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Study Course Description

Otorhinolaringology

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RGA_006
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
1.50
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Residency Speciality

Speciality
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Contacts

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About Study Course

Objective

To provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills and improvement in general practitioner specialty Terms of Reference, to prepare specialists who can provide a steady, continuous and comprehensive take care of patient and his family members and help the patient to make a choice between the offered health services, ensuring the patient's ability to better physical, mental and social activity, are able to assess the patient's health status, diagnose and treat diseases of favor after a certain competences. To prepare for certification doctor family physician specialty, according to the Latvian Republic normative documents.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Acute and chronic syndromes and diseases: diagnosis, treatment tactics, observation and referral to specialists. There is a perception, knowledge and understanding of: Ear, nose and throat diseases and syndromes: - Pain in the ears, - Discharge from the ears, - Hearing loss, - Disturbances, dizziness, - Dysphonia, - Throat - Trauma. Creative thinking or research and the operation of the interface between fields the intrinsic knowledge and understanding of the profession of general practitioner. Understands diagnostics (including laboratory, morphology, instrumental, neinstrumentālās and radiation diagnosis), differential diagnosis, a medical (clinical pharmacology, pharmacotherapy) and non-treatment (diet therapy, physiotherapy) treatment, rehabilitation and secondary prevention aspects of the medical sub-sectors. Able to make decisions, to solve complex health care, diagnosis and treatment-related situations. Able to organize research work in various fields of family medicine.

Skills

1.Skills that strengthen family medicine education programs during - investigation, methods of treatment, disease prevention and health promotion activities. Ear - throat - nose investigation: - Otorinolaringoskopija, - Audiometry, - Sinus disease radiodiagnostic evaluation - Ear rinsing, - Removing foreign objects, - Drip, ointments, rinse application in the treatment.

Competences

1.The acquired expertise allows justify decisions, if necessary, carry out additional analysis: - Students are able to explain environmental change on the spread of disease in the population, to understand the preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic methods in this respect. - Be able to evaluate the patient's complaints, their relationship with the patient's medical condition. There is a broad understanding of diseases and their risk factors, of the most common diseases in the population, chronic disease care, diseases due to disabilities for positions that require urgent assistance. - Have an understanding of the prophylactic and manipulation of diagnostic use in primary health care ear-nose-throat diseases. - Ability to provide patient treatment in the primary care level, to organize the rehabilitation, if it is necessary. - Understanding diagnostic possibilities primary and secondary health care level, for opportunities to send patients to a specialist, if necessary. - Ability to organize and conduct consultations on matters related to the health care organization. - Understanding of the issues related to public health. - Ability to understand the positive doctor-patient relationship the importance of teaching patients to understand their complaints, learn to live with them. - Ability to work in a team with other primary health care team members and other professionals. - Knowledge and understanding of the special disciplines: clinical chemistry, physiology, microbiology, pharmacology, for acute care, family medicine guiding principles, ethical issues in psychology, epidemiology, statistics, research methods in family medicine, preventive course of his work, etc. disciplines.

Assessment

Individual work

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Grade
1.

Individual work

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Examination

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Grade
1.

Examination

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Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Auditorium

Topics

Acute ear, throat and nose diseases, their treatment
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
1.50
Number of Residency Seminars:
1
Length (weeks):
2
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Pfenninger and Fowler's Procedures for Primary Care. Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource. 4th Edition. Elsevier eBook. 2020.

2.

Essentials of Family Medicine. by Philip D. Sloane, M.D., Lisa M. Slatt, Mark H. Ebell, Louis B. Jacques. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. June, 2007

3.

Family Practice Board Review. by Robert L. Bratton. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. April, 2007

4.

Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient. by Allan H. Goroll, M.D. , Albert G. Mulley, M.D. (Editor). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. August, 2005

Additional Reading

1.

Jill C. Cash, et al. Practice Guidelines. 5th Edition, May 2020.

2.

Current diagnosis & treatment in family medicine. 2004

3.

Swanson's Family Practice Review: A Problem-oriented Approach. by Alfred F. Tallia (Editor), Dennis A. Cardone (Editor), David F. Howarth (Editor), Kenneth H. Ibsen (Editor), Richard W. Swanson. Elsevier Science Health Science div. July, 2004