Diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease in the practice of a therapist

Syllabus abstract of subject
«Diabetes mellitus and thyroid gland diseases in therapeutic practice»
specialty - 31.05.01 General Medicine
The total labor output of the discipline is 2 credits, 72 hours.  

The goal of mastering the discipline "Diabetes mellitus and thyroid gland diseases in therapeutic practice" is to study the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations of diabetes and thyroid diseases. 
The objectives of studying the discipline "Diabetes mellitus and thyroid gland diseases in therapeutic practice" are to form students' ability and readiness to conduct and interpret a medical examination of patients with diabetes and thyroid pathology; to identify the main pathological symptoms and syndromes of diseases in patients with the aim of giving a differential diagnosis; on the basis of information received, to diagnose a disease, taking into account the 10th International Classification of Diseases; to prescribe individualized adequate treatment in accordance with a diagnosis; to keep medical records; to render first aid to adult patients in case of emergency and life-threatening conditions; to apply various rehabilitation measures. 
The discipline "Diabetes mellitus and thyroid gland diseases in therapeutic practice" refers to the variable part of block C1 of the discipline.
"Diabetes mellitus and thyroid gland diseases in therapeutic practice" is one of the disciplines at the student’s choice, which is interconnected with the following disciplines: anatomy; biology; biochemistry; histology, embryology, cytology; normal human physiology; propaedeutics of internal diseases, diagnostic radiology; faculty therapy, occupational diseases; public health and healthcare, healthcare economics; pharmacology. 
The process of studying the discipline is aimed at the formation of the following competences: 
  • readiness to collect and analyze patients’ complaints, their medical history, examination results, laboratory, instrumental, pathological, anatomical and other examinations in order to recognize the condition or establish the presence or absence of a disease (SPC-5);
  • the ability to determine patient's main pathological conditions, symptoms, syndromes of diseases, nosological forms in accordance with the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (SPC-6); 
  • readiness to conduct an examination of temporary disability, participate in a medical and social examination, and certify biological death of a person (SPC-7);
  • the ability to determine management tactics for patients with various nosological forms (SPC-8).
 
In the course of studying the discipline "Diabetes mellitus and thyroid gland diseases in therapeutic practice", students learn the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the thyroid gland; pancreas and its endocrine apparatus; biology of alpha and beta cells of the pancreas, secretion of insulin and glucagon; glucose homeostasis mechanisms; basic methods for studying the functions of the islet apparatus of the pancreas; basic concepts of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of sugar-lowering drugs; the classification and diagnostic criteria for diabetes and other types of impaired glucose metabolism; the epidemiology of type 1 and type 2 diabetes; the etiology and pathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes; the classification of thyroid diseases; the classification of thyrotoxicosis syndrome; basic methods for diagnosing thyroid diseases. 
Based on the acquired knowledge, students obtain the abilities to use regulatory documents on endocrinology in medical practice; to correctly draw up medical documentation and reports; to predict the need for drugs; to use the recommendations on medical and labor expertise; to conduct a clinical examination of a patient with diabetes mellitus, thyroid disease, to draw up a plan for examining a patient with diabetes mellitus or thyroid disease; to interpret the results of laboratory and instrumental methods for studying the function of the pancreas, thyroid gland; to interpret the results of a genetic examination of patients; to determine the indications for the use of hormonal and other drugs for diseases of the pancreas, thyroid gland; to evaluate the adequacy of hormone therapy. 
Students develop the skills in preparing medical documentation and reports; drawing up algorithms for the diagnostic examination of patients with diabetes mellitus, thyroid diseases; assessing the results of laboratory indicators of hormonal status and carbohydrate metabolism; interpreting the results of standard laboratory and instrumental methods of examination in the clinic; giving a diagnosis and a differential diagnosis of diabetes and its complications; recognizing hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes; recognizing conditions of hypothyroidism and thyrotoxicosis; interpreting clinical data at combinations of diabetes mellitus with other endocrine diseases; correcting metabolic disorders in acute cardiovascular conditions in patients with diabetes mellitus. 
 
Types of education work: lectures, practical classes, unsupervised work. The study of the discipline ends with a pass-fail test.
 
Date of creation: 26.11.2019 16:23
Date of update: 20.12.2019 10:45
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