Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Internal Medicine
Course Code
RKM_006
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
14.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Aigars Reinis
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Clinical microbiologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Aigars Reinis
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in internal medicine according to the requirements of the clinical microbiology specialty.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.To recognise and describe various acute and chronic syndromes and diseases, define diagnosis thereof, treatment tactics, monitoring and referral to specialists.
Skills
1.Upon completion of the study course, the medical resident: • Will know how to examine patients with various pathologies, establish the examination plan. • Will be able to interpret additional examination data.
Competences
1.• Able to assess patient complaints, their connection to the patient’s state of health. Has a broad understanding of diseases and the ability to assess their risk factors, the most common diseases in the population, define chronic disease care and conditions requiring emergency care. • To plan the use of preventive and diagnostic manipulations in primary health care.
Assessment
Individual work
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Literature analysis, independent preparation for lectures/lessons, presentations on acute and chronic syndromes and diseases and diagnosis thereof.
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Examination
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Participation in lectures, seminars, assessed on a 10-point scale, which accounts for 50% of the final assessment, exam - 50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Respiratory and pulmonary diseases and syndromes
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Respiratory and pulmonary diseases and syndromes
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Diseases of the cardiovascular system
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Diseases of the cardiovascular system
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Syndromes and diseases of the digestive tract
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Syndromes and diseases of the digestive tract
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Topics
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Anaemias
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Syndromes and diseases of the endocrine system
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
14.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
8
Length (weeks):
10
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Autoru kolektīvs profesora Aivara Lejnieka redakcijā. Klīniskā medicīna. 3 daļas, 2010-2012.
2.
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 20th ed. J. Larry Jameson, et al. McGraw-Hill, 2018
3.
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. by Merck editor, 20th ed., 2018
Other Information Sources
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AccessMedicine
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PubMed