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Placement in Food Chain Monitoring
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:21.06.2023 15:48:08
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_026 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Solvita Kļaviņa-Makrecka | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Microbiology, environmental health, infectious diseases and epidemiology, food safety systems, food and nutrition. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Aim of the placement: to give students an opportunity to strengthen theoretical knowledge, to acquire competence appropriate to the study programme, and to acquire practical skills necessary for specialists in the respective field. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 6 | Induction to the placement. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Content of the placement. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Together with the placement supervisor, the student compiles a specific placement schedule in order to complete all placement tasks. During the placement, the student makes entries on a regular basis in the placement report on the completed work. The student prepares the final report on the placement during the placement and submits it to the placement supervisor for review. Prepares a presentation to defend the placement. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation and activity during the placement. Placement report and placement supervisor’s feedback. Defence of placement. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will know about food chain and monitoring policies in Latvia: National food chain monitoring; The tasks and objectives of the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD); The structure and functions of the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD). | ||||||||
| Skills: | Practical participation of the student in inspections of food businesses: Food surveillance monitoring activities (carrying out and documenting inspections, evaluating HACCP/self-control documentation, participating in laboratory tests); Skills in entering survey protocols into the PVD database. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to explain the National Food Chain Monitoring Programme: Legislative requirements in the food chain; Procedures, instructions, decrees of the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD); Will be able to interpret the results and make the necessary recommendations in the field of food safety and monitoring. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr.142, Rīgā 2005.gada 22.februārī Pārtikas un veterinārā dienesta nolikums | ||||||||
