Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Emergency Infectology for Adults
Course Code
RNM_068
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
5.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Aleksejs Višņakovs
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Emergency Medicine Doctor
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Aleksejs Višņakovs
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To provide an opportunity to become more familiar with the clinical manifestations of the most common infectious diseases, differential diagnosis and emergency care, in order to be able to decide on the hospitalization of patients and the initiation of treatment at the stage of pre-hospital and hospital reception departments.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.• describe acute infection symptoms, diagnostic methods and treatment; • explain fever differential diagnosis; • arrange symptoms of infectious diseases, internal diseases and surgical diseases for differential diagnosis.
Skills
1.The student will be able to: • formulate indications for urgent hospitalization of an infectious patient • draw up an examination and treatment plan • differentiate infectious diseases from internal and surgical diseases • initiate emergency treatment at the pre-hospital and hospital stage. • fill in the urgent report on infectious diseases. • take samples of biological material for the diagnosis of infectious diseases.
Competences
1.Diagnosis of infectious diseases and initiation of treatment in an emergency situation.
Assessment
Individual work
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In-depth research of seminar topics and preparation of presentations for each seminar.
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Examination
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Examination of theoretical knowledge and practical skills at the end of the study course in a 10-point system.
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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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Airborne infections (flu, etc.). Angina. Diphtheria, its complications. Tuberculosis, emergencies.
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Stomach and intestinal infections, food poisoning, dysentery, salmonellosis, botulism, typhoid, shigellosis. Viral hepatitis, their complications. Pseudotuberculosis. Leptospirosis.
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Quarantines, especially dangerous and wound infections. Cholera, plague, anthrax, hemorrhagic fevers. Tetanus. HIV. AIDS. Syphilis
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Seminar
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Neuroinfections (meningococcal infection, tick-borne encephalitis and other viral encephalitis), poliomyelitis, Lyme disease, rabies. Malaria. Yersiniosis.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
5.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
4
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Wyatt J.P. et al. Oxford handbook of emergency medicine. Oxford University Press, 2020.