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Study Course Description

Day–case Anaesthesia

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RAR_075
Branch of Science
Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation; 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 provide the comprehension on perioperative care in day – case anaesthesia. To ensure theoretical knowledges and specific skills on different methods of anaesthesia for day – case anaesthesia.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Residents are able to represent basic knowledge and comprehension of medical theories in day – case anaesthesia, which corresponds with Anaesthesiologist/ Reanimatologist speciality requirements and which ensure the basis for constructive thinking in clinical practice, research and also an ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary environment.

Skills

1.Residents are able to demonstrate practical skills on required medical procedures in clinical setting.

Competences

1.Residents are able to apply theoretical knowledges and practical skills to successfully provide perioperative care in one day – case anaesthesia.

Assessment

Individual work

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% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

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Students are required to be prepared for practical studies on theoretical basis (using recommended literature). Improvement of basic technical skills on manikins and during simulation studies.

Examination

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% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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Acquisition of clinical skills is assessed by the head of practical studies, but the head of the specialty program organizes a test of theoretical knowledge of the study courses (in accordance with the RSU Study Regulations II). Various knowledge assessment methods are used to assess theoretical knowledge: multi-answer tests, essays, descriptions of solutions to clinical problems, case presentations, etc. Skills are assessed by observing performance in the workplace, as well as being used in demonstrations on a dummy or simulator, as well as in an objectively structured clinical skill test. Residents' knowledge and skills are assessed on a 10-point scale.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
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Topics

Anesthesia in one-day inpatient and outpatient surgery.
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Specialized room

Topics

Sedation and analgesia in children outside the operating room for therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
2
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Klīniskā anestezioloģija un intensīvā terapija. (Induļa Vanaga un Antoņinas Sondores redakcijā). Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds, 2017.

2.

Antoņina Sondore. Anestezioloģijas pamati vairāk nekā 1000 jautājumos un atbildēs. Rīga: Medicīnas apgāds, 2016.

Additional Reading

1.

“Smith and Aitkenhead's Textbook of Anaesthesia”: Churchill Livingstone. 6th edition; 2013.

2.

B. Mamaja. Anestēzija pediatrijā. Rīga, RSU, 2008.

3.

E. Vasiļevskis. Reģionālās anestēzijas ABC. Nacionālais Apgāds, 2008.

4.

M.S. Weiss, L.A. Fleisher. Non–operating room anesthesia. Saunders, 2015.

Other Information Sources

3.

ESA Academy (Ambulatory Anaesthesia)