Dermatology

1.Acute and chronic syndromes and diseases: diagnosis, treatment tactics, monitoring and referral to specialists. Has an idea, knowledge and understanding of the following: Skin diseases: - infectious skin diseases, - allergic dermatoses, - psoriasis, - vesicular dermatoses, - viral dermatoses, - sexually transmitted diseases. To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of processes in health care: - diagnostic principles, - the use of the international statistical classification of diseases and health problems, - scope of diagnosis, - the choice of diagnostic methods and the factors affecting it, - the decision-making process: concepts, methods, execution, - the use of information in the decision-making process.

1.Skills to be strengthened during the family medicine education programme – examination, treatment methods, disease prevention and health promotion measures: • technique of taking smears and cultures for sexually transmitted diseases; • technique of taking skin and nail scrapings for microscopic examination of fungal diseases; • taking skin scrapings for histological examination. - taking a skin biopsy, - taking bacteriological material in case of infections of the genitourinary tract.

1.The acquired competences allow to justify decisions, to perform additional analysis if necessary: - Able to explain the impact of environmental changes on the incidence of diseases in the population, to understand the application of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic methods in this aspect. - Able to assess patient complaints, their connection to the patient’s state of health. Has a broad understanding of diseases and risk factors thereof, the most common diseases in the population, care in case of chronic diseases, diseases that cause disability, and conditions that require emergency care. - Has an understanding of the use of preventive and diagnostic manipulations in primary health care, which covers practically all specialties (i.e. paediatrics, gynaecology, surgery, otolaryngology, dermatovenerology, ophthalmology, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology). - Ability to provide treatment to the patient at the level of primary care, organise rehabilitation if necessary. - Understanding of diagnostic possibilities at the primary and secondary level of health care, the possibilities of referring the patient to a specialist doctor if necessary. - Ability to organise and conduct consultations on issues related to the organisation of health care, especially in matters related to maternal and child health care, family planning. - Understanding of public health issues. - Ability to understand the importance of a positive doctor-patient relationship, to teach the patient to understand their complaints, to learn to live with them. - Ability to work in a team with other members of the primary health care team and other specialists. Able to integrate knowledge from different fields: - Understanding of health care organisation issues in general and primary health care organisation in particular. - Knowledge of legislative acts and directives in health care, ability to participate in the development thereof.