Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Laboratory Medicine
Course Code
RIN_014
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
5.55
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Jeļena Storoženko
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Infectologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Indra Zeltiņa
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
Aim of this course is to provide theoretical and practical basis for interpretation of specific laboratorical tests (bacteriology, virology, parasitology, serology, immunology etc.).
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.During this course resident will: Acknowledge specific diagnostic methods of infectious diseases. Be familiar with principles biological material of collection and storage. Develop skill of laboratory test result interpretation.
Skills
1.Resident will be able to fulfill screening program and to prescribe specific laboratorial tests for diagnostic of infectious diseases, as well as interpret results.
Competences
1.Resident will be highly qualified to diagnostic and treat acute infectious diseases, and to construct prophylaxis programs.
Assessment
Individual work
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Student should gain knowledge theoretical and practical skills for interpretation of specific laboratorial tests (bacteriology, virology, parasitology, serology, immunology etc.).
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Examination
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Practical skills and theoretical knowledge are evaluated during practical lessons (clinical situation analysis, disease practical assignment and action algorithms) and seminars.
Theoretical knowledge is tested in written form and evaluated in 10 grade scale.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Placement
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Specialized room
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Topics
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The place and role of laboratory examinations in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of infectious diseases. Bacteriological examinations and their diagnostic significance.
Serological examination, its principles, priority of choice of methods.
Informative role of blood scene in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. The need for the choice of biochemical tests and their diagnostic significance.
The need for morphological examination and diagnostic possibilities.
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Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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European administration standards for the medical laboratory.Preanalytic phase in medical laboratory.Bacteriological methods of microorganism identification. Mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Antibiotic sensitivity tests.
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Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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European administration standards for the medical laboratory.Preanalytic phase in medical laboratory.Bacteriological methods of microorganism identification. Mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Antibiotic sensitivity tests.
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Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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Role of molecular biology as diagnostic tools of Infectious disease. HIV/AIDS diagnostic principles, monitoring
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Seminar
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Auditorium
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Diagnostic of tuberculosis. Reference ranges and critical values for test results and factors they are influenced by.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
5.55
Number of Residency Seminars:
4
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook. Published by American Society for Microbiology. United States, 2016
2.
Clinical Laboratory Management. Lynne, S. Garcia. ASM Press, 2004
3.
Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 23rd Edition, Richard A .McPherson, Matthew R. Pincus. Sounders, 2016.
4.
Medical Office Administration. 3rd Edition, A Worktext, 2013
5.
WHO (2006). Biorisk management. Laboratory biosecurity guidance, WHO/CDS/EPR/2006.6.
Additional Reading
1.
From The Patients to the Laboratory. Guder, W. G., Narayanan S., Wisser H., Zawta B. 2nd Edition, Darmstadt: GIT Verlag, 2012.
2.
Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference. 13th Edition. Kathleen Deska Pagana, Timothy J. Pagana, Theresa N. Pagana, 2016
Other Information Sources
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Leslie Collier, John Oxford quot; Human Virology, 2010.
3.
The New England Journal of Medicine.