Internal Diseases (Cardiology) (ISK_006)
About Study Course
Objective
- to acquire knowledge of the principles of deontology;
- to acquire knowledge of subjective and objective examination methods – survey, inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation, and interpretation results;
- to teach students learn to assess laboratory and instrumental data;
- to provide students with the basics of writing a medical history;
- to encourage students in clinical thinking and decision-making.
Prerequisites
normal anatomy, histology, normal physiology, biochemistry, basics of medical physics, biology and genetics, basics of internal medicine from the 4th semester course.
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate orientation in newest medical technologies, examination methods, scientific disciplines.
- Collect the anamnesis, sequentially arrange it, identify possible risk factors of the disease.
- Considering the patient's investigation data (check-up, palpation, percussion, auscultation, assessing instrumental finding results) identify possible level of pathology.
- Analysis of the obtained information to evaluate the pathological degree and the corresponding risks.
- Be competent in pathological processes under consideration and be able to analyze those aspects of pathophysiology
- Be able to communicate with patients, their relatives, colleagues, other people or organizations involved in health care.
- Patient's complaints and anamnesis;
- Perform physical examination of the patient with palpation, percussion and auscultation methods and methods derived from those.
- Determine the peripheral pulse, heart rate, respiratory rate and arterial pressure indicators, relate it to a particular clinical situation and link it with the overall investigation process.
- Be competent in ECG results.
- Be competent in instrumental examination results and their indications (load tests, imaging methods, invasive diagnostic techniques, contrast tests) used in cardiology practice.
- Be competent in the diagnosis of heart disease, modern heart disease treatments (pharmacotherapy, surgery, mini-invasive methods); be able to interpret auscultation findings, imaging data.
- Be able to evaluate electrocardiographic findings in a variety of heart rhythm disorders. Be competent in assessment of different risk degrees of arrhythmia.
- Be competent in the diagnosis of different cardiomyopathies, be able to interpret auscultation findings, imaging data, be competent in modern diagnostic options of cardiomyopathy (nuclear magnetic resonance, genetic examinations, implantable rhythm recorders).
- Be competent in the diagnosis of acute and chronic heart insufficiency, be able to interpret auscultation findings, imaging data, and be competent in modern diagnostic options and pathophysiological comprehension.
- Be able to summarize acquired symptoms and present the diagnosis and medical history.
- Evaluation of acquires symptoms, linking them with pathological processes in the patient's body.
- Interpret basic imaging (echocardiography, CT, MRI) data.
- Explain the necessity of instrumental examinations.
- Interpretation of the instrumental examinations findings at the most basic level.
- Be able to interpret auscultation findings, imaging data; be competent in modern treatment options of heart diseases.
- Be able to interpret auscultation findings, imaging data; be competent in modern diagnostic options of cardiomyopathy (nuclear magnetic resonance, genetic examinations, implantable rhythm recorders).
- Be competent in the diagnosis of acute and chronic heart insufficiency, be able to interpret auscultation findings, imaging data, and be competent in modern diagnostic options and pathophysiological comprehension.
- Be able to analyze situations, substantiate, logically formulate and explain their opinion.
- evaluate blood test results, to attribute to certain clinical case and general examination data;
- to evaluate urine test results, to attribute to certain clinical case and general examination data;
- be able to assess cases, to argue, to make decision, to clarify opinion.
