Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Pediatric Allergology II
Course Code
RBA_008
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Paediatrics
ECTS
22.05
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ieva Cīrule
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Pediatric alergologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Ieva Cīrule
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
Provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquisition and improvement in pediatric allergology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.• Be able to explain the terms of allergology; • Describe allergic diagnostic principles of operation and use; • Explain the pathogenesis of allergic diseases at different ages; • Assess the child - an allergic patient; • Name and describe children's allergic diseases; • Compare different methods of investigation.
Skills
1.The student will be able to: • Collect relevant information about the children's allergic diseases; • Use the appropriate method for the investigation of patients with allergies; • Carry out differential diagnosis of allergic diseases; • Choose the most suitable / appropriate therapy; • Select and make the best use of examinations in accordance with the disease and the patient's age.
Competences
1.The student is able to use the acquired knowledge of children allergic diseases in the differential diagnosis: • Is able to formulate the diagnosis of allergic diseases; • Differentiate allergic diseases; • Interpret the findings on allergy tests; • Develop recommendations for allergy prevention.
Assessment
Individual work
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Teach a resident to communicate with children, their parents, guardians, to collect the necessary information – history, to acquire the skills to investigate allergic patients of different ages, to choose and take correct allergy diagnostics and treatment procedures, to draw up a prevention plan. To prepare a presentation with a complex clinical cases every month.
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Examination
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Number of treated patients, participation in advising patients,
Theory – 3 questions answered in written form/practice – clinical case – 50/50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Modality
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Mollecular allergy in clinical practice
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Cross-reactive molecules
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Skin tests
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Challenge tests
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Asthma differential diagnosis in children
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Treatment of wheezing at various ages
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Available techniques for inhalation therapy at various ages and their related advantages and limitations
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Ocular allergies
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Allergic rhinitis and other allergies
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Urticaria
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Angioedema
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Hereditary angioedema
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Atopic dermatitis
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Contact dermatitis
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Mastocytosis
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
22.05
Number of Residency Seminars:
15
Length (weeks):
20
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Offical Journal of the EAACI. Wiley-Blackwell.
2.
Fabian Kent. Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2019, HAYLE MEDICAL, 220p.
3.
Theresa Guilbert MD MS, Leonard .B Bacharie. Asthma in Early Childhood, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America (Volume 39-2) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 39-2). 2019, Elsevier; 1st edition
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David R Stukus. Pediatric Allergy,An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics (Volume 39-4) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 39-4). 2019, Elsevier
5.
Donald Leung, Cezmi Akdis, Leonard Bacharier, et.al. Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice. Principles and Practice. 4th Edition - October 19, 2020, ELSEVIER
Additional Reading
1.
Taivāns, I. “Plaušu funkcionālā diagnostika”. “SIA Mc Ābols”, 1997. 276lpp.
2.
Lozovska Vernera redakcijā. Praktiskā alergoloģija. LU Akadēmiskais apgāds. 2009. 623lpp.
3.
Ring, J. Allergy in Practice. SPINGER Heidelberg. 2005. 891p.
4.
Lieberman, Ph. Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment. 3rd Ed. Humana Press. 2007. 678p.
5.
Stanley J. Szefler MD (Author), Raif Geha MD (Author), Hugh Sampson (Author), et.al. Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice: Expert Consult (Leung, Pediatric Allergy). 2nd Edition, Saunders, 2010