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Management of Epidemiological Emergencies
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:29.08.2024 11:14:27
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_002 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Indra Liniņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Institute of Public Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 1 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Environmental health, biology, microbiology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To introduce the principles of epidemiological surveillance of various infectious diseases and the measures to be taken to control epidemiological emergencies. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases. Infectious Diseases Distribution Chain. Procedures for Registration of Infectious Diseases. Management of emergency epidemiological situations. Bio terrorism tool. Medical and sanitary measures. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Development and presentation of prevention measures for the following infectious diseases: Hepatitis B, salmonellosis, diphtheria, influenza. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Epidemiology of acute intestinal infectious diseases. Situation of acute intestinal infectious diseases in Latvia, risk factors and problems. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Prevention measures of acute intestinal infections. Diseases – salmonellosis, shigellosis, intestinal viral infections, food borne toxicoinfections, campylobacteriosis, cholera. Outbreak of a infectious bowel disease – a case-control study. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Epidemiology of airborne vaccine-dependent infectious diseases. Situation of airborne vaccine-dependent infectious diseases in Latvia, risk factors and problems. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Measures for the prevention of airborne vaccine – dependent infections. Diseases – diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, mumps, rubella, Haemophilus influenzae type b infection, influenza, meningococcal infection, chickenpox. Practical task "case-control" study. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Epidemiology of zoonoses. Prevalence, risk factors and problems of individual zoonoses in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Tick-borne zoonoses. Rabies and anti-rabies assistance. Hepatitis B and C: epidemiology and prevention measures. Development and presentation of control strategies | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Vaccinology. Vaccination calendar. Nosocomial diseases, problems in the world and in Latvia, solutions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Analysis of a specific epidemiological emergency: assessment of the epidemiological situation and development of a possible action plan to control the situation (independent work – problem situation analysis). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Individual participation in classes; quality of the independent work submitted; result of the written final exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | To describe and systematise the chain of transmission of certain infectious diseases. To outline and discuss the procedures for registration of epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases. To identify and justify the basic principles of managing epidemiological emergencies. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To carry out and explain the registration of cases of infection in accordance with the established registration procedures. To analyse examples of epidemiological emergencies, assess the gravity of the situation and make recommendations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To systematise and critically evaluate all available information on the epidemiological situation, develop and justify the most appropriate epidemiological control measures and an action plan to deal with the epidemiological emergency. To plan and carry out evaluation of the measures implemented. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brila A. Infekcijas slimību epidemioloģija. SIA "Nacionālais apgāds", 2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Vīksna L., Majore A., Krūmiņa A., Sondore V. Infekcijas slimības. SIA "Medicīnas apgāds", 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Giesecke J. Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Hodder Arnold (Hodder Headline Group), 2017 | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 5 | Giesecke J. Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Hodder Arnold (Hodder Headline Group), 2017 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Benenson A. S. (ed.) Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 20th Edition. American Public Health Association, 2015. | ||||||||
| 2 | Boulton M. L., & Wallace R. B.(Eds.) Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine. 16th Edition. McGraw Hill, 2022. (e-grāmata) | ||||||||
| 3 | Murray C. J. Global Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. Harvard University Press, 2004. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ | ||||||||
| 2 | https://www.who.int/emergencies/surveillance | ||||||||
