Course: Internal subspecialties

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Course title Internal subspecialties
Course code KKO/P4INO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kvasnička Jiří, prof. MUDr. CSc.
  • Pavlík Vladimír, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Subjective and objective signs. Examination methods in Cardiology. Heart failure, arrhythmia, syncope. Acute coronary syndromes, ischemic heart disease. Arterial hypertension. Vein trombosis a pulmonary embolism. Valvular heart disease, carditis, and cardiomyopathy. Tuberculosis of the lungs, and other tuberculosis. Respiratory tract inflammations. Asthma bronchiale and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Diabetes mellitus type I, type II, and its complications. Ulcer diseases of stomach and duodenum. Cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, pankreatitis. Hepatitides, cirrhosis, portal hypertension. Unspecific inflammatory bowel diseases. Renal diseases, renal failure, and dialysis. Haematological diseases. Rheumatic diseases, metabolism of Calcium in a human body, and osteoporosis. Endocrinological diseases.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to broaden students'knowledge of clinical signs of basic diseases, diagnostic and treatment possibilities, including prevention.
The student will be capable to assess clinical conditions of patients with diseased of the internal character. The students will be acquainted with standard diagnostic procedures of examination methods.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Student performance assessment

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the lectures. Successful completion of a written test or an oral examination according to the course guarantor's decision.
Recommended literature
  • FAIT, T. Preventivní medicína. Praha: Maxdorf, 2011.
  • Klener, P. a kol. Vnitřní lékařství. 4. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2012.
  • Lukáš, K. a kol. Gastroenterologie a hepatologie pro zdravotní sestry. Praha: Grada, 2005.
  • NAVRÁTIL, L. a kol. Vnitřní lékařství: pro nelékařské zdravotnické obory. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2013.
  • ŠAFRÁNKOVÁ, A.; NEJEDLÁ, M. Interní ošetřovatelství II.. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Radiology Assistant (2013) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Radiology Assistant (2014) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer