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Women Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:06.01.2023 12:40:51
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | DUGK_018 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Gunta Lazdāne | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Rīga, Miera iela 45, Rīgas pašvaldības SIA Rīgas Dzemdību nams, dzgk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67293837 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic understanding of female anatomy, physiology, most common diseases, health care organization, ethics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire knowledge about female sexual and reproductive health and factors influencing it. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Sexual and reproductive health, evaluation and policy making. Women's health and its determinants lifelong. Possible topics of student research work. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Family planning – public education, methods, availability, selection criteria. Infertility – effects on female and public health. Legislation, principles of ethics. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Abortion. Indications of medical abortion, methods, legislation and organisation in Latvia, principles of ethics. Discussion in society about abortion. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | A healthy newborn. Newborn care after delivery, the role of breastfeeding in the child's development and health. A sick newborn from the point of view from family and public health. The fetal origin of adult diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. Youth-friendly services. Situation in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Maintaining the quality of life in old age. Sexual health and ageing. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Risk groups of gynaecological and oncological patients, screening, followup, primary and secondary prevention. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Student research paper presentation and discussion. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | The period before pregnancy. Antenatal care of pregnant women, risk groups of pregnant women, the influence of harmful factors and outcome of pregnancy (smoking, alcohol and drug use, the influence of teratogenic factors), the most common disease during pregnancy effect and the outcome of pregnancy (urinary tract infection, gestational diabetes, genital infections, iron deficiency anaemia, hypertension, etc.). Education of the pregnant woman during pregnancy, and family preparation. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | The main policymakers of women's health, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Latvia. The role of non-governmental organizations and public health professionals in promoting SRH. Ways to improve women's health, ensure access to evidence-based information and health services. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | SRH research in Latvia and in the world. Strategic directions of public health care: strategic directions of women's and newborn health care: maternal and child health care, restriction of abortions and availability of family planning methods, education of young people on SRH issues, prevention of reproductive tract infections / HIV, infertility treatment services availability. Violence against women. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Presentation of students' research works. Multiple choice test. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | In-depth exploration of a topic on which to produce a written summary and to present practical lesson. Summary of maximum 7 pages with minimum 10 literature references, should be sent electronically to lecturer two days before the final practical classes. Presentation prepared for the last lesson – max 7 slides. The theme of free choice about the major public health issues of female reproductive health in Latvia. Students should fill out the study course survey questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures and classes, results of multi-choice tests, practical skill examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Sexual and reproductive life, factors affecting it. Sexual health indicators. Family planning – public education, methods, availability, selection criteria. Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. Youth-friendly services. Situation in Latvia. Infectious effects on reproductive health. STD's, pelvic inflammatory disease. TORCH infections. Antenatal care of healthy pregnant woman. Common physiological changes and complaints of pregnant woman. Physical activity during pregnancy. Risk groups of pregnant women. Health problems and effects on pregnancy. Smoking, drug abuse during pregnancy. Getting ready of giving birth. Home birth – concerns, advantages. Common problems of obstetrics that are affecting public health (women knowledge and attitude towards the child's health, women knowledge of physiological childbirth and obstetrical analgesia options, premature labor, operative delivery, increase of caesarean operations, their impact on women's health, doctor-patient relations). Support of perinatal death. Advantages of breastfeeding. Public health strategic directions. Maternal and child health strategic directions: maternal and child health care, restriction of abortion and safe family planning methods, accessibility, education of youth on sexual and reproductive health issues, genital infections / HIV prevention, infertility treatment services. Violence against women. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To identify public health care system problems in reproductive health medicine related to women's health: maternal and newborn health care, decreasing of unsafe abortion and availability of safe family planning methods, education of society on topics related to sexual and reproductive health, decreasing the incidence of HIV and other reproductive tract infections. Maintaining quality of life of women during postmenopause period | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To give public health advice on prevention of female sexual and reproductive heath problems. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Use of contraceptive tool during consultation about contraception | C1 - High level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju un nodarbību materiāls. | ||||||||
| 2 | LR likumdošana | ||||||||
| 3 | „Ginekoloģija”. Ilzes Vībergas redakcijā, Nacionālais apgāds, 2013. | ||||||||
| 4 | „Dzemdniecība”. Daces Rezeberga redakcijā, Nacionālais apgāds, 2016. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ilona Auziņa. Bērnu un pusaudžu ginekoloģija. Rasa ABC, 2004. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU bibliotēkas materiāli | ||||||||
| 2 | www.pubmed.com | ||||||||
| 3 | www.who.com | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Iedzīvotāju reproduktīvā veselība, pārskats par situāciju Latvijā 2003.- 2011.gadā | ||||||||
| 2 | Sabiedrības veselības stratēģija 2011. – 2018.gadam. | ||||||||
