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Medical Terminology in Latvian I
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:19.08.2019 10:50:47
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_010 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Laizāne | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Language Centre | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge of the Latvian language is required (level A1/A2 according to Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment). | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire Latvian medical terminology in order to be able to use it in studies and in communication with patients. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | 4th semester Revision of preliminary knowledge. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Human body parts, organs, systems. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Types of questions. Question words. Patient's anamnesis. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Patient’s appearance, condition. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Healthy lifestyle, harmful habits. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Traumata. Accidents. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Pain. Types of pain. Questions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Instruction forms. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Drug administration. Ways, instructions. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Introduction in surgery. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Anamnesis form. Test. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 4th semester Individual and pair work – mastering of the vocabulary of the corresponding topic and using of grammar, working with a dictionary, making of dialogues. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 4th semester Active participation in practical classes. At the end of the course – test oral/written. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test (Semester) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 4th semester On successful completion of the course students will be able to: • name human body parts and organs, • name the most common symptoms of diseases, • read and understand simple text of medicine in Latvian, • make simple conversation with a patient in Latvian. | ||||||||
| Skills: | 4th semester On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: • select and use appropriate medical vocabulary in communication with a patient, • develop a case history, • give simple instructions to the patient during the examination and treatment, • inform patients about usage of medications in treatment. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 4th semester On successful completion of the course, students will be able to practically use medical vocabulary and make a conversation with a patient in Latvian. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Styrerud, Martin. "The English Translator. Student Manual English-Latvian". Norway : Norfox Medical, 2018. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ilze Auziņa, Maija Berķe, Anta Lazareva, Arvils Šalme. "Laipa (A1). Latviešu valoda". Mācību grāmata un darba burtnīca. LVA, 2014 | ||||||||
| 3 | Asja Svarinska "Latviešu valoda. Mācību kurss 25 nodarbībām". Zvaigzne ABC, 2003 | ||||||||
| 4 | Gunita Pujāte, Maija Sosāre. "Latvian for Foreigners". Rīga, 1995 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dace Dumpe "Latvian in three months", Zvaigzne ABC 2009 | ||||||||
| 2 | Arvils Šalme, Pēteris Ūdris. "Do It in Latvian!" Apgāds SI, 1996 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://maciunmacies.valoda.lv/eng | ||||||||
| 2 | https://www.letonika.lv/groups/default.aspx?g=5&r=1100 | ||||||||
