cassidy, Donald Bissett, Roy A. J. Spence, Miranda Payne. Oxford Handbook of Oncology. 4. izdevums, 2015. | ||||||||
| 12 | Handouts in classes. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), European society for medical oncology (ESMO) vadlīnijas | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | UpToDate datu bāze. | ||||||||
| 2 | Medscape vietne. | ||||||||
| 3 | Clinicalkey.com datu bāze | ||||||||
