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OB00EC69	Clinical Fysiology and Neurofysiology I (3 cr)
Prerequisites	Not applicable
Objectives	Learning Objectives: The student knows how the ECG-curve is formed and can name the ECG-oscillations and couplings. The student recognizes the disturbance from the ECG-curve and knows how to eliminate them. The student knows the special couplings in ECG-registration. The student knows the ECG-founding’s that need the immediate care. The student knows the long-time ECG registration and the bicycle ergometer test and how are they done. The student knows the qualifications for the good quality spirometer research. The student knows also other respiratory system functioning analysis. The student knows the meaning of good patient guidance to the reliability of the respiratory analysis. The student knows the special analysis of clinical physiology. The student knows what the biomedical laboratory scientist is doing at the laboratory of clinical physiology and neurophysiology. The student knows the key terms, analyses, and the clinical use of them. The practical part of the clinical physiology The learning objectives are: The student can registrate the most common ECG special couplings and knows the modes of operations at the special occasions. The student recognizes the ECG founding’s that need immediate care. The student can do and guide the spirometry analysis, knows the acceptance limits ja can recognize the error sources. The student can take care of the maintenance of the ECG and Spirometry devices.
Content	Part 1. Clinical physiology. The work tasks of the biomedical laboratory scientist at the laboratory of neurophysiology. The quality of the ECG curve and the key alterations. The respiratory functioning tests. The long-time ECG registration and the clinical bicycle ergometer tests. The specialty analyses at the clinical Physiology laboratory. Part 2. Clinical neurophysiology. The work tasks of the biomedical laboratory scientist at the department of the clinical neurophysiology. The anatomy of and the physiology of the nerves. The basic terms at clinical neurophysiology. The key tests at the clinical neurophysiology and the clinical use of them. The practical part of the clinical physiology Contents: ECG special couplings, children’s ECG, long-time registration of ECG, special occasions with ECG. Carrying out the spirometry analysis, PEF and the bloodpressure measuring, ECG- and spirometry analysis quality and founding’s assessment and recognition.
Recommended optional programme components	If necessary, the student advisor will recommend optional programme components for each student based on their individual study plan.
Accomplishment methods	Lectures, assignments to be agreed with the teacher, compulsory participation in exercises, exams, learning diary
Execution methods	Lectures, assignments to be agreed with the teacher, compulsory participation in exercises, exams, learning diary
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Evaluation Criteria	0-5
Evaluation Criteria	satisfactory (1-2) The student knows and remembers how an ECG graph is formed and can name the fluctuations and couplings of a normal ECG curve. The student recognizes disturbances in the ECG graph and knows how to remove them. The student recognizes the special couplings used in ECG recording. The student can describe ECG findings requiring immediate treatment. The student knows how to perform long-term ECG recording and clinical stress testing. The student recognizes the prerequisites for a quality spirometry study. The student identifies other investigations of respiratory function. The student knows the importance of patient management for the reliability of pulmonary function studies. The student identifies specialized clinical physiology investigations. The student describes the work of the Biomedical Laboratory Scientist in the clinical physiology and neurophysiology laboratory. The student identifies the main concepts, studies and their clinical use in clinical neurophysiology. The student takes care of the maintenance of the ECG and Spirometry devices. good (3-4) The student knows how an ECG graph is formed and can name the fluctuations and couplings of a normal ECG curve. The student identifies and understands the disturbances in the ECG graph and knows how to remove them. The student identifies and can select the special couplings used in ECG recording. The student identifies and selects ECG findings requiring immediate attention. The student can describe and illustrate the procedures for long-term ECG recording and bicycle endurance tests. The student identifies the prerequisites for a quality spirometry study and can perform a quality spirometry study under supervision. The student identifies and understands other respiratory function tests. The student understands the importance of patient management for the reliability of pulmonary function studies.The student identifies other specialized clinical physiology investigations. The student describes and illustrates the work of the Biomedical Laboratory Scientist in the clinical physiology and neurophysiology laboratory. The student identifies the main concepts, studies, and their clinical use in clinical neurophysiology. The student takes care of the maintenance of the ECG and Spirometry devices. excellent (5) The student understands how the ECG graph is formed and can name the oscillations and couplings of a normal ECG waveform. The student has a broad understanding of the disturbances in the ECG graph and knows how to eliminate them. The student selects the special couplings used in ECG recording. The student selects and acts independently in the event of ECG findings requiring immediate treatment. The student masters the procedures for long-term ECG recording and clinical running treadmill or bicycle ergometer testing. The student justifies the requirements for a quality spirometry study and performs a quality spirometry study. The student can also select other respiratory function tests. The student understands the importance of patient management for the reliability of pulmonary function studies. The student can select other specialized clinical physiology tests. The student has a broad understanding of the work of the Biomedical Laboratory Scientist in the clinical physiology and neurophysiology laboratory. The student masters the key concepts, studies and their clinical application in clinical neurophysiology. The student takes independently care of the maintenance of the ECG and Spirometry devices.
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