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Course Description Status: Approved

Course Description Version: 24/25.P.1.00

Description Period: 2024./25 academic year pavasara semestris

Study Course Accepted: -

Study Course Description

Paediatric Neurology

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
PEK_059
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Paediatrics
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Jurģis Strautmanis
Structure Unit Manager
Dace Gardovska
Structural Unit
Department of Paediatrics
Contacts

Riga, 45 Vienibas gatve, pk@rsu.lv, +371 67621730

About Study Course

Objective

The course is designed for students of the 5th and 6th year of studies at the Faculty of Medicine. Upon successful completion of the study course, the student will have mastered the basics of paediatric neurology, which will provide the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills and attitudes to work with children in medical residency.

Preliminary Knowledge

Successfully completed planned studies in preclinical and clinical courses during the 1st to 4th year of studies at the Faculty of Medicine, including paediatrics and neurology.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Upon successful completion of the course, the students will have acquired knowledge that will allow them to focus on normal psychomotor development of the child and normal sleep physiology. Students will learn advanced differential diagnosis for sleep disorders, paroxysmal disorders and acute conditions in paediatric neurology. Students will acquire basic knowledge of epilepsy, neuromuscular diseases, infectious diseases of the nervous system and headaches in children. Understanding of the development, diagnosis and fundamental principles of treatment will be developed.

Skills

1.• Neurological examination. • Neurological examination in new-borns and infants. • Ability to evaluate the psychomotor development of the child. • Interpretation of neurophysiological and radiological diagnostic techniques in paediatric neurology at basic level. • Indications and interpretation of the application of lumbar puncture. • Ability to recognise and draw up an examination and treatment plan for the most common neurological diseases in children.

Competences

1.Medical students will be able to use both theoretical knowledge and practical skills and communication skills in working with neurological patients. The competence developed will be universally applicable not only during studies but also in further work with patients.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Individual work
-
-
Seminars are used for implementation of the programme, during which students together with the lecturers analyse clinical cases and solve situation tasks. Students conduct clinical examinations of patients during classes. Student's independent work includes: • preparation for the class using the materials in the e-studies. • preparation for self-control tasks. • ability to use acquired knowledge during discussions of clinical cases and for solving clinical tasks.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.
Examination
-
-
During the course, the knowledge, skills and competence of students are checked during the work with the patient, at tests during classes (multiple choice questions, case studies) during discussions in small groups and discussion of clinical cases. Work during practical classes is assessed according to a10-point grading system. Final examination: Multiple choice questions (50%), clinical case and practical skills test (50%).

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1

  1. Introduction to paediatric neurology. Neurological examination.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3

  1. Psychomotor development of the child and its disorders, neurological examination in new-borns and infants.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3

  1. Normal sleep at different ages. The most common sleep disorders in different age groups.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3

  1. Neurophysiological and radiological examination techniques in paediatric neurology.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3
2.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3

  1. Sleep related breathing disorders. Excessive drowsiness. Physiological examinations of sleep.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3

  1. Epilepsy and other paroxysmal disorders in childhood.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3

  1. Neuromuscular disorders in children.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3

  1. Nervous system infections and inflammatory diseases in children.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
Off site
E-Studies platform
3

  1. Headaches and emergency conditions in paediatric neurology.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3

  1. Test.

EventType
Modality
Location
Contact hours
1.
Class/Seminar
On site
Specialized room
3
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
33 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Kursa vadītāja sagatavoti konspekti, algoritmi un shēmas. /Outlines, algorithms and schemes prepared by the course manager.

2.

Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology. 6th Edition, Kenneth Swaiman; 5th May 2017. Elsevier, 1432 lpp.

3.

Fenichel's Clinical Pediatric Neurology. 7th Edition. A Signs and Symptoms Approach, By J Eric Piña-Garza. 2019, 412 lpp.

4.

The Neurological Assessment of the Preterm and Full-term Newborn Infant. Lilly M. S. Dubowitz, Victor Dubowitz, Eugenio Mercuri. Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition. 2007, 155 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)

5.

A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Sleep. Diagnosis and Management of Sleep Problems. 3rd Edition. Jodi A. Mindell, Judith A. Owens. Wolters Kluwer, 2015, 291 lpp.

Additional Reading

1.

Epileptic Syndromes in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence. 5th Edition. Bureau Michelle, Genton Pierre, Dravet Charlotte. John Libbey Eurotext, 2012, 600 lpp.

2.

Pediatric Neuroimaging. 5th Edition. By A. James Barkovich and Charles Raybaud. 2018, 1144 lpp.

3.

Handbook of Pediatric Neurology. Katherine Sims, Patricia Musolino, Jurriaan Peters, M. Zelime Elibol. October 17, 2013, 566 lpp.

Other Information Sources

1.

- ClinicalKey - BMJ Journals - Cochrane Library - DynaMed - EBSCO - PubMed - Pediatrics In Review - UpToDate

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