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Internal Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:20.08.2021 14:43:11
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_315 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inese Lācīte | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, physiology and pathological physiology, propedeutics, pharmacology and clinical pharmacology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The student will acquire knowledge about the causes and risk factors of diseases, mechanisms of disease development, mechanisms of symptom occurrence, disease symptoms, syndromes, diagnostic methods, possible complications, principles of treatment and prevention, emergency care in acute situations. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Respiratory diseases: acute bronchitis and tracheitis, acute pneumonias, chronic bronchitis, COPD, bronchial asthma, pleuritis, PATE. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Diseases of the digestive system: GORD, gastritis, ulcer disease, biliary diseases, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, chronic pancreatitis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Cardiovascular diseases: arrhythmias, coronary heart disease, heart failure, fainting, collapse, shock, arterial hypertension, rheumatic fever, acquired heart diseases. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Kidney diseases: urinary tract infections, glomerulopathies, chronic kidney failure. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Endocrine diseases: diabetes mellitus, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, hypo- and hyperparathyroidism, adrenal diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Bone and joint diseases: rheumatoid polyarthritis, collagenoses, gout, deforming osteoarthritis, osteoporosis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Diseases of the hematopoietic system: anaemias, haemoblastoses, haemorrhagic diathesis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Emergencies in pulmonology. | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Emergencies in cardiology. | Classes | 8.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Emergencies in gastroenterology and nephrology. | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Emergencies in endocrinology. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Emergencies in haematology. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The main task of the independent work is to prepare in advance for the topic of the class, e.g. selecting and analysing information on medicines or examination methods, application and use thereof in the treatment process, using textbooks and online resources. Independent learning also includes work with study materials and preparing reports on selected topics (bronchial asthma control, directions of arrhythmia treatment, helicobacterium and gastrointestinal diseases, history of insulin therapy). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The student’s interest and participation in lectures and classes is continuously assessed at 20%, the ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practice, to draw conclusions, as well as patient examination skills. Students’ knowledge and skills are assessed through regular tests – 30%. Final examination – an exam – 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the study course, students will know the aetiology and pathogenesis of internal diseases, recognise and define clinical symptoms and syndromes, will be able to name and describe diagnostic methods (anamnesis data, physical examination of the patient, laboratory and instrumental examinations) and principles of disease treatment. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of completing the study course, students will be able to apply theoretical knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases: to clarify the patient’s complaints and take anamnesis, to perform physical examination of the patient (examination, palpation, percussion, auscultation), to determine vital signs and relate them to a specific clinical situation, will be able to evaluate the results of laboratory and instrumental examinations, to summarise the data obtained, to relate the diagnosis of the disease and to draw up fragments of the medical history. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of completing the study course, students will be able to identify clinical signs of diseases and syndromes and differentiate them according to their severity and degree of hazard, analyse situations, argue, logically formulate and explain their opinion. To independently perform the duties of a physician’s assistant related to the treatment, care and psychological support of a patient. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Klīniskā medicīna, prof. A. Lejnieka redakcijā (3 gr.), SIA Medicīnas apgāds, Rīga, 2010-2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | G. Biksone, Medikamentozā ārstēšana un aprūpe, SIA Kerena, 2002. un 2008. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | A. Balode, Laboratoriskā diagnostika, Nacionālais apgāds, 2008. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Lekciju materiāli. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rudzītis K. Diagnostikas pamati un terapijas preambula. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1971; Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2010. | ||||||||
| 2 | I. Vanags, E. Daugulis, P. Tomiņš, Anestezioloģija, reanimatoloģija un intensīvā terapija, Nacionālais apgāds, 2002. | ||||||||
| 3 | Autoru grupa, Akūts koronārs sindroms: vadlīnijas. Rīga, 2003. | ||||||||
| 4 | Dz. Jakubaņeca, Šoks, Nacionālais apgāds, 2004. | ||||||||
| 5 | A. Danilāns, Gastroenteroloģija: Pa gastroenteroloģijas džungļu takām. Nacionālais apgāds, 2007. | ||||||||
| 6 | A. Pētersons, E. Vēverbrants, I. Lazovskis, Kā atklāt un ārstēt nieru slimības, A. Pētersona autorizdevums, 1998. | ||||||||
| 7 | A. Helds, Klīniskā endokrinoloģija (2 s.), SIA REVI-2, 2002. | ||||||||
| 8 | Autoru grupa, Cukura diabēta ABC, Nacionālais apgāds, 2003. | ||||||||
| 9 | S. Lejniece, Klīniskā hematoloģija, Nacionālais apgāds, 2020. | ||||||||
