Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Laboratory Medicine
Course Code
RIN_022
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Indra Zeltiņa
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Infectologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Indra Zeltiņa
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
The aim of this course is to provide theoretical and practical basis for interpretation of specific laboratory tests (bacteriological, virologic, parasitological, serological, immunological, etc.) to diagnose infectious diseases.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.During the time allocated for the study course, the resident will: - learn specific diagnostic methods for infectious diseases, - be familiar with the principles of collection and storage of biological material, - interpret the results of laboratory tests.
Skills
1.Resident will be able to: - prescribe screening and specific laboratory tests for diagnosing infectious diseases and interpret the obtained data.
Competences
1.Using the knowledge and skills acquired, the resident will be able to make diagnosis, treatment and prevention of acute and chronic infectious diseases.
Assessment
Individual work
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Learn the basic principles of specific laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases, interpretation of laboratory data.
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Examination
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Knowledge is tested in seminars and during practical classes (clinical case analysis, clinical case tasks, action algorithms).
Theoretical knowledge is tested in writing and assessed on a 10-point grading scale.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Placement
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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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The place and role of laboratory tests in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of infectious diseases. Bacteriological tests and their diagnostic significance.
Serological testing, its principles, priority of choice of methods.
Informative role of blood counts in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. Necessity and diagnostic significance of biochemical tests.
Necessity and diagnostic potential of morphological tests.
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Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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European standards for the medical laboratory. Pre-analytical phase in the medical laboratory. Bacteriological methods for the identification of micro-organisms. Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance. Antibiotic susceptibility testing.
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Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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European standards for the medical laboratory. Pre-analytical phase in the medical laboratory. Bacteriological methods for the identification of micro-organisms. Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance. Antibiotic susceptibility testing.
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Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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Molecular biology methods in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. Laboratory diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, laboratory monitoring of treatment.
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Seminar
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Auditorium
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Laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis. Reference ranges and critical values of test results and factors influencing them.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
4
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook. Published by American Society for Microbiology. United States, 2016
2.
Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 23rd Edition, Richard A .McPherson, Matthew R. Pincus. Sounders, 2016.
3.
Medical Office Administration. 3rd Edition, A Worktext, 2013
4.
Clinical Laboratory Management. Lynne, S. Garcia. ASM Press, 2004
5.
WHO (2006). Biorisk management. Laboratory biosecurity guidance, WHO/CDS/EPR/2006.6.
Additional Reading
1.
From The Patients to the Laboratory. Guder, W. G., Narayanan S., Wisser H., Zawta B. 2nd Edition, Darmstadt: GIT Verlag, 2012.
2.
Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference. 13th Edition. Kathleen Deska Pagana, Timothy J. Pagana, Theresa N. Pagana, 2016
Other Information Sources
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Leslie Collier, John Oxford quot; Human Virology, 2010.
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The New England Journal of Medicine.