 
Class of 2023
 Go Back | | Session Title: | | Respiratory Tract Infections | | | Teaching Hours: | | Teaching and Learning Methods | Total Scheduled Hours = 2
Lecture = 2 | | Description: | | | Respiratory Tract Infections | Keywords: | | critical judgment, problem-solving skills, clinical reasoning, clinical critical thinking |
| Blueprint ID | Learning Objectives | | 8292 | Recognize the various forms of respiratory tract infections (URTI, LRTI, lung abscess). | | 8293 | Define and describe the anatomic and histological basis of lung abscess and pneumonia. Differentiating between the three anatomic patterns of pneumonia :bronchpneumonia, lobar pneumonia and interstitial pneumonia | | 8294 | Describe the factors (including host, organism) which predispose to pneumonia | | 8295 | Identify the most likely causative agents for URTIs, Lung Abscesses and Pneumonias, including each anatomic or radiographic pattern of pneumonia | | 8296 | Define and identify the common causitive agents for Hospital acquired pneumonia and ventilator associated pneumonia | | 8297 | Recognize the role of the immune system in the development of respiratory tract infections. | | 8298 | List common features associated with respiratory tract infections, such as fever, chills, cough, and sputum production. | | 8299 | Describe the diagnostic approach for a patient with a respiratory tract infection | | 8300 | Describe the management of respiratory tract infections, including the appropriate use of antimicrobials | | 8301 | Describe the presentation and severity of respiratory tract infections and criteria for referral to specialist | | |
| Blueprint ID | Course Goals | | 7417 | Identify health care resources available for the investigation, treatment and management of the patient
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal: me-3 me-4 me-5 me-6 cm-2 | | me-3 | Medical Expert
Formulate an initial plan of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures relevant to the patient’s presentation. | | me-4 | Medical Expert
Develop a differential diagnosis and key clinical problem list following assessment of a patient. | | me-5 | Medical Expert
Develop a management plan for key clinical problems following assessment of a patient. | | me-6 | Medical Expert
Apply knowledge of the clinical, socio-behavioural, and fundamental biomedical sciences relevant to a clinical problem. | | cm-2 | Communicator
Collect and synthesize accurate and relevant information, incorporating perspectives from patients and their families, colleagues and other health care professionals. |
| COUGH | | CYANOSIS AND HYPOXIA | | PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY DISTRESS |
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