Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Infectious Disease Clinic I
Course Code
RSV_016
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Public and environmental health
ECTS
16.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Violeta Mavčutko
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Public health doctor
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Violeta Mavčutko
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To acquire knowledge about the infection process and the factors affecting the intensity thereof, incl. in children, about the nosological structure of infectious diseases, aetiology, diagnostic principles – definitions of infectious and parasitic diseases, pathogenesis, symptoms and clinical course.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.During the time allotted for the study course, the medical resident acquires knowledge about the process of infectious diseases and the factors affecting its intensity, about the nosological structure of infectious diseases. Congenital infections and intestinal infections of viral and bacterial origin. Definitions, aetiology, pathogenesis, symptoms and clinical course of infectious and parasitic diseases.
Skills
1.As a result of completing the study course, the medical resident will be able to conduct an objective examination of the patient, take the epidemiological anamnesis and the anamnesis of the disease, prescribe the necessary laboratory diagnostics to confirm the diagnosis.
Competences
1.As a result of completing the study course, the medical resident will have reached a level of knowledge that allows them to deal with the given problem independently or by consulting a specialist.
Assessment
Individual work
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- To prepare presentations “The Most Important Laws of the Republic of Latvia, Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers and Other External Regulatory Documents in the Field of Epidemiological Safety” and “Types of Drinking Water Supply, Pollution Risks and Prevention Thereof”;
- To study all the necessary regulatory basis for the evaluation of drinking water in the monitoring facility, including criteria for laboratory water testing;
- To use literature sources in order to get acquainted with the objectives of epidemiological investigation of cases of infectious diseases.
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Examination
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After each study course, theoretical knowledge test in the form of a test and questions, solving situational tasks.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Topics
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The infection process and the factors affecting the intensity thereof, incl. in children.
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The nosological structure of infectious diseases and their place in the overall design of diseases.
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Congenital infections.
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Pathogenesis, clinic, laboratory diagnosis, principles of treatment of intestinal infections (typhoid, A and paratyphoid, salmonellosis, shigellosis, campylobacteriosis).
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Pathogenesis of viral aetiology of intestinal infection, clinic, laboratory diagnosis, principles of treatment and prevention.
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Microbial food poisoning, laboratory diagnostic techniques.
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Current pathologies caused by enteroviruses.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
16.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
7
Length (weeks):
12
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Vīksna L., Majore A., Krūmiņa A., Sondore V. Infekcijas slimības. Rīga. SIA “Medicīnas apgads”, 2011.
2.
Brila A. Infekcijas slimību epidemiologija. Rīga. SIA “Nacionālais apgāds”, 2009.
3.
Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 19th Edition. Edited by David L. Heymann Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2008.
4.
Rothman, K. J., Greenland, S., Lash, T. L. Modern Epidemiology. 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
5.
Szklo M., Nieto F. J. Epidemiology. Beyond the Basics. 2nd edition. UK, London: Jones and Barlett Publishers, 2007.
6.
Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. The Pink Book: Course Textbook. 14th Edition. 2021, CDC (Atlanta)
Additional Reading
1.
Veselība 21 – veselība visiem 21.gadsimtā, PVO, 1999.
2.
Покровский В. И., Пак С. Г., Брико Н. И., Данилкин Б. К. Инфекционные болезни и эпидемиология. 2-изд. Москва, 2009.
3.
Сергиев В. П., Филатов Н. Н. Инфекционные болезни на рубеже веков. Москва, 2006.
4.
Черкасский Б. Л. Руководство по общей эпидемиологии. Москва
5.
Causality assessment of an adverse event following immunization (AEFI): user manual for the revised WHO classification. 2nd edition. World Health Organization. 2018
6.
Benenson, A. S.(ed) Control of Communicable Diseases Man. 15th edition. American Public Health Associacion, 1995.
7.
Giesecke J. Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology. 2nd Edition. Hodder Arnold (Hodder Headline Group), 2002.
8.
Гисеке Й. Современная эпидемиология инфекционных болезней, 2004.
