Course detail

Introduction to Clinical Medicine

FEKT-AKMEAcad. year: 2010/2011

The subject provides the students with introduction into clinical medicine in the scope giving an outline of the contents and principles of clinical work. The students are provided with understanding of the basic medical concepts, basic principles of patient examination as the necessary assumption for diagnosing of diseases. The basic nosological units will be presented divided according to individual systems including a brief outline of their symptoms and currently available treatment methods.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. MUDr. Miroslav Souček, CSc.

Department

Department of Biomedical Engineering (UBMI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of fundamental medical terminology, basic examination procedures and diagnosing of diseases, work at patient’s bedside

Prerequisites

Knowledge at secondary school level and of completed subjects in the study area.

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

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

Basic medical concepts, patient examination, anamnesis, objective examination of the patient, basic laboratory and auxiliary examinations, an outline of the basic nosological units by individual systems with symptomatology, including a brief outline of therapeutic options

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To provide the students with the basic information on the contents and problems of clinical medicine necessary for cooperation between experts in biomedical fields and clinics

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)
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 hours, 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

26 hours, 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