| CODE | DNS3006 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Clinical Medical Sciences | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 08 - Year 3 in Non-Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | Not Applicable | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Dental Surgery | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Medicine By the end of the study-unit you will have sufficient understanding of the various medical diseases in order to enable you to develop a holistic approach to the practice of Clinical Dentistry. Specifically, you will: - Have a general understanding of the pathophysiology of various medical conditions. - Learn the signs and symptoms of common medical conditions. - Develop skills in history taking in order to appreciate fully the underlying medical conditions of patients requiring dental treatment. - Understand the use of common laboratory investigations used to reach a diagnosis. - Be able to understand the basis of management plans used in the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. - Be able to appreciate the mechanism of action and common side effects of commonly used drugs. - Be able to communicate effectively with colleagues in medical practice. Surgery By the end of this year (academic) October to June you will have a knowledge of the care of the surgical patient. Emphasis is made on the principles of surgery that when the students are examined in their finals the examiners may state that if the students are to pass they will make safe dentists. Specifically the student will be able to: - Take history and examine a patient. - Be able to see to pre and post operative case - Have a knowledge of how to deal in acute emergencies. They are asked to spend two to three weeks in Casualty. - Specific preparations for surgery in patients with medical problems e.g. diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, anticoagulated patients - Examination of patients include a) the actual problem e.g. carious teeth b) pulse c) BP d) heart and e) lungs - Students are taken to patient’s bedside Pathology The Pathology programme is part of the programme provided for the MD III study-unit (PAT 3218). Lectures are delivered as part of an integrated curriculum, comprising teaching in medicine, surgery, pathology and pharmacology, divided into study-units based on the systemic approach. Topics build on a sound basis of general pathology (PAT 2111) and are mainly anatomical pathology but include relevant areas of other disciplines of pathology. Tutorials are held weekly throughout both semesters and address the lecture topics through the study of clinical Cases. The main areas covered are: - Cardiovascular System:     - Ischaemic Heart Disease, Myocardial infarction     - Rheumatic Heart Disease     - Endocarditis     - Hypertension     - Shock     - Heart failure     - Stroke - Respiratory System     - Respiratory infections, including pneumonia and TB     - Asthma     - COPD     - Smoking     - Bronchial carcinoma - GI     - Oral pathology     - Oesophageal carcinoma     - Gastritis, peptic ulcer     - Gastric carcinoma     - IBD: Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis - Liver     - Jaundice     - Hepatitis - B, C infection and alcohol     - Cirrhosis - Haematology and Immunology     - Anaemia – iron deficiency, megaloblastic, haemolytic, aplastic, thalassaemia     - Leukaemia     - Hodgkin’s Disease     - Differential diagnosis of a mass on the side / front of the neck     - Autoimmune disease, hypersensitivity reactions     - Blood transfusion, including platelets and red cell concentrates     - Clotting problems     - HIV - Joints     - Osteoporosis     - Osteoarthritis     - Rheumatoid arthritis - Endocrine     - Diabetes mellitus     - Thyroid disease - Renal     - Renal failure Learning Objectives By the end of the study-unit the student should understand and become familiar with: - general pathological processes, as covered in PAT 2111; - the pathology of medical conditions affecting various body systems, as outlined above, but mainly of cardiovascular and respiratory disease; - includes knowledge of aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical behaviour and complications of the diseases outlined above; - an understanding of the basic pathological investigations required to diagnose and manage disease; - the role of the pathologist and the pathology laboratories in clinical management. Recommended Texts: Medicine - Essentials of Medicine and Surgery for Dental Students -ISBN -10: 0443040877 - Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine - ISBN10 0198568371 - Kumar and Clark Clinical Medicine - ISBN 0702027634 Recommended Text: Surgery - Essentials of Medicine and Surgery for Dental Students ISBN -10: 0443040877 Reading List: Pathology 1. General and Systematic Pathology, JCE Underwood, 4th Edition, ISBN 0443073341, Churchill Livingstone and 2. Medical Microbiology and Infection, Tom Elliott et al, 4th Ed, ISBN 1405129329, Blackwell, 2007 and 3. Clinical Oriented Cases in Microbiology, Hilary Humphreys & William Irving, 2nd Ed, ISBN 0198515855, Oxford University Press, 2004 Worth looking at: - Robbins Basic Pathology, V Kumar, A K Abbas, N Fausto, R Mitchell, 8th Edition ISBN1416029737, Saunders - Pathology Illustrated, Robin Reid & Fiona Roberts, 6th Ed, ISBN 0 443 073368, Churchill Livingstone, 2005 - Notes on Medical Microbiology (Paperback), MC Timbury, C McCartney, B Thakker, KN Ward, ISBN 0443071640, Churchill Livingstone Reference Texts: Pathology - Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, V Kumar, A K Abbas, N Fausto, 7th Edition ISBN 0721601871, Saunders - Medical Microbiology, Greenwood D, Slack RCB, Peutherer JF, Barer MR, 17th Edition, ISBN 0443102090, Churchill Livingstone, 2007 Various Internet Resources are available for pathology: See http://www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Lawrence M. Agius Christopher Barbara Michael Angelo Borg Gerald C. Buhagiar David P. Busuttil Paul Caruana Paul Cuschieri James Degaetano Bridget Ellul Stefan Laspina |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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