Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RNM_036

Branch of Science

Anatomy; Clinical medicine

ECTS

15.90

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 give the opportunity to learn about organization of work in the emergency department as well as practical independent work with patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of undifferentiated disorders to enhance their clinical skills in the clinical area to be able to organize care for patients with high patient flow.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.• Know the principles how to manage of patient care at high patient flow conditions; • Can describe tactical, organizational and legal aspects of the emergency medicine; • can define the conflict resolution principles; • know emergency medicine principles of treatment the various profile of patients.

Skills

1.independently will make decisions about patient hospitalization or discharge for outpatient treatment; • will develop skills in diagnosis and management of emergency conditions, perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures;

Competences

1.Competence - the ability to use knowledge of the organization of large patient flow, as well as the ability after investigation of patients to decide on hospitalization or discharge and carry out practical manipulation.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

15.90

Number of Residency Seminars:

0

Length (weeks):

20

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.

• J.P. Wyatt et al.Oxford handbook of accident and emergency medicine, second edition, Oxford university press, 2005, 713 p., p.1-41;173-209

5.

• Luca M.Bigatello, Rae M.Allain et al. Critical Care Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Fourth Edition, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins, 2006, 887 p., 281-317

6.

• Jesse M.Pines. Evidence – Based Emergency Care. Diagnostic Testing and clinical decision rules. Blackwell publishing, 2009, 277 p.

Work of the Emergency Medicine Centre