1.1. Introduction to Internal Diseases
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The course includes seminars, tutorials and e-learning lectures. The course aims to prepare the students for clinical courses in internal diseases and to bridge basic sciences with clinical disciplines. During the course students are familiarized with the process of clinical decision making. In details, student are taught: how to properly take medical history, how to appropriately examine a patient, when to implement a particular diagnostic test as well as how to critically appraise its value in order to establish a correct diagnosis. A comprehensive overview of signs and symptoms of various cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, and haematological disorders is given to students during lectures, seminars and tutorials. Seminars are planned to provide the students with the basics of physical examination. The e-learning lectures cover symptoms and differential diagnosis of the discussed conditions. Tutorials include practical classes at the patients' bedside. Students apply their theoretical knowledge on history taking and physical examination gained at lectures and seminars during practical classes with patients. Students obtain practical knowledge on sign and symptoms, as well as interpretation of diagnostic tests. Students assist to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Students, as observers, participate in clinical decision making. During the course, the basics of proper medical documentation keeping is presented as well. Finally, we provide medical students with an updated, guidelines-based course on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After this introduction to clinical medicine, students are well-trained to continue their education in internal medicine, paediatrics, neurology, oncology, surgery, otorynolaryngology etc.
Total student workload
Study hours involving teacher participation:
- seminars – 20 hours
- tutorials – 40 hours
- lectures (e-learning) – 10 hours
- consultations – 2 hours
- final test – 1 hour
Student`s workload connected with necessity of assistant participation – 73 hours (2,9 ECTS points)
Study hours involving individual student work:
- participation in seminars – 20 hours
- participation in tutorials – 40 hours
- lectures (e-learning) – 10 hours
- consultations – 2 hours
- reading literature for the seminars and e-learning lectures – 15 hours
- reading literature for the lectures – 25 hours
- preparation for the final test + the final test – 10 + 1 = 11 hours
Total working time needed to reach the education goals – 123 hours (4,8 ECTS points).
Student`s workload related to scientific research:
- reading designated scientific literature - 30 hours
- participation in seminars, including results of scientific research and research papers on internal diseases – 20 hours
- participation in tutorials, including results of scientific research and research papers on internal diseases – 40 hours
- lectures (e-learning), including results of scientific research and research papers on internal diseases – 10 hours
- consultations - 2 hours
Total working time related to scientific research – 102 hours (4 ECTS points).
Time needed to prepare for final test – 10 + 1 = 11 hours (0,4 ECTS points)
Total student`s practical workload – 40 hours
Time of mandatory practice – not applicable
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: correlations between factors affecting the balance of biological processes and physiological and pathophysiological changes (B.W25)
W03 - student knows and understands possibilities of modern telemedicine as a tool supporting the practice of medicine (B.W28)
W04 - enumerates the clinical manifestations of the most common diseases of individual organs and systems, metabolic diseases, and water-electrolyte and acid-base imbalance (C.W34)
W05 - student knows and understands environmental and epidemiological determinants of the most common diseases (E.W1)
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 can evaluate a patient’s general condition and level of consciousness and awareness (E.U7)
U04 - student can diagnose life threatening conditions like ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, bradyarrhytmia, cardiogenic shock (E.U14)
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 - U04 – student collects samples for laboratory testing (E.U28)
U07- student can critically analyse 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 establish and maintain close and respectful relationships with patients and show understanding of worldview and cultural differences (K_K03)
K03 – student demonstrates ability to consider patients’ well-being as a priority (K_K04)
K04 – student demonstrates ability to observe medical confidentiality and other patient rights (K_K05)
K05 – 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)
K06 – student demonstrates ability to identify and recognise own limitations and to self-assess educational deficits and needs (K_K07)
Teaching methods
Seminars:
- informative lecture
- educational discussion
Tutorials:
- analysis of medical cases
- practical exercises
- educational discussion
- simulation of medical cases
Lectures (e-learning):
- informative lecture
Type of course
compulsory course
Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic sciences covered in the previous courses.
Course coordinators
Term 2020/21: | Term 2021/22: |
Assessment criteria
To pass the course student has to take part in all of classes and seminars and pass the final test. The final test consists of 40 questions, which concern problems raised during lectures and seminars and require skills listed in points W1-W5, U3, U4, U6.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the test will be held through an on-line platform. The duration of the test - 45 minutes. On the examination day each student will receive individual access code via e-mail, which will be followed by the results after completion of the exam.
Assessment criteria:
% of obtained points / Number of points / Grade
92-100 / 37 - 40 / very good (5)
84-91 / 34 - 36 / good plus (4+)
76-83 / 31 - 33 / good (4)
68-75 / 27 - 30 / satisfactory plus (3+)
56-67 / 23 - 26 / satisfactory (3)
0-55 / 0 - 22 / fail (2)
Practical placement
Additional information
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