Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Pathological Physiology
Course Code
PAK_036
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Pathology
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ilze Štrumfa
Structure Unit Manager
Ilze Štrumfa
Structural Unit
Department of Pathology
Contacts
RSU, Patoloģijas katedra, Kuldigas Street 9A, Riga, LV-1007, Latvia; pak@rsu.lv, +371 67815096
About Study Course
Objective
The objective of this course is to ensure the knowledge in pathology for students lacking sufficient knowledge and/or skills of critical thinking. The course includes of general and special pathological physiology – pathogenesis of some pathological conditions and diseases.
Preliminary Knowledge
Cell biology, human anatomy, histology, embryology, genetics, physiology and biochemistry.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.As a result of studying the course, the student will know and be able to explain the nature, development, causes, consequences and outcomes of various diseases and general pathological processes.
Skills
1.In clinical tasks, the student will be able to identify the most common pathologies, evaluate their pathogenesis in a reasoned manner.
Competences
1.In clinical tasks, the student will be able to identify the most common pathologies, evaluate their pathogenesis in a reasoned manner.
Assessment
Individual work
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Learning the study material in accordance with the topics specified in e-studies and posted study materials.
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During the course of study, the lecturers conduct a knowledge test with the help of short tests (multiple-choice test or another short form of test according to the teacher's instructions). During their studies, students take colloquiums, which consist of theoretical questions in the form of a multiple-choice test and/or clinical tasks that reflect the pathologies learned during their studies. At the end of the study course, according to the plan of the relevant study program, students take a written or electronic exam in the form of a multiple-choice test. According to point 2.16 of the RSU Study Regulations (as per the meeting of the RSU Senate on April 21, 2020; protocol No. 2-1/4/2020), the final grade of the study course consists of the cumulative assessment (50%) and the actual knowledge acquired by the student (50% ) according to the final exam result of the course. Evaluation of all test papers, incl. percentage and with grades, is done in accordance with the valid version I of the Study Regulations of Riga Stradiņš University.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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The concept of disease as a process, its etiology and pathogenesis. The concept of cell damage: essence, pathogenesis, terminology.
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Peripheral circulatory disorders: nature, insight into pathogenesis, terminology. The concept of hypoxia.
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Inflammation, its local, systemic and laboratory manifestations. Fever.
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Cardiovascular pathology
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Respiratory pathology
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Digestive pathology
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Liver pathology
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Diabetes mellitus
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Renal pathology
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Anaemia
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Leukocyte reactions. Pathology of blood coagulation.
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Colloquium
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Colloquium
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Insights into Bone Pathology. The concept of osteoporosis. Disorders of calcium metabolism.
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The most common joint diseases. Insights into autoimmune pathologies.
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Insights into CNS pathology.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
RSU e-studiju materiāli
Additional Reading
1.
Robbins Basic Pathology. 10th ed. Kumar V, Cotran RS, Robbins SL. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2018, 873 lpp.
Other Information Sources
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Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease. Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, Aster J. Elsevier, 2021.