Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Clinical Immunology I
Course Code
RIM_009
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
11.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Inese Mihailova
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Immunologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Inese Mihailova
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To ensure the acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in clinical immunology in accordance with the requirements of the immunology specialty regulation.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Will gain the ability to recognise, interpret, analyse and formulate clinical and laboratory signs of primary and secondary immunodeficiencies. Will know how to diagnose immunodeficiency and recommend treatment.
Skills
1.Can explain the causes, clinical and laboratory manifestations of immunological changes, identify indications for immunological tests in cases of suspected immunodeficiency, diagnose immunodeficiency and prescribe therapy.
Competences
1.Will gain the competence to diagnose immunodeficiency, determine its causes, prescribe immunotherapy and consult doctors of other specialties on immunodeficiency issues.
Assessment
Individual work
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Independent study of literature on immunodeficiency.
Preparing presentations for seminars.
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Examination
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1.
Examination |
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Test – open-ended questions – answers on seminar topics.
Successful presentations.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Modality
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Disorders of natural immunity. Complement component deficiencies
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Diagnosis, methods, clinical interpretation of inflammatory mediators
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Phagocytosis deficiencies. Clinical manifestations, immunological diagnosis, therapy
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Primary antibody deficiencies in adulthood, clinical manifestations, immunological diagnosis
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Topics
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Respiratory tract infections and immunodeficiency
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The most important causes, diagnosis, treatment of secondary immunodeficiencies
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Clinical and laboratory tests, diagnosis of immunopathology
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Phagocytic cells and disorders thereof
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Immune system modulators and application thereof in clinical practice
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
11.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
9
Length (weeks):
8
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Chapel H and Haeneys. Essentials of Clinical Immunology. 7th Ed. Willey Blackwell, 2022
2.
Rich R et al. Clinical immunology Principales and Practice. 5th Ed., 2021
3.
Klīniskā imunoloģija. I.Mihailova, J.Kroiča Klīskā medicīna 3.daļa grāmatā Klīniskā medicīna, med. Apgāds, Rīga, 2012