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Internal Medicine I - FDP080
Title: Internal Medicine I
Guaranteed by: Academic Department of Internal Medicine (15-400)
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2025
Semester: summer
Points: 0
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: summer s.:
Number of self-study hours: 45 [hours/semester]
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:10/45, C [HS]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: doc. MUDr. Jakub Radocha, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : {Compulsory subjects 1st year Dentistry (2019->)}, FDP020
Incompatibility : FZ10030
Interchangeability : FA0205043
Is pre-requisite for: FDP081
Annotation
The main focus of the Internal Medicine I course is cardiology, pneumology and gastroenterology.
Last update: Bartáková Tereza, Bc. (11.07.2025)
Aim of the course

Outcomes (knowledge and clinical skills):  

 Reinforce knowledge of clinical patient examination, differential diagnosis and therapy.  

 Knowledge of basic knowledge of cardiology, pulmonology and gastroenterology.

Last update: Bartáková Tereza, Bc. (11.07.2025)
Literature

Literature:

Main recommended sources: 

Ian B. Wilkinson, Tim Raine, Kate Wiles, et. al.: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, 2017.  

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cuni/detail.action?docID=4941588&pq-origsite=primo 

Moodle LFHK https://moodle.lfhk.cuni.cz/moodle2/course/index.php?categoryid=669 

Interesting additional sources: 

Medscape www.medscape.com 

Amboss www.amboss.com 

Osmosis www.osmosis.org 

Alternative sources: 

Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.org 

Wikidoc: www.wikidoc.org 

Last update: Bartáková Tereza, Bc. (11.07.2025)
Requirements to the exam

Examination requirements

Participation in practical exercises  

A maximum of two excused absences are allowed, excuses must be sent in advance on the excuse form only. In case of a higher number of absences, the situation will be resolved individually with the Head of the Department of Internal Medicine.  

Last update: Bartáková Tereza, Bc. (11.07.2025)
Syllabus

Lectures 

Lectures introduce students to the basics of clinical examination of the patient and part of gastroenterology. 

 

Cardiology

Symptoms of heart disease

Ischemic heart disease, acute forms

Heart failure

Heart defects and infective endocarditis 

Venous thromboembolic disease

Ischaemic heart disease, chronic forms

Supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death

Examination methods in cardiology

Pneumology

Symptoms of pulmonary diseases

Pneumonia

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Bronchial asthma, recognition and management of an asthma attack

Tumours of the lung and mediastinum

Examination methods in pneumology

Gastroenterology

Symptoms of diseases of the digestive tract, liver, biliary tract and pancreas.

Diseases of the oesophagus  

Ulcer disease of the gastroduodenum

Non-specific intestinal inflammation

Diseases of the liver and biliary tract

Tumours of the digestive tract, liver and pancreas

Examination methods in gastroenterology

Other

Osteoporosis

Obesity

Hyperlipidaemia

Clinical pharmacology (ATB, analgesics, anticoagulants)

Clinical laboratory biochemical testing

Clinical laboratory haematological examination

Clinical nutrition

Pain management and palliative care

Seminars

1 Patient examination - history taking, critical anamnestic questions

2 Patient examination - theoretical basics of physical examination

3 Biochemical examination - basic examination and interpretation

4 Blood count - basic examination and interpretation

5 Blood clotting - basic tests and their interpretation

6 The patient with chest pain in the dentist's office

7 Patient with shortness of breath in the dentist's office

8 Patient with hypertension and hypotension in the dentist's office

9 Prophylaxis of infective endocarditis - a cardiologist's perspective

10 Basic cardiology drugs - indications, side effects

11 Patient with COPD and asthma - specifics of treatment

12 Basic pneumological drugs - indications, side effects

13 Patient with liver cirrhosis - specifics of treatment

14 Manifestations of gastroenterological diseases in the ED (reflux, Crohn's disease, liver disease)

15 Principles of pain management, palliative care

Practicals classes

1 History taking

2 Examination of general condition, including basic vital signs, head, neck and extremities

3 Chest examination

4 Abdominal examination

5 Internal examination - investigative methods (BP, SpO2, POCUS including practical demonstration of ultrasound)

6 Cardiology I, presentation of typical cases (history, examination, therapy)

7 Cardiology II, presentation of typical cases (history, examination, therapy)

8 Cardiology III, presentation of typical cases (history, examination, therapy)

9 Cardiology IV, demonstration of examination techniques and therapeutic procedures (echocardiography, coronary angiography, cardiac pacing, electrophysiology)

10 Pneumology I, presentation of typical cases (history, examination, therapy)

11 Pneumology II, presentation of typical cases (history, examination, therapy)

12 Pneumology III, demonstration of examination techniques and therapeutic procedures (spirometry, bronchoscopy)

13 Gastroenterology I, presentation of typical cases (history, examination, therapy)

14 Gastroenterology II, presentation of typical cases (history, examination, therapy)

15 Gastroenterology III, demonstration of examination techniques and therapeutic procedures (abdominal ultrasound, gastroscopy, colonoscopy)

Last update: Bartáková Tereza, Bc. (11.07.2025)
Entry requirements
Entry requirements: successful completion of Physiology II 
Last update: Minařík Jiří, Ing. (07.05.2024)
 
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