Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RNM_019

Branch of Science

Anatomy; Clinical medicine

ECTS

1.95

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

Demonstrate the ability to conduct a focused medical history and targeted physical examination appropriate to the patient’s chief complaint(s) and the history of the present illness(es) in internal medicine.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.2/3 of independent work is spent in emergency department under proper supervision. The student will have demonstrated the ability to produce a written report of a patient encounter that is legible, organized, concise and accurate,the ability to use knowledge of the most frequent clinical, laboratory, radiographic and pathological manifestations to interpret the results of commonly used diagnostic, the ability to recognize patients with immediately life threatening conditions and to institute appropriate initial therapy procedures.

Skills

1.Oher skiils: • Independently gathered history information • Observed patient interview • Independently performed physical exam* • Observed physical exam • Presented patient case* • Wrote patient note • Performed procedure (not required for this clerkship

Competences

1.As a result, before graduation a student will have met standards for providing care in various emergency conditions ( in gastrointestinal disease, cerebrovascular disease, endocrinology, Infectious disease, pulmonary disease

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

1.95

Number of Residency Seminars:

0

Length (weeks):

4

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

James G.Adams. Emergency medicine. Saunders, Elsevier, 2008; 2276 p.

2.

Klīniskā medicīna. Prof.A.Lejnieka redakcijā, Rīga, Medicīnas apgāds. 2010, 941 lpp.

3.

William G.Gossman, Scott H.Plantz. Emergency medicine oral board review, fourth edition. McGraw-Hill medical publishing Division, 2006, 452 p.

4.

Amal Mattu, Deepi Goyal. Emergency medicine: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the outcomes, Blackwell publishing, 2007, 111 p.

5.

John J.Marini, Arthur P. Wheeler. Critical Care Medicine, third edition, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins, 2006, 664 p., p.376-389; 477-529; 588-624

6.

Luca M.Bigatello, Rae M.Allain et al. Critical Care Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Fourth Edition, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins, 2006, 887 p., p.385-414; 428-522; 574-582

Emergency Situations in Internal Medicine for Adults II