Urology

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:9.00

Study Course Accepted:18.08.2022 12:10:23

Study Course Information
Course Code:		KK_005		LQF level:		Level 7
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Clinical Medicine		Target Audience:		Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Vilnis Lietuvietis
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Surgery
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No 24, kkrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069745
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:
Anatomy, physiology and pathology of the urogenital system, basics of propaedeutics.
Objective:
Students will acquire knowledge of urologic diseases, their aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostics, principles of treatment and prevention.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Symptoms and syndroms of disorders of urinary tract. Principles of investigation. Infection of urinary tract.			Lectures		1.00	other
2	Benign prostatic hyperplasia. Non-neurogenic male lower urinary tract symptoms.			Lectures		1.00	other
3	Prostate cancer. Malignant tumours of kidney, urinary bladder, testis and penis.			Lectures		1.00	other
4	Urolythiasis. Aethiology, pathogenesis, methods and principles of investigation, treatment.			Lectures		1.00	other
5	Symptoms and syndroms of disorders of urinary tract. Principles of investigation. Urological emergencies.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
6	Functional urology. Urine incontinence, overactive bladder. Diagnostics and treatment.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
7	Infections of the urinary tract. Acute secundary pyelonephritis. Forms of the pyelonephritis. Specific infection diseases of the urinary tract, tbc. Cystitis, orchitis, prostatitis.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
8	Urolithiasis. Etiology, symptoms, classification, theories of stone formation. Diagnostic techniques. Elimination of complications.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
9	Symptoms of diseases of lower urinary tract. Benign prostatic hyperplasy.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
10	Malignant diseases of prostate – prostate cancer. Symptoms, pathogenesic theories, diagnostic methods. Principles of treatment. Conservative and surgical treatment.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
11	Kidney and urinary bladder cancers.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
12	Penile and testicular cancers.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Preparing of a presentation on diagnostics and treatment options for an urologic pathology. Tests in E-studies.
Assessment Criteria:
Attendance of classes and performance of assigned tasks (tests, analysis of clinical cases). Exam during the session – in the form of a multiple-choice test. The final result consists of 50% tests results during classes and 50% examination results.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: • list and describe urologic diseases, their aetiology and pathogenesis; • explain diagnostics, principles of treatment and prevention of urologic diseases; • describe up-to-date methods of clinical, laboratory and instrumental investigation; • discuss surgical treatment methods and their indications.
Skills:		On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: • collect complaints and anamnesis of urologic patients; • perform examination of a patient with a urologic disease using palpation, percussion and auscultation; • do urinary catheterisation on male and female (on moulage); • do rectal examination (on moulage).
Competencies:		On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: • analyse the data acquired during the urologic patient examination; • prepare necessary laboratory and instrumental investigation plan for the patient; • interpret the data acquired by laboratory and instrumental investigation methods; • formulate and justify a full clinical diagnosis; • define indications for surgical and conservative treatment.
Clinical Skills:
No.	Skill					Level
1	Indwelling catheterisation for male					B1 - Basic level
2	Indwelling female catheterisation					B1 - Basic level
3	Rectal examination / prostate palpation					B1 - Basic level
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Gardovskis, J. 2013. Ķirurģija. 2.izd. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte.
2	Reynard, J., Brewster, S.F., Biers, S., Neal, N.L. 2019. Oxford Handbook of Urology. 4th ed. OUP Oxford.
3	Chapple, C., Hillary, C., Patel, A., MacDiarmid, 2018. Urodynamics Made Easy. 4th ed. Elsevier.
4	Partin, A.W. et al. 2021. Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology. 12th ed. Elsevier.
5	Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students:
6	Reynard, J., Brewster, S.F., Biers, S., Neal, N.L. 2019. Oxford Handbook of Urology. 4th ed. OUP Oxford.
7	Chapple, C., Hillary, C., Patel, A., MacDiarmid, 2018. Urodynamics Made Easy. 4th ed. Elsevier.
Additional Reading
1	Townsend, C.M. 2022. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 21st ed. Elsevier.
2	Čerņevskis, H., Strazdiņš, V., Lietuvietis, V., Bozotova, N. 2015. Urīnceļu infekcijas pieaugušajiem un bērniem. Rīga: SIA izdevniecība «PILATUS»
3	European Association of Urology guidelines: https://uroweb.org/guidelines
4	Dahm, P., Dmochowski, R. 2018. Evidence-based Urology. 2nd ed. Wiley.
5	Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students:
6	Townsend, C.M. 2022. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 21st ed. Elsevier.
7	Dahm, P., Dmochowski, R. 2018. Evidence-based Urology. 2nd ed. Wiley.