Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Allergology
Course Code
RAA_008
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Maija Eglīte
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Doctor of Occupational diseases
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Maija Eglīte
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
Successful fulfilment of the requirements for the course gives 2 credit points.
To ensure acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills of occupational allergic diseases to be able to evaluate the impact of work environment risk factors on the development of these diseases and to implement preventive measures.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.of occupational allergens and allergen-induced occupational allergic diseases, their diagnosis, differential diagnosis with general allergic diseases, treatment, rehabilitation and issues of assessment of working ability.
Skills
1.To identify occupational allergens, to perform allergy skin tests and provocation tests, to distinguish occupational allergic diseases from allergic diseases of other aetiology.
Competences
1.To evaluate whether the state of health is suitable for work with occupational allergens.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
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To take medical histories and to prepare two case histories.
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Examination
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Examination |
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An oral test (multiple-choice questions), situational tasks, a practical skills check must be passed.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Specialized room
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Topics
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
1
Length (weeks):
2
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Eglīte M. „Darba medicīna”, Rīga, 2012, - 834 lpp
2.
Atlas of allergies. Editor P. Fireman. Second edition.- London, Baltimore, Barcelona: Mosby-Wolfe., 1996.- 301 p.
3.
Patterson's Allergic Diseases. Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis & Management. Leslie Carroll Grammer, Paul A. Greenberger, Roy Patterson, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009. 713 pp.
4.
World Allergy Organization (WAO) White Book on Allergy Editors Ruby Pawankar Giorgio Walter Canonica Stephen T. Holgate Richard F. Lockey ISBN-10 0615461824 ISBN-13 9780615461823 2011
Additional Reading
1.
Occupational medicine. Editor C. Zenc. Third edition. – St. Louis, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago: Mosby Year Book Inc., 1994.- 840 p.
2.
Артамонова В.Г., Шаталов Н.Н. Профессиональные болезни.- 4-е изд. перераб. и доп..- Издательство Медицина, 2007.- 480 стр.
3.
Измеров Н., Монаенкова Н., Тарасова А. Профессиональные заболевания.- Издательство Медицина, 2004.- 336 стр.
4.
Эглите М. Аллергические заболевания у птицеводов.- Рига: Зинатне, 1990.- 170 с.