.
Neurosurgery
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:07.08.2023 09:36:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | NUNK_002 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Surgery | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Rolfs Ozols | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No 37; 2 Hipokrata Street, Unit No 7, Room No 901, neuro rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069653; +371 67536540 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge of neurological examination. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To help the students acquire skills and conception of neurosurgically curable disorders. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Head trauma | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Neurooncology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Cranial fractures. Severe head injury, principles of treatment | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | CNS tumors, treatment tactics. Hydrocephalus | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Surgical treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. Degenerative diseases of the spine | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Student's independent work includes preparation of clinical cases with assignments. In a clinical case, tasks include: • clinical case analysis of a certain pathology patient using a problem-oriented case history chart; • preparation of literature review according to clinical case. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Exam. Cumulative assessment (80%) – the student's knowledge of the etiology, pathogenesis, clinic, diagnostics, treatment principles and prevention of neurosurgical diseases is tested. Knowledge, skills and competence are assessed on the basis of the results of the study work throughout the course. Test (20%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the course the students will be able to: • describe and specify the basic principles of diagnostics for pathologies, which can be neurosurgically corrected; • define common types of head trauma; • classify head traumas according to severity degrees; • evaluate the condition of the patient according to Glasgow Coma Scale, Hunt-Hess scale; • characterise common causes of subarachnoid haemorrhage; • evaluate general and specific clinical symptoms of CNS tumours; • recognise common pathologies, which can be treated neurosurgically (degenerative diseases of the spine, hydrocephaly, compression of the peripheral nerves, CNS development abnormalities). | ||||||||
| Skills: | After successful completion of the course the students will have sufficient practical skills and competence to: • recognise and interpret clinical and radiological features of neurosurgically curable conditions; • prescribe the necessary examinations to make the correct diagnosis; • explain adequately the basic principles and indications of neurosurgical manipulations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of the course acquisition the student will be able to: • argue, rationalize and formulate a comprehensive clinical diagnosis of neurosurgery; • develop tactics for a specific neurosurgical clinical situation; • formulate indications for conservative and operative treatment. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Greenberg, M. Handbook of Neurosurgery. 9th ed., New York, Thieme, 2019 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ellenbogen, R., et al. Principles of Neurological Surgery. 4th ed., Philadelphia, Elsvier, 2018 | ||||||||
| 3 | Rhoton, A. Rhoton`s Cranial Anatomy and Surgical Approaches. New York, Oxford University Press, 2020 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Agarwal, N. Neurosurgery Fundamentals. New York, Thieme, 2018 | ||||||||
| 2 | Gārša, I. Ievads neiroķirurģijā. Nacionālais apgāds, Rīga, 2008. (Latviešu plūsmas studijas) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.eans.org | ||||||||
| 2 | www.aans.org | ||||||||
| 3 | http://emedicine.medscape.com | ||||||||
