Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description

Endocrinology

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RTL_008
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Residency Speciality

Speciality
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Contacts

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About Study Course

Objective

To ensure the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills that would correspond to the necessary knowledge about ​​indications and patient selection and preparation for pancreas transplantation in order to prepare the doctor for certification in the specialty of transplantology, in accordance with the regulatory documents of the Republic of Latvia.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Resident acquires basic knowledge and competences about endocrinological complications after organ transplantation, patient preparation for pancreas transplantation, indications, principles of immunosuppression after transplantation, principles of patient management after transplantation.

Skills

1.Resident will be able to manage patients with endocrinological complications after organ transplantation, determine indications and manage patients after pancreas transplantation.

Competences

1.Management of patients with endocrinological complications after organ transplantation, determination of indications and management of patients after pancreas transplantation.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

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Resident should acquire theoretical knowledge about indications and patient selection and preparation for pancreas transplantation, endocrinological principles of post-transplantation patient management.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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2.

Examination

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Teacher evaluates practical skills and theoretical knowledge in a 10-point system, recording it in the resident's book.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Auditorium

Topics

Diabetes mellitus, diabetic complications before / after organ transplantation. Post-transplant diabetes.
  1. Seminar

Modality
Location
On site
Auditorium

Topics

Aizkuņģa dziedzera transplantācija: recipientu atlase, sagatavošana, pēctransplantācijas perioda endokrinoloģiskā vadīšana.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
2
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Textbook of organ transplantation, vol 1, 2. (edit. Allan D. Kirk). Willey Blackwell, Oxford, 2014.

2.

Nieru transplantācija (red. R.Rozentāls, I.Folkmane). Nacionālais Apgāds, Rīga, 2008.

3.

Rekomendācijas nieru transplantācijā. (autoru kolektīvs, R.Rozentāla vad.). Medicīnas Apgāds, Rīga, 2015.

4.

Gabriel M.Danovich. Handbook of Kidney Transplantation Sixth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2017.

Additional Reading

1.

Ķirurģija. (red. J.Gardovskis). Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte, rīga, 2013

2.

Рафаил Розенталь. Получение органов, тканей и клеток для трансплантации. Nacionālais Apgāds, Rīga, 2005.

Other Information Sources

1.

Periodika: Transplant International, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Transplantation Proceedings, Transplantation, JAMA, Lancet, NEJM, Transplant Newsletter, American Journal of Transplantation, cita transplantoloģijas periodika