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Metabolic Syndrome and Basic Principles of Medical Nutrition Theory
Study Course Description
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Study Course Accepted:13.03.2024 14:48:31
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LU_014 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Nutrition Science | Target Audience: | |||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lolita Vija Neimane | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
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| Preliminary Knowledge: | |||||||||
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| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Blood lipids. Dislipidemia. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Cholesterol metabolism (normal and in cases of different pathologies). Regulation. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 3 | Obesity epidemic and metabolic syndrome. Lipid metabolism. | Lectures | 2.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 4 | Clinical picture of obesity. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Metabolic syndrome. Definition. History. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 6 | Insulin resistance. | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | Metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Own-initiative work of students is organised individually and/or in working groups, with the following tasks: prepare independently for lessons, preparing patient protocols, preparing final exam; study literature related to course topics. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures is mandatory 1. Test questions before each seminar – 25%; 2. Survey report of visited patients after each seminar – 25%; 3. Exam in oral form at the end of the course - 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 1. Understands the latest explanations of the pathogenetic mechanisms of metabolic syndrome; 2. Understands the role of obesity, insulin resistance and digestive system on the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome; | ||||||||
| Skills: | Evaluate the metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Individually or in the working group work out an individualized nutrition plan in each specific case. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Davidson's principles and practice of medicine. 21st ed. / the editors, Nicki R. Colledge, Brian R. Walker, Stuart H. Ralston; illustrated by Robert Britton. Edinburgh; New York: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2010. xvi, 1360 lpp.: il. ISBN 9780702030857 (main ed.: alk. paper). | ||||||||
| 2 | Handbook of lipids in human nutrition / edited by Gene A. Spiller. Boca Raton, FL [etc.]: CRC Press, 1996. [16], 233 lpp.: il., tab., diagr. ISBN 0849342481 (hard). | ||||||||
| 3 | Krause's food, nutrition, & diet therapy / [edited by] L. Kathleen Mahan, Sylvia Escott-Stump. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, c2004. xxxvii, 1321 lpp.: il. ; 29 cm. ISBN 0721697844 (cased). (2 eksemplāri – RSU) | ||||||||
| 4 | Metabolais sindroms: vadlīnijas / sagatavojusi darba grupa: Andrejs Kalvelis ... [u.c.]. Rīga: Solvay Pharmaceuticals GmbH pārstāvniecība Latvijā, 2002. 21 lpp. ISBN 9984193293. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | I.Mann, A.St.Truswell. Essentials of human nutrition. Oxford University Press, 1999 2. Linda Snetselaar. Nutrition Counselling Skills for Medical Nutrition Therapy, Third Ed., 1999 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | ||||||||
| 2 | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Clinical Nutrition 4. The New England Journal of Medicine, interneta versija: http://content.nejm.org/ | ||||||||
