Contemporary Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures

On-site in Tartu 28 July – 10 August 2024

Multimorbidity is increasingly becoming the norm, particularly in the older population, and presents enormous challenges for patients and their doctors. Diagnosis has important implications for multimorbid patient care, research, and medical policy. The diagnostic process is a complex, patient-centered, collaborative activity that involves information gathering and clinical reasoning to determine a patient's health problem

Multimorbidity, defined as the presence of multiple chronic conditions in an individual, is highly prevalent in clinical practice today. For people with multimorbidity, consideration needs to be given to individualising care and designing it around each person's needs and priorities.

The course includes biochemical-, immunological-, genetic laboratory, instrumental assessments, theory discussions, practical measurements, and interpretation. Additionally, multimorbid patients' case-based discussions and treatment procedures are performed or viewed as well.

UniTartu Summer School :

Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu Estonia

+372 737 6115

E-post: isu@ut.ee

https://ut.ee/summerschool

MSc in Clinical Nutrition

The master's programme in Clinical Nutrition is being held on-site in Tartu. The curriculum provides a broad knowledge of biochemistry, physiology, and metabolism, which underpins clinical provision.

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Medicine (MD)

6-year programme in Medicine is designed to teach students the core competencies required to become highly skilled doctors.

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Focus area:	Medicine	Coordinating unit at UT	Institute of Clinical Medicine
Study Field:	Clinical Medicine	Course Leader	Prof Mai Rosenberg, Professor of Nephrology
Format	Summer School	Location	Tartu, Estonia

Course dates:	28 July – 10 August 2024	Apply by:	30 April 2024
ECTS:	4	Fee:	950 €
Study group	undergraduate students in medicine (years 1-4)	Language	English

Lecturers:

Mai Rosenberg, Professor of Nephrology in Medical Faculty at the University of Tartu, Head of the Nephrology Division at the Tartu University Hospital, Estonia.
Kalle Kisand, Professor of Laboratory Medicine in Medical Faculty at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
Sander Pajusalu, Associate Professor of Clinical Genetics at the University of Tartu, Genetics and Personalized Medicine Clinic at the Tartu University Hospital, Estonia.
Alastair Forbes, Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu in Estonia.

Application period: 15 January - 30 April 2024

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NB! Please note that every applicant must pay the application fee of 25 EUR. In the application form you must upload proof of payment. Please complete the payment on the application fee payment page.

Educational objectives:
-   to learn laboratory (biochemistry, immunology, pathology, genetic) assessments;
-   to conduct practical body composition measurements and learn the interpretation;
-   to learn glomerular diseases diagnostics and management;
-   to study multimorbid patients' management;
-   to collaborate in multimorbid patients' case-based discussions
-   to observe the treatment procedures

Programme:

Multimorbid patients management in nephrology practice
Course director: Mai Rosenberg, MD, PhD

Genetics: Diagnostic methods used in clinical genetic
Course director: Sander Pajusalu, MD, PhD

Biochemistry-immunology laboratory assessments
Course director: Kalle Kisand, MD, PhD, Mailis Tõnisson ja Kaja Vaagen

Clinical nutrition, body composition
Course director: Alastair Forbes, MD, PhD

Each course is divided into parts containing short didactinc presentations, seminars, practicals, clinical cases followed by group discussions with faculty members

Entry requirements

Online application form
Motivation letter (up to 1.5 pages)
Transcript of academic records
Copy of the passport

PS: Only complete applications including all annexes submitted by the deadline will be considered for selection.

Applications are evaluated based on

Motivation letter (up to 1.5 pages) that demonstrates the applicant’s motivation to participate, his/her expectations about the programme how participation in the summer programme relates to his/her studies and interests, and how the applicant plans to use the gained experience and knowledge in the future.

Learning outcomes

After the completion of this course, learners should be able to:

Perform simple medical procedures
Interpret the laboratory and instrumental assessments
Perform body composition assessments
Recognize pathomechanisms of glomerular injury and debate the usage of genetic testing in rare diseases
Demonstrate skills in analyzing and resolving clinical cases and treatment options of multimorbid patients
Collaborate with other members of the health care team to assure comprehensive care of the multimorbid patient.

Two weeks prior to the start of the programme an information file will be sent to all participants. This file contains the daily schedule and relevant contact information of the programme managers.

Students are responsible for their travel, accommodation and travel insurance (visa arrangements if needed) from their home country to Tartu and back to their home country. It is recommended to visit the Tartu Welcome Centre website and arrival and housing section to find accommodation opportunities.

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