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Infectious Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:01.11.2022 11:34:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZHAS_039 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Infectious Diseases | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Baiba Rozentāle | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 20 Dzirciema Street, zhs rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67455560 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of anatomy, biochemistry, biology, parasitology, pathologic physiology, microbiology, propaedeutics and internal diseases. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The objective of the course is to provide acquisition of theoretical knowledge, practical skills and comprehension of origin of infectious diseases, mechanisms of disease progression in the human body, clinical signs and symptoms, available treatment strategies and particular therapeutic approaches, prevention and control of infectious diseases, impact on the individual’s quality of life and the public health in general. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to Infectology. Lesson on Infection and Epidemic Process. The place of infectious diseases among other diseases, common and different. Diagnostic principles of infectious diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Medical aid organisation for infectious disease patients in the country. Principles of patient investigation, hospitalisation rules. Construction of infections stationary. Importance of disinfection and sterilisation. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | HIV/ AIDS epidemiology, etiology, peculiarities of clinical view, prevention, treatment options. Post-exposure prevention. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | The natural progress, stages and criteria of HIV/ AIDS. Concept of opportunistic infections. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Acute retroviral syndrome. Differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy in infectious diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Diphtheria: etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, principles of prevention.Changes in Uvula and mouth in cases of infectious diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome. Possible triggers, clinical picture, differential diagnosis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Air-droplets (including tuberculosis) infectious diseases, etiology, epidemiology, clinical view characteristics, treatment options and prevention. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Specific prevention of infectious diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Herpes viral infections' characteristic clinical signs, prevention and treatment options. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Epidemiology, etiology, clinical picture, diagnostics, treatment and prevention principles of viral hepatitis. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Principles and practical aspects of laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Characteristics, prevention and therapy tactics of the Feacal - oral intestinal infections. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 14 | Ethiological structure of neuroinfections, characteristics of clinical view, diagnostics, principles of therapy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 15 | Tick-borne diseases: tick-borne encephalitis, Laima Borelez, erlichiosis. Specific and non-specific prevention. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 16 | Infectious diseases in immuno-compromised patients, including fungal infections. Examination. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students are given independent work (task) on a specific topic with control questions. The student provides answers by referring to the information found in lectures and literature. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in lectures and practical work. Control of theoretical knowledge by discussing the specific topic, work with literature using the e-environment, and timely completion of all independent work (tasks). At the end of the study course – a written exam on the topics acquired in lectures and classes. The exam is passed if 75% correct answers are provided. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to classify infectious diseases according to different characteristics: type of agent, pathways, severity and peculiarities of the process; describe and analyse the possibilities of limiting the spread of infectious diseases; define prevention measures; assess the level of prevention required by an individual in the context of infectious diseases; will identify and classify the required amount of health care for the individual. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to recognise a specific symptom of the disease and obtain additional necessary medical history (life, disease, epidemiological) data from the patient; to evaluate the symptoms, which will allow to refer to a doctor – specialist; to implement the necessary prevention conditions; professionally collaborate with colleagues and specialists; to use the possibilities of independent learning and use of e-medicine; to raise awareness of healthy lifestyles and public health. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Comunicate with colleagues and professionals: use self-study and e-medicine opportunities, improve own understanding of healthy lifestyle and public health. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Antonio Hernandez Conte. Stoeltings Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease. Chapter: 25 Infectious diseases. p. 533-566. 2022, Elsevier Inc. | ||||||||
| 2 | Barlow Gavin, William L. Irving and Peter J. Moss. Clinical Medicine. 2021 Elsevier, 10th edition. 487-582 | ||||||||
| 3 | European AIDS Clinical Society Guidelines. Version 10.01, October 2020 | ||||||||
| 4 | HIV/AIDS, B hepatīts un C hepatīts, seksuāli transmisīvās infekcijas. Rīga, 2014 | ||||||||
| 5 | Kliegman. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 2020, Elsevier Inc. Chapter 292, 1745-1747.e1. | ||||||||
| 6 | Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's .Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 9th Edition. 2020, Elsevier. | ||||||||
| 7 | MD.Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 7th Edition. 2022, Elsevier. | ||||||||
| 8 | Vīksna L. Infekcijas slimības. Rīga. Medicīnas apgāds. 2011. (Saturs nemainīgs) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Feldman M, Friedman L S, Brandt L J. Sleisenger and Fordtran’s gastrointestinal and liver disease: review and assessment. 2 vol. 11th edition. Edinburgh: Elsevier Sounders; 2021. | ||||||||
| 2 | Liepiņš M. A.Lejnieks. Rekomendācijas empīriskai un etiotropai antimikrobiālai ārstēšanai. (4. redakcija). 2020 | ||||||||
| 3 | Sarah S. Long, David W. Kimberlin, Mary Anne Jackson, Michael T. Brady. . Red Book: 2018-2021. Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||
| 4 | SPKC. Bērnu vakcinācijas kalendārs 2022. gadā | ||||||||
| 5 | Sunit K. Singh. Human emerging and re-emerging infections. 2016 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | PVO iknedēļas ziņojumi – epidemioloģiskie | ||||||||
