Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description

Psychosomatic Medicine

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RGN_035
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
6.00
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 teach the medical genetics resident to build a doctor-patient relationship model, observing ethical principles and to be able to differentiate the patient’s level of functioning in communication.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Burn-out syndrome risk factors, preventive measures, principles of ethics in doctor-patient relationships, various degrees of psychosomatic reactions in stress situations; how to inform a patient about an incurable disease, borderline personality, formation thereof and defences used, neurotic personality, formation thereof and defences used.

Skills

1.Medical genetics patient must be able to define the ethical and psychological issues.

Competences

1.After successful completion of the study course, the medical genetics resident has acquired the mandatory competence. The medical resident’s knowledge corresponds to the general notion of the doctor-patient relationship building model, the ability to differentiate the patient’s level of functioning and to comply with basic ethical principles.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
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Grade
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Individual work

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To search for phenotypic and genotypic correlations of genetic variation using evidence-based electronic databases. Using evidence-based databases of scientific literature, to create an individualised disease description for patients with a syndromic-monogenic, chromosomal or inherited pathology.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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At the end of the course, teaching staff: 1. Assesses the practical skills acquired by medical genetics resident on a 10-point scale, recording the assessment in the medical resident’s book. 2. Assesses the theoretical knowledge of the medical genetics resident on a 10-point scale after a written examination – a multiple-choice test, recording the assessment in the medical resident’s book.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
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Topics

Doctor-patient relationship in genetic counselling. Risks of physician burnout syndrome
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
1
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Gross, S. J. Introduction to Perinatal Disorders and Reproductive Genetics. In Emery and Rimoin’s Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics and Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-815236-2.00001-1, 2022

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Milunsky, A., & Milunsky, J. M. Genetic Disorders and the Fetus: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment: 6th Edition. In Genetic Disorders and the Fetus: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444314342, 2010

3.

Leung, P. C. K., & Qiao, J. Human reproductive and prenatal genetics. In Human Reproductive and Prenatal Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0-05333-0, 2018

4.

Harper, J. C. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis. In Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, 2nd Edition. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511581571, 2009

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DiMaio, M. S., Fox, J. E., & Mahoney, M. J. Prenatal Diagnosis: Cases and Clinical Challenges. In Prenatal Diagnosis: Cases and Clinical Challenges. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470696262, 2010

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Twining’s Textbook of Fetal Abnormalities. In Twining’s Textbook of Fetal Abnormalities. https://doi.org/10.1016/c2010-0-67979-x, 2015

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Paladini, D., & Volpe, P. Ultrasound of Congenital Fetal Anomalies. In Ultrasound of Congenital Fetal Anomalies. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429462450, 2018

8.

Stevenson, R., Hall, J., Everman, D., & Solomon, B. (Eds.), Human Malformations and Related Anomalies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2015

9.

Harper, P. Practical Genetic Counselling (7th ed.). CRC Press, 2011

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Cassidy, S., Allanson, J. Management of Genetic Syndromes. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

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Firth, H., Hurst, J. Oxford Desk Reference Clinical Genetics. Oxford, 2007

12.

Read, A, Donnai, D. New clinical Genetics. A guide to Genomics Medicine. Scion, 2021

13.

Dhar, S., Sandesh, N, Eble, T. Hanbook of Clinical adult Genetics and genomics. Elssevier, 2020

14.

Reardson, W. The Bedside Dysmorhologist. Oxford, 2016

15.

Jones, Kenneth L, Marilyn C. Jones, and Miguel . Campo. Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation, 2013

16.

Hogge, A., Wilkins, I., Hills, L., Cohlan B. Sanders Structural Fetal Abnormalities. McGraw Hill Education, 2017

17.

Hollak, C., Lachmann, R. Inherited Metabolic Disease in Adults.Oxford, 2016

18.

Saudubray, F., Van den Berghe, W. Inbron Metabolic diseases. Springer, 2016

19.

Katirji, B., Kaminski, J.H, Ruff, R.L. Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Paractice Vol1., Vol2.Springer, 2014

20.

Govidan, R., Devarakonda, S. Cancer Genomics for the Clinician. Springer, 2019

Other Information Sources

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OMIM. https://omim.org

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Varsome. https://varsome.com/

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Norton, M.E., Scoutt, L., Feldstein, V. Callens Ultrasonography in Obstretics And Gynecology. Elsevier.2017

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Vademecum Metabolicum. http://www.vademetab.org/

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Metabolic Emergency Protocol. https://www.emergencyprotocol.net/

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Treat NMD. https://treat-nmd.org/