Course detail

Introduction to Clinical Medicine

FEKT-AKMEAcad. year: 2014/2015

Introduction to Clinical Practice introduces students to clinical terminology, principles of internal diseases, symptoms of selected major internal diseases, medical documentation and work at the bedside. Furthermore, with a method for obtaining anamnestic data and overall view of the patient. The disease case reports of individual systems and the use of selected instrumentation in clinical practice in the investigation and treatment of patients according to individual systems are demonstrated.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. MUDr. Miroslav Souček, CSc.

Department

Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno (LF MU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will learn basic clinical medical terminology. They will be able to understand the basic examination techniques in internal diseases also with a possibility of the use of instrumentation for each type of disease. They will know the typical clinical symptoms of pathologies. They will be able to respond in an acute, life-threatening situations.

Prerequisites

For the study of the subject is required knowledge gained in courses Fundamentals of Anatomy and Histology, Biochemistry, Physiology and Pathophysiology.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

This is a one semester course. Attendance at seminars is monitored. Absence in seminars - one excused absence is accepted, the frequent absence is substituted after consultation with the teacher. The theoretical knowledge obtained in seminars are verified in practical clinical lessons. The course is terminated by an exam. Wording of questions is posted in the IS. The student will extract one question that has two sub-questions, exam is oral. The classification is according to the university system.

Course curriculum

Introduction to clinical medicine, basic medical terminology
Anamnesis, basic symptomatology of selected diseases
Overall examination of the patient
Diseases of the heart and blood vessels
Diseases of the lungs and respiratory system
Diseases of the endocrine glands and diabetes mellitus
Diseases of the digestive tube
The metabolic syndrome, hypertension
Diseases of the liver, gallbladder and pancreas
Diseases of the kidney
Diseases of the hematopoiesis
Laboratory tests - an overview
Acute states

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students are familiarized with the introduction to clinical medicine, including basic medical terminology. After completing the courses, the student will be able to understand the basic problems of clinical medicine and be able to communicate with the staff in a medical environment.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified in guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

BLAHA, Mojmír et al. Vnitřní lékařství: vybrané kapitoly z diagnostiky, léčby a speciální ošetřovatelské péče. I. díl. Brno: IDVPZ, 1997. ISBN 80-7013-256-6. (CS)
BLAHA, Mojmír et al. Vnitřní lékařství: vybrané kapitoly z diagnostiky, léčby a speciální ošetřovatelské péče. II. díl. Brno: IDVPZ, 1999. ISBN 80-7013-274-4. (CS)
SOUČEK, Miroslav et al. Vnitřní lékařství pro stomatology. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2005. ISBN 80-2471-367-5. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BTBIO-A Bachelor's

    branch A-BTB , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. MUDr. Miroslav Souček, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Anamnesis
2. Basic symptomatology of selected diseases
3. Overall examination of the patient
4. Laboratory and auxiliary examination
5. Diseases of heart and arteries
6. Diseases of lungs and respiratory system
7. Diseases of alimentary canal
8. Diseases of gall bladder and pancreas
9. Diseases of kidneys
10. Diseases of endocrine glands and diabetes mellitus
11. Hematinic diseases, revmatology
12. Acute states

Laboratory exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. MUDr. Miroslav Souček, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Work at patient’s bedside, medical documentation
2. Communication with the patient, anamnesis
3. Targeted anamnesis by selected nosological units
4. A general approach to the patient
5. Auxiliary examination methods in practice
6. Demonstration of patients with cardiovascular diseases
7. Demonstration of patiens with diseases of lungs and respiratory system
8. Demonstration of patiens with diseases of alimentary canal
9. Demonstration of patiens with diseases of liver, gall bladder and pancreas
10. Demonstration of patiens with kidney diseases
11. Demonstration of patiens with endocrinopathy and diabetes
12. Demonstration of patiens with diseases of hematinic and locomotory system
13. Care of the patient in acute state of disease