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Study Course Description
Pathological Physiology
Course Code
PAK_054
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Pathology
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Midwifery
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Arvīds Jakovļevs
Structure Unit Manager
Ilze Štrumfa
Structural Unit
Department of Pathology
Contacts
Riga Stradins University, Department of Pathology, Kuldīgas Street 9A, Riga, LV-1007, Latvia; e-mail: pak@rsu.lv; phone + 371 67815096
About Study Course
Objective
The common objective of the study courses PAK_049 and PAK_047 is, by complementing each other, to provide integrated knowledge in pathology and to form a clinically oriented, logical and scientifically critical course of thought, with particular emphasis within the framework of studies on frequent and general pathological processes, as well as clinically significant pathologies related to the reproductive age of women, pregnancy and childbirth, as well as foetus, placenta and newborn pathology. This aspect of the programme should provide the theoretical basis for learning the clinical courses, shaping a well-educated specialist.
The objective of course PAK_049 is to provide knowledge of certain general pathological processes and the pathogenesis of certain relevant diseases (including systemic pathological changes in the pregnant woman’s body: eclampsia and related clinical problems; gestational diabetes etc.), as far as possible within the scope of the course. Study course PAK_047 complements course PAK_049 with concentrated knowledge of gynaecological and breast pathology, pathology of placenta, umbilical cord and foetal membranes, perinatal pathology and pathogenesis of birth injuries; these aspects are not revisited within PAK_049.
Preliminary Knowledge
Cell biology, human anatomy, histology, embryology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.As a result of completing the study course, the student will know and will be able to explain in a reasoned way the nature of individual diseases and general pathological processes; pathogenesis and its manifestations in clinical processes, imaging and laboratory examinations; causes and risk factors; potential complications and consequences, as well as outcomes, as far as the scope of the study course allows.
Skills
1.As far as the scope of the study course allows, the student will learn, through clinical assignments, to identify the most common pathologies, reasoned evaluation of the pathogenesis of the diseases referred to in the thematic plan of the course, associate it with clinical manifestations of diseases and diagnostic basis, and to act practically organising the necessary laboratory examinations, interpreting and critically analysing the results thereof in relation to the overall picture of the disease.
Competences
1.Using the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to select the most relevant information and identify the most common pathologies, reasonably evaluate their pathogenesis, as far as the scope of the study course allows.
Assessment
Individual work
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Learning the study material, according to the topics specified in the e-studies and the posted PAK_049 study materials.
In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
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Examination
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During the study course, lecturers test knowledge using short test works (multiple-choice test or other short form of test as per teaching staff instructions). During the studies, students have colloquia with theoretical questions in the form of a multiple choice test and/or clinical assignments reflecting the pathologies discussed during studies. At the end of the study course, in accordance with the planning of the respective study programme students take a written or electronic examination in the form of a multiple-choice test. In accordance with the RSU Academic Regulations (approved at the RSU Senate meeting of 21 April 2020; minutes No.2-1/4/2020), Paragraph 2.16, the final mark of the study course consists of the cumulative assessment (50%) and real knowledge obtained by the student (50%) in accordance with the result of the final course examination. The assessment of all test works, incl. in percentage and with grades, takes place in accordance with the current version of the Academic Regulations I of Rīga Stradiņš University.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Insight into kidney and urinary tract pathology.
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The concept of inflammation, fever and hypoxia.
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The concept of disease as a process, its aetiology and pathogenesis.
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Insights into the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases.
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Preeclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP syndrome during pregnancy: nature, criteria, insight into pathogenesis.
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The nature and pathogenesis of the most common diseases of the haematopoietic system: an insight into anaemias. Pathogenesis of anaemia in pregnant women, women in labour, newborns. Pathogenesis and role of coagulation disorders in obstetrics.
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Auditorium
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The concept of inflammation, fever and hypoxia.
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On site
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Auditorium
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The nature and pathogenesis of the most common diseases of the haematopoietic system: an insight into anaemias. Pathogenesis of anaemia in pregnant women, women in labour, newborns. Pathogenesis and role of coagulation disorders in obstetrics.
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Insights into liver pathology.
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Auditorium
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Insights into the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases.
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Insight into peripheral circulation disorders: nature, pathogenesis, terminology.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
RSU Patoloģijas katedras sagatavotie e-studiju materiāli PAK_049 ietvaros.
Additional Reading
1.
Robbins Basic Pathology, 7th ed.. Kumar V, Cotran RS, Robbins SL. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2003, 873 lpp.
2.
Klīniskā medicīna. Prof. A. Lejnieka red.