Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RIT_039

Branch of Science

Clinical medicine

ECTS

4.50

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Inga Stuķēna

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Internist

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Inga Stuķēna

Contacts

-

About Study Course

Objective

Acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills about occupational diseases at the level required for internists.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Upon completion of occupational disease course resident is familiar with the causes of common occupational diseases, and their relationship with the patient's occupation and length of exposure to the potential harmful factor, disease presentation variants, specific diagnostic tests, incapacity criteria, treatment options.

Skills

1.Upon completion of occupational disease course resident has acquired the skills to recognize the professional risk types and features, to perform investigations required to refer the patient to an occupational disease specialist care.

Competences

1.Using the acquired knowledge and skills resident will be able to define a diagnosis, make differential diagnosis, interpret test data, develop a structured treatment and rehabilitation plan, logically define and explain the treatment objectives, assess its effectiveness, side effects.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Resident independently learns the most recent study results and literature data, independently makes presentations.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
1) At the end of the study course, the lecturer gives an assessment of practical skills and competencies in a 10-point system, recording it in the resident's book. 2) The test of theoretical knowledge is performed in writing and gives an assessment in a 10-point system.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

4.50

Number of Residency Seminars:

0

Length (weeks):

4

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 5e Eds. Joseph LaDou, and Robert J. Harrison. McGraw-Hill, 2013, AccessMedicine

Occupational Medicine