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General Pathology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:18.03.2024 08:38:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PAK_056 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.67 | ECTS: | 4.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Life Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Agnese Ūdre | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Pathology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga Stradins University, Department of Pathology, Kuldīgas iela 9A, Riga, LV-1007, Latvia; e-mail: pak rsu[pnkts]lv; tel. +371 67815096 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 18 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 36 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 36 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In biology, human anatomy, histology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry. | ||||||||
| Objective: | 1. provide studies in pathology, including the morphological and functional manifestations of diseases, their pathogenesis. This aspect of the programme should create theoretical foundations for further study of medical study courses, creating a comprehensively educated healthcare specialist according to the specifics and purpose of the study programme. The pathology programme should provide the student with an integrated understanding of the morphological and functional components of disease pathogenesis; 2. provide a practical overview of pathology as a diagnostic branch of medicine at a level appropriate to the specifics of the study programme. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | General pathology, incl. concept of inflammation, tumors, terminology of peripheral circulatory disorders, cell damage and related medical terms | Lectures | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Special pathology, incl. insight into the pathogenesis of the most common cardiovascular, lung, digestive tract, endocrine and kidney diseases | Lectures | 11.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the studies, the student must learn the original electronic methodical study materials prepared by the lecturers of the Department of Pathology according to the thematic plan; PAK_014. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | During the study course, students are offered a formative knowledge test with the help of short tests (multiple-choice test). At the end of the study course, according to the plan of the relevant study programme, students take a written exam in the form of a multiple-choice test. According to the paragraph 2.16 of Rīga Stradiņš University Academic Regulations (approved at the meeting of RSU Senate of 21 April 2020; minutes No 2-1/4/2020), the final grade for the study course consists of the cumulative assessment (50%) and the actual knowledge acquired by the student (50% ) according to the results of the end-of-course examination. The evaluation of all examination papers, including percentage and grades, is done in accordance with the current version of Rīga Stradiņš University Academic Regulations I. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of learning the study course, the student will know and be able to explain in a reasoned manner the nature, causes and risk factors of various diseases and general pathological processes, pathogenesis and its reflection in clinical processes, laboratory and imaging examinations, possible complications and consequences, outcomes, to the extent permitted by the scope of the study course. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student will be able to reasonably evaluate the pathogenesis of the most common diseases, relate it to the clinical manifestations of the diseases and the basics of diagnosis, as well as take practical steps to organise the necessary tissue or laboratory examinations, interpret and critically analyse their results in relation to the overall picture of the disease. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The acquired competences cover the pathogenesis of diseases of various organs and their systems and serve as a basis for further clinical studies to acquire clinical competences and conduct scientific research. By learning the study course PAK_014, students also acquire and develop competences in the selection and critical analysis of professional information, contributing to the development of critical and logical thinking. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU MF Patoloģijas katedras docētāju sagatavotie oriģinālie elektroniskie metodiskie studiju materiāli patoloģijā, PAK_014. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease,10th ed. Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, Aster J. Elsevier, 2021. | ||||||||
| 2 | Robbins Basic Pathology, 10th ed. Kumar V, Cotran RS, Robbins SL. Saunders. Philadelphia, 2018, 873 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Pathophysiology: the Biological basis for Disease in Adults and Children, 8th ed. Ar CD-ROM. McCance KL, Huether SE. Elsevier Mosby, USA, 2019. 1780 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology. 2 sējumu komplekts ar CD-ROM, 3000 lpp., 11th ed. Mosby, 2018. | ||||||||
| 5 | Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 6th ed. Mills SE, Carter D, Greenson JK, Reuter VE, Stoler MH. 3104 lpp, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2015. | ||||||||
