Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Pediatric Allergology III
Course Code
RBA_012
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Paediatrics
ECTS
48.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ieva Cīrule
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Pediatric alergologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Ieva Cīrule
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
Provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquisition and improvement in pediatric allergology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.• Be able to explain the terms of allergology; • Describe allergic diagnostic principles of operation and use; • Explain the pathogenesis of allergic diseases at different ages; • Assess the children-allergic patients; • Name and describe children's pediatric diseases.
Skills
1.• Collect relevant information about the children's allergic diseases; • Use the appropriate method for the investigation of patients with allergic diseases; • Carry out differential diagnosis of allergic diseases; • Choose the most suitable / appropriate therapy; • Select and make the best use of examinations in accordance with the disease and the patient's age.
Competences
1.The student is able to use the acquired knowledge of children allergic diseases in the differential diagnosis: • Is able to formulate the diagnosis of allergic diseases; • Differentiate allergic diseases; • Interpret the findings on allergy tests; • To develop recommendations for allergy prevention.
Assessment
Individual work
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Resident communicates with children, their parents, guardians, collects the necessary information – history, acquires the skills to investigate allergic patients of different age, to choose and take correctly allergy diagnostics and treatment procedures, to draw up a prevention plan. To prepare a presentation with a complex clinical case every month.
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Examination
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Number of treated patients, participation in advising patients,
Theory – 3 questions answered in written form/practice – clinical case – 50/50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Food allergy (FA) epidemiology (ep)
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FA gastrointestinal
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FA skin
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FA physical load
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FA IgE
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FA noIgE
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FA diagnostics
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FA therapy
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Insect al (IA) ep.
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IA diagnostics
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IA therapy
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IA prophylaxis
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Drug allergy (DA)
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DA dg
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DA therapy
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Anapylaxis (A) mechanism
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A clinic
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A therapy
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A prophylaxis
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Allergy prophylaxis (AP)
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AP diet
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AP environment
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AP probiotics
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AP sport
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AP skin
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IT mechanism
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IT indications
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IT extracts
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IT side effects
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SCIT
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SLIT
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GKS
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Antihistamins
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
48.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
33
Length (weeks):
44
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Offical Journal of the EAACI. Wiley-Blackwell.
2.
Donald Leung, Cezmi Akdis. Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice. 4th Edition. ELSEVIER, 2020
3.
David Stukus. Pediatric Allergy, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics. ELSEVIER, 2019
4.
Elizabeth Secord. Pediatric Immunology and Allergy, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America. ELSEVIER, 2019
Additional Reading
1.
Taivāns, I. “Plaušu funkcionālā diagnostika”. “SIA Mc Ābols”, 1997. 276lpp.
2.
Lozovska Vernera redakcijā. Praktiskā alergoloģija. LU Akadēmiskais apgāds. 2009. 623lpp.
3.
Lieberman, Ph. Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment. 3rd Ed. Humana Press. 2007. 678p.
4.
Major K. Nagaraju. Manual of Pediatric Allergy. Jaypeedigital, 2014
