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Differential Diagnosis of Endocrine Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:27.07.2020 09:35:22
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ISK_211 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Konrāde | ||||||||
| 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) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Biochemistry, Pathology, Physiology, Propaedeutics and Endocrinology (Internal Diseases Course in Nephrology, Gastroenterology and Endocrinology). | ||||||||
| Objective: | Integrate the knowledge acquired in previous study courses into pathogenesis mechanisms of clinical symptoms, understand the clinical decision-making process and interdisciplinary integrity. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Approach to type 2 diabetic patients in the context of multimorbidity: drug combinations, limitations determined by liver, renal impairment; Principles for an interdisciplinary inpatient care for a diabetic patient. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Specification of the pathogenic mask and type of diabetes mellitus. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Critical analysis of different diet strategies. Principles of diabetes self-care in the 21st century (technologies and motivation). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Neurohypophysis and disorders of the water-salt metabolism. Clinical masks for adenohypophyseal diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Thyroid Masks: pathogenesis of symptoms, targeted differential diagnosis in clinical cases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Differential diagnosis of adrenal glands. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Secondary osteoporosis: from diagnosis to pathogenetic therapy; Hypercalcemia gout and emergency therapy, clinical case analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Macrovascular complications in type 2 CD patient: their therapeutic consistency and therapeutic strategies. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 9 | Diabetic dyslipidemia: pathogenesis, principles of medication and non-medication therapy and clinical kaleidoscope for discussion; insulin resistance and atherogenesis: risk factors and their role in disease development. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Endocrine diseases as a model of the pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | If secondary arterial hypertension is not secondary to endocrine disease: diagnosis, treatment strategies. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 12 | Endocrine disease as a model for heart rhythm disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work with a patient – history collection, interpretation of examinations, possible diagnoses and formulation of differential diagnosis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Students get acquainted with the readings of the study programme independently and make a summary of the acquired information, Prepare a clinical case description. Full class attendance is required. Theoretical knowledge is evaluated through analysis of a clinical case. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the study course, the student will be able to name and describe the endocrine diseases mentioned in the study course description, to formulate the definition of these diseases, key classification (-s), symptoms, the course of the disease, diagnostic criteria, examination plan, principles of treatment including non-medical, prognosis and prevention options. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon completion of the study course, students will be able to interpret clinical and biochemical parameters, relate them to a specific clinical situation and link them to the overall examination process; have a good grasp of examination reports, indicators and interpret the result; recognize the syndromes mentioned in the programme and understand the nosology and problems related to it, differentiate between them. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Competence acquired will allow prioritization of activities and structuring of work tasks so that their fulfilment improves the patient's health within the shortest possible time by rational use of available resources. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A. Lejnieks. Klīniskā medicīna. 1.-3.grāmatas. Nacionālais apgāds, 2010-2012 (akceptējams izdevums) (latviešu plūsmai) | ||||||||
| 2 | Safron Whitehead, John Miell. „Clinical endocrinology”. Scion Publishing.com, 2013 | ||||||||
| 3 | Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th edition, 2020 | ||||||||
