Avainsanat

Osaamistavoitteet

After completing the block Abdominal Complaints the student has deepened his/her knowledge on the anatomy and physiology of the abdominal area. The student knows the central mechanisms causing abdominal pain, most common diseases causing pain in the abdominal area, their epidemiology, symptoms, pathological changes, diagnostics and differential diagnostics as well as treatment, absorption of drugs and their effects to the function of the digestive tract.
The student knows how to interview and examine a patient presenting signs and/or symptoms of abdominal disease. He/she acknowledges the role of various health care settings in treating abdominal complaints.

Sisältö

Interviewing and doing clinical examination of patients with abdominal complaints in surgical or internal medicine wards and in the Accident and Emergency Department. Following endoscopies in the gastroenterological outpatient clinic. Learning abdominal radiography, fluoroscopy, pathology and clinical physiology at group works and at lectures. In tutorials, repeating abdominal area’s basic knowledge and understanding the treatment of a patient with abdominal complaints in the health care system.

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