Course: Fundamentals of clinical propedeutics

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Course title Fundamentals of clinical propedeutics
Course code KAZ/ZKP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šorejs Ondřej, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: - First contact with the patient. Importance of anamnesis as a part of medical documentation. - Current illness. Basic functions and deviations. - Overview of examination methods in internal medicine - Principles of laboratory examination, indications, brief overview of methods. - General inspection, body surface. - Illness, symptoms, course and prognosis. - Basic physical examination (sight, touch, listening, tapping). Tutorials: - Examination of the head, neck and oral cavity - Examination of the chest, heart and lungs, breasts, armpits - Examination of the abdomen and abdominal organs - Examination of the musculoskeletal system - Examination of limbs - Examination of the nervous system - Examination of the rectum and anus

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 18 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 9 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 15 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to explain the anatomy and physiology of individual organ systems
Skills
topographically locate the organ structures of the human body
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
he/she describes the basic examination methods in internal medicine
he/she defines the symptoms of the disease and anamnestic components
he/she describes the course of the conversation with the patient during the history
he/she describes the symptomatology of systemic diseases
he/she describes the preparation of patients and the course of the examination
Skills
he/she distinguishes between subjective and objective symptoms of the disease
he/she masters the technique of physical examination by sight, tapping, listening, touching
physical examination he/she performes in a systematic manner
he/she assesses the overall state of health
he/she takes anamnestic data
he/she distinguishes a normal physiological finding from abnormalities and pathology
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Skills demonstration
Competences
Lecture with visual aids
Skills demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Continuous assessment
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Continuous assessment
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Chrobák, Ladislav. Propedeutika vnitřního lékařství. 2. vyd. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1309-0.
  • MLÍKOVÁ SEIDLEROVÁ, Jitka. Úvod do vnitřního lékařství. Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák - Triton, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7553-724-9.
  • Nejedlá, Marie. Klinická propedeutika pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-4402-5.
  • Špinar, Jindřich; Ludka, Ondřej. Propedeutika a vyšetřovací metody vnitřních nemocí. Praha : Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4356-1.
  • THOMAS, J., MONAGHAN, T. Klinické vyšetření - moderní propedeutika: rady - typy - návody pro praxi.. Praha : Grada, 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-0108-5.
  • TŘEŠKA, V. a kol. Propedeutika vybraných klinických oborů. 1.vyd.. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2003. ISBN 80 247-0239-8.


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