Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Paediatric Inpatient Endocrinology I
Course Code
RBE_026
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Paediatrics
ECTS
40.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Iveta Dzīvīte-Krišāne
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Paediatric Endocrinologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Iveta Dzīvīte-Krišāne
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in paediatric endocrinology. To acquire knowledge about the development of the endocrine system, its functions and physiology at different ages of the child. To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in paediatric endocrinology in accordance with the requirements of the paediatric endocrinologist specialty regulation in order to prepare the doctor for certification in the subspecialty of paediatric endocrinologist.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.After completing the study course, the medical resident will know the possible causes of endocrine gland dysfunctions, mechanisms of pathogenesis, endocrine gland interactions, clinical manifestations of endocrine diseases and their differences at different ages, laboratory and visual examination methods, indications thereof and interpretation of results, primary and secondary prevention and treatment of endocrine diseases.
Skills
1.As a result of completing the study course, medical residents will be able: - to independently assess children with endocrine pathology, independently implement an examination and treatment plan, - to use the most appropriate tests for the patient in the diagnosis of endocrine diseases at different ages, - to prepare the patient for various endocrine operations, - to provide qualified emergency care to children of different ages with acute endocrine diseases or acute complications of chronic diseases.
Competences
1.By combining theoretical knowledge with practical skills, the medical resident will have the opportunity to apply them in a single integrative understanding of the ability to communicate with patients – children of different ages, their relatives, collect the necessary information – anamnesis, acquire the skills to examine endocrinological patients of different ages, get acquainted with treatment schemes, prognostic indices, learn to draw up an examination plan, prescribe a care and treatment plan, using the acquired knowledge in the differential diagnosis of children’s endocrine pathologies. To analyse and interpret diagnostic data to make a correct diagnosis. To substantiate the need for the selected diagnostic tests and the chosen treatment plan. To logically formulate and explain the treatment objectives, evaluate treatment effectiveness, side effects.
Assessment
Individual work
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Medical residents independently get acquainted with the latest literature data, research results, prepare presentations for seminars according to a thematic plan.
To acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills in matters of physical and sexual development of children, to learn the specifics of the development and functional maturation of the child’s endocrine system at different ages.
To independently prepare the task of the clinical situation according to one of the topics of the seminars, justify the selected actions with the latest European guidelines.
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Examination
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- regular attendance of the rotation cycle and seminars,
- active participation in seminars,
- passing the theoretical test at the end of the study course.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Specifics of the endocrine system in children. Basic principles of hormonal regulation. Biorhythms of hormonal secretion.
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Physiology of sexual differentiation.
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Differential diagnosis, classification, examination algorithm and treatment options of sexual differentiation disorders.
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Gonadal dysgenesis.
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Regulation of the growth process. Importance of growth hormone.
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Short stature – definition, differential diagnosis, examination algorithm.
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Growth hormone deficiency. Panhypopituitarism.
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Growth hormone resistance.
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Tall stature – definition, differential diagnosis, examination algorithm
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Obesity – assessment, causes, pathophysiology, screening examination
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Obesity treatment possibilities for children
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Complications of obesity, screening, dynamic patient monitoring
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Differential diagnosis of cryptorchidism, examination tactics
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Pubertas praecox
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Pubertas tarda
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Differential diagnosis of hirsutism
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Evaluation of hyperandrogenemia
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Gynaecomastia
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Differential diagnosis of primary amenorrhea, examination algorithm
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Regulation of spermatogenesis. Hypogonadism examination tactics.
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Adrenal steroidogenesis, regulation. Steroid hormone function, evaluation of clinical tests.
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Congenital adrenal cortex hyperplasia
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Adrenal insufficiency
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Hypercorticism
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Adrenal medulla pathologies
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Clinical case studies
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
40.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
26
Length (weeks):
29
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Mark A. Sperling. Pediatric Endocrinology. 5th Edition, 2020, Elsevier
Additional Reading
1.
Z. Hochberg. Practical Algorithms in Pediatric Endocrinology. 3rd Edition, Karger, 2017
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Žurnāli:
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„Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews”. published by Y. S. Medical Media LTD
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„Pediatric Diabetes” published by Blackwell Munksgaard
Other Information Sources
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EndoText
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BMJ Clinical Evidence
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Cohraine Library
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DynaMed
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UptoDate
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MD Consult
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PubMed
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Science Direct
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ESPE e-learning