Internal Medicine (2cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows the most common diseases in the medical area, including their symptoms, examinations and treatments.

Content (course unit)

internal medicine

Prerequisites (course unit)

30 ects of initial stage studies must be completed before entering the middle stage studies.

Location and time

Tampere University of Applied Sciences, TAMK, April-May 2019

Exam schedules

Exam part 1
- May the 10th, 2019 at 10.15-11.45
Exam, part 2
- May the 29th at 8.30-10.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Two written exams. Time reserved for answering is 90 minutes. Evaluation is numeric (0-5).
CONDIOTIONS FOR OBTAINING APPROVAL
The basic prerequisite is that the student does not describe any function or treatment or show lack of knowledge that would harm the patient, endanger the patients health or life in any way or the student does not use incorrect terminology, which could lead to the before mentioned situations.
The minimum score for the approved performance is 50% of the maximum points of the exam.
Grades will be formed by counting the percentage of the maximum points as follows:
Grade 1 = 50-59%, Grade 2 = 60-69%, Grade 3 = 70-79%, Grade 4 = 80-89%, Grade 5 = 90-100%.
The student shall obtain at least 50% of the maximum points of each question.
The total grade of the course will be the average of the two exams.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Contact hours, which can be reinforced with online courses and with independent tasks. Teaching and learning methods are Flipped Classroom and Constructive Learning, in which the student familiarizes with the material before hand, takes part in the meeting and strengthens the knowledge after the meeting hours.

Learning materials

Tabula:
- 7Q00DH19 Internal Medicine, key: IM2019
- materials for independent studying in Tabula
- materials for contact hours in Tabula
Books:
-
Terveysportti
- Current Care Guidelines http://kaypahoito.fi/web/english/home

Content scheduling

Part 1
Heart and circulation
- coronary artery diseases
- hypertension, cardiac insufficiency, atrial fibrillation
Respiratory diseases
- asthma
- COPD
- pulmonary embolism
- respiratory infections
- acute breathing difficulties
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Part 2
Endocrinology
- diabetes
- diseases of the thyroid
- diseases of the adrenal glands
Gastroenterology
- GERD
- IBD, IBS
- hepatic diseases
Neurology
- acute neurology
- chronic neurological diseases

Further information

The Internal Medicine Course will be going at the same time with the nursing course, course of Pharmacology, course of Radiation Safety, Radiography and Radiotherapy, and Pathology.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student describes some function or treatment or show lack of knowledge that would harm the patient, endanger the patients health or life in any way or the student does not use incorrect terminology, which could lead to the before mentioned situations.
The student does not reach the minimum score for the approved performance is 50% of the maximum points of the exam or 50% in all of the answers of the exam.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Grades will be formed by counting the percentage of the maximum points as follows:
Grade 1 = 50-59%, Grade 2 = 60-69%.The student obtains at least 50% of the maximum points of each question.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Grades will be formed by counting the percentage of the maximum points as follows:
Grade 3 = 70-79%, Grade 4 = 80-89%.The student obtains at least 50% of the maximum points of each question.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Grades will be formed by counting the percentage of the maximum points as follows:
Grade 5 = 90-100%. The student obtains at least 50% of the maximum points of each question.