Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2026-2027
Course director
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Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
professor,
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 6 hours
practices: 0 hours
seminars: 6 hours
total of: 12 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OAF-IBD-T
- 1 kredit
- General Medicine
- Optional modul
- spring semester
OAA-AA2-T finished
Course headcount limitations
min. 5 – max. 80
Topic
Musculoskeletal rheumatic diseases are the 3rd most common diseases in general practice. Some 80% of adult people have a few weeks of low back, shoulder, hip or knee joint pain at work. How to differentiate, when to think of chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, vasculitis and how to treat common musculoskeletal pain? What modern medications and physiotherapy can help? This course is designed to prepare and/or complement the knowledge of the IV- year course in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology.
Lectures
- 1.
How to Examine a Patient with Joint Complaints: A Practical Clinical Guide
- Sarlósné Varjú Cecília - 2.
Back Pain and Spinal Disorders: From Symptoms to Diagnosis and Treatment
- Sarlósné Varjú Cecília - 3.
The Painful Shoulder: Clinical Evaluation and Management
- Deme Marcell István - 4.
Elbow and Hand Problems: A Clinical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment
- Nagy Gabriella (Reumatológia) - 5.
Hip and Knee Pain: Clinical Assessment and Treatment Strategies
- Gulyás Katinka - 6.
Ankle and Foot Disorders: Diagnosis and Management in Clinical Practice
- Jász Dávid Kurszán
Practices
Seminars
- 1.
How to Examine a Patient with Joint Complaints: A Practical Clinical Guide
- Sarlósné Varjú Cecília - 2.
Back Pain and Spinal Disorders: From Symptoms to Diagnosis and Treatment
- Sarlósné Varjú Cecília - 3.
The Painful Shoulder: Clinical Evaluation and Management
- Deme Marcell István - 4.
Hip and Knee Pain: Clinical Assessment and Treatment Strategies
- Kéringer Patrik - 5.
Hip and Knee Pain: Clinical Assessment and Treatment Strategies
- Jász Dávid Kurszán - 6.
Ankle and Foot Disorders: Diagnosis and Management in Clinical Practice
- Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology 5e
Deepak R. Jadon, Elena Nikiphorou, Nick Wilkinson
Literature developed by the Department
POTE pedia: Course-specific teaching materials are available in the POTEpédia system covering the topics of the lectures.
Notes
POTE pedia: Course-specific teaching materials are available in the POTEpédia system covering the topics of the lectures.
Recommended literature
Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology 5e
Deepak R. Jadon, Elena Nikiphorou, Nick Wilkinson
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
A written multiple-choice test examination is planned at the end of the course.
Mid-term exams
No midterm examination is planned.
Making up for missed classes
The form of make-up will be determined at the discretion of the course director.
Exam topics/questions
Method of patient physical examination for joint diseases.
Differentiation and treatment of spinal disorders.
Differentiation and management of shoulder disorders.
Differentiation and treatment of elbow and hand disorders
Differentiation and treatment of hip and knee disorders
Examiners
- Gulyás Katinka
- Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
- Szendelbacherné T. Kovács Katalin
Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars
- Czirják László István
- Deme Marcell István
- Gulyás Katinka
- Jász Dávid Kurszán
- Kéringer Patrik
- Kumánovics Gábor
- Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
- Szendelbacherné T. Kovács Katalin
- Tuba Éva