Cardiology
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The aim of the course - Cardiology - is to familiarize students with epidemiology, symptomatology, diagnostic methods, and treatment of the most common cardiovascular diseases. During seminars current knowledge of selected cardiovascular diseases, such as: chronic and acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS, STEMI), acute and chronic heart failure, sudden cardiac death, pulmonary embolism, acquired heart defects, infective endocarditis, arrhythmias - atrial fibrillation and life-threatening arrhythmias, is presented based on the latest guidelines.
During the exercises, a student under supervision of an assistant collects an interview, examines the patient, gets acquainted with additional tests and interprets them.
During classes at the Simulation Center, students practice their skills by implementing clinical scenarios.
Total student workload
Study hours involving teacher participation:
- participation in practical classes – 60 hours
- participations in tutorials – 14 hours
- participation in lectures – 10 hours
- consultations – 2 hours
- practical assessment – 1,5 hours
- final test – 1,5 hours
- practical exam – 1,5 hours
- oral exam – 0,5 hour
Student`s workload connected with necessity of assistant participation – 50 hours (2 ECTS points)
Study hours involving individual student work:
- participation in classes – 60 hours
- participation in tutorials – 14 hours
- participation in lectures – 10 hours
- consultations – 2 hours
- preparation for exercise – 10 hours
- preparation for practical assessment – 2 hours
- preparation for passing the exam – 10 hours
- practical assessment – 1 hour
- final test – 1,5 hours
- practical exam – 1,5 hours
- oral exam – 0,5 hour
Total working time needed to reach the education goals – 112,5 hours (4,5 ECTS points).
Learning outcomes - knowledge
W01 – student knows and understands causes, symptoms, complications, and principles of diagnosis and treatment of the most common internal diseases in adults:
1) cardiovascular diseases, including ischaemic heart disease, heart defects, diseases of the myocardium, pericardium and endocardium, heart failure (acute and chronic), arterial and vascular diseases, primary and secondary arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension (E.W7)
W02 – student knows and understands theoretical and practical principles of laboratory medicine (E.W40)
W03 – student knows an indication to monitoring therapy (F.W6)
W04- student knows and understands environmental and epidemiological determinants of the most common diseases (E.W1)
W05- student knows and understands possibilities of modern telemedicine as a tool supporting the practice of medicine (B.W28)
Learning outcomes - skills
U01 – student performs a medical interview with an adult patient (E.U1)
U02– student performs a full and targeted physical examination of an adult patient (EK_U3)
U03 – student is able to explain the anatomical basis of physical examination (A.U3)
U04 – student collects samples for laboratory testing (E.U28)
U05 – student performs basic medical procedures, including:
1) taking temperature (core and peripheral) and pulse, non-invasive pressure measurement,
2) monitoring vital signs using a cardiac monitor, pulse oximeter
3) standard resting electrocardiogram with interpretation, electrical cardioversion, defibrillation (E.U29)
U06 - student interprets laboratory test results and identify the causes of deviations from the norm (E.U24)
U07 – student correlates images of tissue and organ damage with the clinical symptoms of disease, medical history and results of laboratory determinations (C.U11)
U08– student can evaluate a patient’s general condition and level of consciousness and awareness and life threatening conditions like ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, bradyarrhytmia, cardiogenic shock (E.U7, E.U14)
U09 – student can perform a differential diagnosis of the most common diseases in adults (E.U12)
U10– student can select drugs and their appropriate doses in order to correct pathological changes in the organism and in individual organs (C.U14)
U11 – student can plan specialist consultations (E.U32)
U12 – student can manage the medical records of a patient (E.U38)
U13 – student provides assistance in performing the following medical procedures:
a) pleural drainage,
b) pericardiocentesis
and interprets their results (E.U30)
U14 – student plans diagnostic, treatment, and prophylactic procedures (E.U16)
U15 – student respects patient`s rights (D.U15)
U16- student demonstrates responsibility for improving own professional qualifications and sharing knowledge (D.U16)
U17- student can critically analyze medical literature, including English-language literature, and draws conclusions on the basis of available literature (D.U17)
Learning outcomes - social competencies
K01- student demonstrates ability to use objective sources of information (K_K01)
K02 – student demonstrates ability to consider patients’ well-being as a priority (K_K04)
K03- student demonstrates ability to observe medical confidentiality and other patient rights (K_K05)
K04- student demonstrates ability to implement the principles of professional colleagueship and cooperation in a team of
specialists, including representatives of other medical professions, also in a multicultural and multinational environment (K_K06)
K05- student demonstrates ability to identify and recognize own limitations and to self-assess educational deficits and needs (K_K07)
K06- student demonstrated ability to promote health behaviors (K_K09)
K07- ability to undertake procedures on the patient based on ethical principles, being aware of social
conditions and limitations resulting from the disease (K_K08)
Teaching methods
Lectures:
Informative lecture
Educational discussion
Analysis of medical cases
Classes:
- practical exercise
- analysis of medical cases
- research design
- practical classes in Medical Simulations Center
Expository teaching methods
- problem-based lecture
- description
- informative (conventional) lecture
Exploratory teaching methods
- classic problem-solving
- case study
- observation
Online teaching methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods
Type of course
compulsory course
Prerequisites
Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology of cardiovascular system.
Physical examination of adult patient.
Basic knowledge of laboratory tests used in cardiovascular diseases.
Basic knowledge of ECG interpretation.
Basic knowledge of medications used in cardiovascular diseases treatment.
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
To pass Cardiology course student must take part in all of classes and seminars and pass the practical assessment.
The classes will be passed if the student demonstrates the ability to collect an interview, perform a physical examination of the patient, make a preliminary diagnosis, propose tests to confirm the diagnosis and propose a therapy. It is also necessary to demonstrate the ability to describe the ECG.
Questions from the subject "Cardiology" are part of the internal medicine test exam (20 questions), which concern problems raised during lectures and seminars and require skills listed in points U06-U14.
The internal medicine exam is described in relevant regulations.
Practical placement
Bibliography
Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Single Volume, Elsevier Books, 2018
Additional literature: Guidelines of European Society of Cardiology (on-line)
Additional information
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