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State Examination

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:13.04.2023 12:48:42
Study Course Information
Course Code:MF_009LQF level:All Levels
Credit Points:10.00ECTS:15.00
Branch of Science:Clinical MedicineTarget Audience:Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Ingus Skadiņš
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Medicine
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, mfatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67409125 +371 67409255
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)1Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures2
Classes (count)0Class Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Classes0
Total Contact Hours2
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)1Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures2
Classes (count)0Class Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Classes0
Total Contact Hours2
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Successfully completed all study courses of the relevant study program.
Objective:
The purpose of the state examination is to test students' theoretical knowledge, strengthen skills, in accordance with the study program to be studied.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Informative meeting about the progress and order of the State examinationLectures1.00auditorium
2State examination consultationLectures1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Preparation for the State examination and its administration.
Assessment Criteria:
The evaluation of all parts of the VP, as well as the resulting evaluation, takes place according to the generally accepted 10-point system. In order for the resulting evaluation in the complex test to be successful, all three parts of the VP must be successfully completed. For detailed information, see: procedure for the state examination "Clinical Medicine" for students of the "Medicine" study program.
Final Examination (Full-Time):National degree examination
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:The student will be able to interpret examinations and justify them; make a complete list of differential diagnoses; carry out the justification of the diagnosis (next to the diagnosis); justify the principles of treatment (including preventive measures).
Skills:The student's communication skills (conversation) with the patient will be developed. The student will be able to identify diseases, their severity and course, differentiate them, justify the diagnosis, prescribe the necessary investigation plan and evaluate the results, prescribe treatment for specific patients, draw up the necessary medical documentation.
Competencies:Competences will enable purposeful and structured clarification of the patient's anamnesis, assessment of the patient's vital indicators (namely, the patient's state of consciousness, breathing, heartbeat, central and peripheral pulse, arterial blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation, body temperature, diuresis), will allow linking the various components and symptoms of the pathological process , which affects it, will allow to evaluate the patient's state of health, to interpret compliance with the norm and deviation from it, and to attribute the findings to the specific situation, and to make a decision on the further course of action. It will allow to recognize acute conditions in medicine, to organize timely assistance, to interpret the results of various examinations and to formulate the appropriate conclusion, to plan treatment tactics.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Klīniskā medicīna. prof. A.Lejnieka redakcijā. Medicīnas Apgāds, 785-914, 2010