Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RAA_065

Branch of Science

Clinical medicine; Microbiology and Virology

ECTS

3.00

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Maija Eglīte

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Doctor of Occupational diseases

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Maija Eglīte

Contacts

-

About Study Course

Objective

To get acquainted with the methods of laboratory diagnosis of intrahospital and community-acquired infections, indications for use, importance in clinical practice and the selection of appropriate antibacterial preparations for the treatment of such infections.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.About the tests used in the diagnosis of intrahospital and community-acquired infections, indications for use, and evaluation of the results.

Skills

1.To practically perform the express tests used in microbiology, evaluate the antibioticogram and interpret the results of the obtained microbiological examinations.

Competences

1.To discuss the role of clinical microbiology in occupational medicine.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
To acquire additional knowledge from recommended literature and e-learning materials.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
Attendance of the practical course under the supervision of a specialist (80% of the course assessment). Test of theoretical knowledge – written answers to questions at the end of the rotation discipline (20% of the course assessment).

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Placement location

Topics

Modelling of environmental processes.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

3.00

Number of Residency Seminars:

1

Length (weeks):

2

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Performance standarts for antimicrobial susceptibility testing: twenty second informational supplement. M100 –S22, January 2012

2.

Antibiogram. Editor in cfief Patrice Courvalin. 2010

3.

Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook. American Society for Microbiology. 2nd Edition. Ed. By Henry D. Insberg, 2004

4.

Laboratory diagnosis of Infectious diseases. Editor in chief Paul G. Engelkirk, 2008

Additional Reading

1.

Metodiskie norādījumi „Bioloģiskā materiāla mikrobioloģiskās izmeklēšanas metodes”. Latvijas mikrobiologu asociācija, 1997

2.

Metodiskie materiāli. Modulis: Patogēno baktēriju izpētes modulis. ES projekts „Pētnieciskā darba kvalitātes uzlabošana dzīvās dabas zinātņu bakalaura, maģistra un doktora studiju programmās”. No2006/49.

Other Information Sources

1.

Safety in Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. Edited by: C. H. Collins and A. J. Beale

Laboratory Diagnostics