Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Oncology
Course Code
ISK_227
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medical Services
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Dace Baltiņa
Structure Unit Manager
Jūlija Voicehovska
Structural Unit
Department of Internal Diseases
Contacts
Riga, Hipokratas street 4, Oncological Centre of Latvia, isk@rsu.lv, +371 67042289
About Study Course
Objective
To provide knowledge and understanding of oncology as an essential problem of public health.
Preliminary Knowledge
Prior knowledge in Biology, medical statistics, basics of epidemiology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.You will be able to explain the terms of medical statistics and epidemiology describing oncology, explain cancer incidence and mortality trends, analyze Latvian data in the context of other countries, classify tumors according to their prognosis and predictive markers, explain the importance of epidemiological factors and the possibilities of tumor therapy.
Skills
1.Will be able to collect essential information from the cancer registry and SPKC data, perform data analysis, present oncological statistics in Latvia and other countries.
Competences
1.Will be able to correctly formulate a cancer diagnosis, understand the goals and principles of tumor therapy, interpret tumor statistical and epidemiological data, argue the destructive effects of unconventional medicine, logically formulate and explain the etiology and biology of tumors.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work with medical literature, with the patient - taking an anamnesis, interpreting examinations, drawing up a treatment plan, formulating a possible diagnosis.
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Examination
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The final grade of the course will be the average grade, which will be formed from the students' attendance and the exam grade. At the end of the study course, an exam is planned, consisting of multiple-choice questions and theory questions.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Oncology as an important public health problem.
Description
Annotation: 1.1. Cancer burden; the main facts.
1.2. The development of cancer services in Latvia and in the world.
1.3. The first historical and the leading cancer hospitals and comprehensive centres nowadays.
1.4. International cancer organizations and their functions.
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Diagnosis of cancer in the XXI century - judgment or challenge.
Description
Annotation: 2.1. Cancer incidence and mortality in Latvia and in the world.
2.2. Cancer survival (five-year survival) and lethality (first year lethality).
2.3. The most common cancer in Latvia and worldwide.
2.4. The costs of cancer care.
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Basics of tumor biology.
Description
Annotation: 3.1. Theories of cancer origins.
3.2. Carcinogenesis.
3.3. Stages of cancer development.
3.4. The course of the disease.
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Tumor types.
Description
Annotation: 4.1. Morphological classification.
4.2. Anatomical (TNM) classification.
4.3. IDC classification.
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Tumor risk factors and prevention.
Description
Annotation: 5.1. Risk factors (preventable and non-preventable).
5.2. Primary, secondary and tertiary cancer prevention.
5.3. Precancerous conditions.
5.4. Cancer screening.
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Principles of tumor diagnosis.
Description
Annotation: 6.1. Diagnosis of cancer risk and course of the disease.
6.2. Prediction of treatment efficacy and prognosis.
6.3. Signs and symptoms of the most common cancers in children and young adults in Latvia.
6.4. Signs and symptoms of the most common cancers in children and adults in Latvia.
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Principles of tumor therapy.
Description
Annotation: 7.1. The aims of the treatment.
7.2. Surgery.
7.3. Irradiation.
7.4. Systemic medical treatment.
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Principles of tumor therapy.
Description
Annotation: 8.1. Methods of treatment evaluation.
8.2. Palliative care and symptomatic treatment.
8.3. Physical rehabilitation in cancer patients.
8.4. Psycho-emotional issues in cancer patients.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
www.clinicalkey.com
2.
www.uicc.ogr.com
3.
www.uptodate.com
4.
www.spkc.gov.lv
5.
www.vm.nvd.gov.lv
Additional Reading
1.
www.livestrong.com
2.
PVO mājas lapā gūstamā informācija
3.
ESMO, NCCN, NICE mājaslapas
Other Information Sources
1.
Nodarbību laikā demonstrētās prezentācijas un nolasītais materiāls