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Study Course Description
Pathology
Course Code
PAK_021
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Pathology
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Pharmacy
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ilze Štrumfa
Structure Unit Manager
Ilze Štrumfa
Structural Unit
Department of Pathology
Contacts
RSU, 9a Kuldigas Street, LV-1007, pak@rsu.lv, +371 67815096
About Study Course
Objective
1. To provide studies in pathology, including morphological and functional manifestations of diseases, their pathogenesis. This aspect of the programme should provide theoretical grounds for the mastering of clinical and speciality-related courses preparing a comprehensively educated pharmacy specialist. The pathology programme should include, in an integrated way, the progress of local and general pathological processes, developing a uniform idea of the morphological and functional components of disease pathogenesis for the student;
2. To provide a practical overview of pathology as a diagnostic branch of medicine and a component of medical research at the level appropriate for pharmacy specialist’s work.
Preliminary Knowledge
Cell biology, human anatomy and 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. Knowledge and understanding of the pathogenesis of diseases will serve as a basis for developing the skills to carry out scientific research in the pharmaceutical field.
Competences
1.The student will be competent to formulate, differentiate, analyse and substantiate the course of pathological processes.
Assessment
Individual work
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Learning the study material according to the topics specified in the e-studies and the posted study materials.
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Examination
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Examination of the study course: 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 text 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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Lecture
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Modality
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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The most common general pathological processes: inflammation, circulatory disorders and hypoxia.
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2
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Insight into tumour development, pathogenetic principles of diagnosis and therapy thereof.
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Auditorium
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2
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Insight into renal pathology.
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Auditorium
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2
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Insight into the pathogenesis of the most common cardiovascular diseases.
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Auditorium
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2
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Insight into gastrointestinal tract and liver pathology.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Insight into gastrointestinal tract and liver pathology.
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Class/Seminar
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Auditorium
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2
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Concept of a disease as a process, diagnosis, pathogenesis, complications and risk factors. Cell damage and compensatory adaptation processes.
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Auditorium
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2
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Peripheral circulation disorders. Hypoxia.
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Auditorium
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2
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Nature and manifestations of acute and chronic inflammation. The concept of autoimmune diseases.
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Auditorium
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Systemic and laboratory manifestations of inflammation. Fever.
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Auditorium
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2
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Characterisation of the most common and relevant tumours in society.
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Auditorium
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2
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Acid-alkaline imbalances. Hypohydration. Hyperhydration. Electrolyte exchange disorders.
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Auditorium
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2
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Acute renal failure. Chronic kidney disease.
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2
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Atherosclerosis. Coronary heart disease. Arterial hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases.
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Computer room
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2
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Colloquium.
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Computer room
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2
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Topics
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Colloquium.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
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Class/Seminar
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The concept of malnutrition and vomiting.
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Class/Seminar
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Focal and diffuse liver diseases.
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Auditorium
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2
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Diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract. The concept of malabsorption and diarrhoea.
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Auditorium
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2
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Liver cirrhosis. Portal hypertension. Liver failure. Jaundice.
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Liver cirrhosis. Portal hypertension. Liver failure. Jaundice.
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Location
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Auditorium
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2
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Gallbladder and pancreatic diseases.
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Class/Seminar
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Auditorium
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2
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Haematological pathology I: anaemias.
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Auditorium
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2
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Haematological pathology II: leukocyte reactions and coagulation disorders.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Lung diseases.
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Auditorium
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2
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Diffuse bone diseases. Calcium and vitamin D metabolism disorders. Insight into central nervous system (CNS) pathology.
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Diffuse bone diseases. Calcium and vitamin D metabolism disorders. Insight into central nervous system (CNS) pathology.
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Class/Seminar
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Auditorium
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2
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Diabetes mellitus and complications thereof.
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Class/Seminar
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Other endocrine pathologies
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Class/Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Other endocrine pathologies
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Class/Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Colloquium
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Class/Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Colloquium
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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The concept of disease as a process, its aetiology and pathogenesis. Concept of cell damage, pathogenesis thereof and related medical terminology.
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Class/Seminar
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Peripheral circulation disorders: nature, pathogenesis, terminology. The concept of hypoxia.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Inflammation. Fever.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Insight into water and electrolyte imbalances. Insight into acid-alkaline imbalances.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Renal pathology.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Insight into cardiovascular pathology. Atherosclerosis and the organ damage caused by it. The concept of coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and stenocardia.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Diabetes mellitus and complications thereof.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Tumours: an insight into the problem. Clinically relevant classifications (TNM, WHO).
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Lecture
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Insight into liver, gallbladder and pancreatic pathology: focal and diffuse liver diseases. Liver cirrhosis. Jaundice. Gallstone disease and complications thereof. Acute and chronic pancreatitis. Hepatobiliopancreatic tumours.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Insights into the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Insight into the pathogenesis of the most common lung diseases.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Tissue and organ damage caused by medicines.
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Class/Seminar
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Pathology of the haematopoietic system: anaemia. The concept of polycythaemia. Leukocyte reactions. Blood clotting disorders.
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Lecture
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Pathology of the thyroid gland, parathyroid and adrenal glands.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Bone pathology. Calcium metabolism disorders.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Insight into central nervous system (CNS) pathology: concept of vascular, inflammatory, degenerative and neoplastic CNS diseases.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
64 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
RSU Patoloģijas katedras docētāju sagatavotie e-studiju lekciju materiāli, PAK_021
2.
RSU Patoloģijas katedras docētāju sagatavotie e-studiju nodarbību materiāli, PAK_021
3.
Robbins Basic Pathology, 7th ed.. Kumar V, Cotran RS, Robbins SL. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2018, 873 lpp.
4.
Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease, 8th ed. Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, Aster J. Elsevier, 2020.
5.
Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students
6.
Robbins Basic Pathology, 7th ed.. Kumar V, Cotran RS, Robbins SL. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2018, 873 lpp.
7.
Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease, 8th ed. Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, Aster J. Elsevier, 2020.
Additional Reading
1.
Klīniskā medicīna, prof. A.Lejnieka redakcijā. Rīga : Medicīnas apgāds, 2010-2012