Materials for Lectures

Acid-based balance

Author: Ivana Valočiková

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Lecture for 5- year subject Internal Medicine 4. Basic knowledge of disorders of the internal environment, their cause, diagnosis and principles of treatment of metabolic and respiratory acidosis and alkalosis. Metabolic processes ► acid/base ACIDS from carbohydrates and fat metabolism (15-20 000 mmol of CO2 daily) CO2 + H2O ►H2CO3 ►(carbonic anhydrase) H + HCO3 H + Hb in RBC ►released with oxygenation in the alveoli ►reversed reaction – H2O + CO2 – exhaled in each breath.

Basic Skin Structure and Function, Dermatologic Terminology

Author: Zuzana Baranová

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Dermatology is a particularly visual specialty. First part of presentation is focused on basic information about the structure and the function of the skin. We introduce the technical vocabulary of dermatologic description, also known as morphology. Accurately identifying morphology is an essential step in generating a differential diagnosis. Use of standard dermatologic terminology is also critical for effective clinical documentation, research, and communication with other health care providers.

Anatomy of upper and lower extremity from orthopaedic view

Author: Marek Lacko, Rastislav Šepitka

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This contribution offers lecture notes with complementary illustrative pictures for students of general medicine. These lectures should be used as supplementary education material in the study subject Anatomy. The lectures include topics related to the anatomy of upper extremity and anatomy of lower extremity from orthopaedic view.

Psychological stress and coping

Author: Martina Ružičková

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A lecture from psychology and medical communication focuses now on topics about stress: how you decide something is stressful, what are psychological responses to stress, how can people adapt to stress, which personality and social factors help or hinder your coping processes, and how to develop a stress management program. 

Psychology in somatic medicine

Author: Martina Ružičková

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The lecture explains how psychosomatic symptoms in patients develop, which psychosocial risk factors cause existence of psychosomatic problems, what is the role of psychological interventions in treatment and rehabilitation of patients. Furthermore, the most often occured disorders in population such as coronary heart disease, cancer and psychoneuroimunology issues are discussed in association wih psychological factors which may cause their incidence, influence their progression or play important role in treatment.
 

Selected lectures from Neurology

Author: Matej Škorvánek

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Selected lectures from Neurology are devoted to the students of General medicine in the fourth study year. The students can find here the supporting materials to study Neurology topics in the form of lecture notes that should be used in combination with recommended literature. The slides offered here describe particular topics according to the syllabus.

Selected lectures from Urology

Author: Ľubomír Lachváč

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Selected lectures from Urology are devoted to the students of General medicine in the fifth and sixth study years. The students can find here the supporting materials to study Urology topics in the form of lecture notes that should be used in combination with recommended literature. The slides offered here describe particular topics according to the syllabus.

Introduction to (bio)statistics

Author: Jaroslav Majerník

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Biostatistics represents a collection of methods for planning biological experiments, obtaining various medical data, and then organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions. Our primary goal is to provide the students the basic information needed to be able to interpret the types of studies, as well as to perform basic analyses.

This work was supported by the national grant KEGA 011UPJŠ-4/2019 "Increasing of competences and critical thinking level in students of medical study programs using simulation tools of Problem-Based Learning and Evidence-Based Medicine".

Principles of Communication in Dentistry

Author: Martina Ružičková

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This lecture is aimed on the most often communication situations appeared between dentist and his/her patients that have to be solved during the dental treatment. It is also intended on the principles of their effective communication. The lecture contains part about situational factors influencing communication, and the last part including 9 most needed communication skills that dentists have to use in their daily practice.

Lectures for study subject Surgery 4/5 – Orthopaedics

Author: Marek Lacko

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Lectures for students of general medicine as supplementary education material specifying basic orthopedic topics in the study subject Surgery. The lectures include Avascular bone necrosis; Congenital musculoskeletal deformities, Deformities of spine, Diseases of muscles and tendons, Infection of musculoskeletal system, Limb length discrepancy, Metabolic bone diseases, Neuromuscular disorders, Orthopedics – definition, Osteoarthritis, Static deformities of foot, Tissue engineering in orthopaedics and Tumors.