Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Fundamentals of Control of Hospital-Acquired and Community-Acquired Infections II
Course Code
RKM_024
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
22.00
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 introduce the medical resident to community-acquired and healthcare-associated infections and their aetiology, characteristics, diagnosis and control.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.To describe the aetiology of community-acquired and healthcare-associated infections, define their characteristics, organise diagnostics and control.
Skills
1.To diagnose community-acquired and healthcare-associated infections.
Competences
1.Depending on the type of community-acquired and healthcare-associated infection, to choose the right diagnostic direction and control measures.
Assessment
Individual work
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To prepare presentations on the most important aetiological agents of community-acquired infections and their pathogenesis, as well as diagnostics.
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Examination
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1.
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Participation in seminars and placement, 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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Community-acquired and healthcare-associated bacteraemia: differential diagnosis and treatment
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Seminar
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Community-acquired and healthcare-associated urinary tract infection: differential diagnosis and treatment
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Seminar
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Community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumonia: differential diagnosis and treatment
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Seminar
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Differential diagnosis and treatment of meningitis
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Differential diagnosis and treatment of gastroenteritis
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Topics
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Healthcare-associated respiratory tract infections of viral genesis. Influenza virus
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Seminar
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Microbiological surveillance and control of immunosuppressed patients
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Infection surveillance before transplantation
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
22.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
8
Length (weeks):
16
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Jameson J, & Fauci A.S., & Kasper D.L., & Hauser S.L., & Longo D.L., & Loscalzo J. (Eds.). (2018). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 20e. McGraw-Hill.
2.
Hawker, Jeremy, et al. Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central
3.
Evidence-Based Infectious Diseases, edited by Dominik Mertz, et al. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central
Additional Reading
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Clinical Decision Support: Infectious Diseases. Richard P Wenzel Associate Editor. Decision Support in Medicine, 2014. LLC Wilmington, DE.
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Clinical Decision Support: Hospital Infection Control. Richard P Wenzel, and Gonzalo Bearman (eds). Decision Support in Medicine, 2014. LLC, Wilmington, DE
3.
Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections. 4th edition Richard P. Wenzel (ed.). Baltimore. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2003
Other Information Sources
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ClinicalKey
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AccessMedicine
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PubMed
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scienceDirect