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Pharmacy Terminology in Russian

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:38
Study Course Information
Course Code:VC_036LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:LinguisticsTarget Audience:Pharmacy
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Ludmila Jermakoviča
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)0Lecture Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Lectures0
Classes (count)16Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes32
Total Contact Hours32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Knowledge of the Russian language at least at A2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment.
Objective:
To improve, develop and streamline students’ knowledge of Russian for communication, academic and professional purposes and to facilitate the acquisition of professional medical terminology for productive use.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1My studies at the RSU. Pharmacy training in Latvia and Russia, length, curriculum, study courses. Overview of stressed and reduced vowels, consonants, sound combinations, statement and interrogation intonation. Noun gender. Overview of noun plural forms, irregular plural.Classes1.00auditorium
2Pharmacy as a medical field. The branches of pharmacy – pharmacognosy and pharmacology. The Museum of Pharmacy. Pharmaceutical industry. Overview of noun declensions.Classes1.00auditorium
3Human body parts and organs; organ systems and functions. Accuracy of anatomical terms pronunciation; juxtaposition of Russian and Greek and Latin terms; phrases. The usage of genitive to refer to being a part of the whole. "Что состоит из чего? Что входит в состав чего?" Analytical reading of the text "Организм человека – цифры и факты" – to identify important, new, familiar and interesting information. Overview of numerals, ordinal numbers, fractions.Classes2.00auditorium
4The names of the most common diseases, major symptoms, complaints and pain. "Что случилось? Что у вас болит? Какая у вас боль? Когда вы заболели?" Overview of adjectives, their declensions and agreement with nouns. Overview of the verb in present tense.Classes2.00auditorium
5Dosage forms, classes of medications, nursing care products, dressing. Prescriptions. Perfective and imperfective verbs "болеть – заболеть, измерять – измерить, принимать – принять".Classes2.00auditorium
6Medicine annotations, instructions for usage – composition, effect, side effects, complications, dosage. Abbreviations. Instructions for usage. The imperative form creation and use. Making participles – "состоящий, соединённый, образованный, образующий".Classes2.00auditorium
7Medicinal herbs. Proper herb collection, drying and storage; making medicinal teas and their effect on the body. Instructions for usage. Overview of reflexive verbs – "жаловаться, лечиться, простудиться, закашляться". Usage of Accusative.Classes1.00auditorium
8Chemist's shop and its equipment, working in a chemist's shop, work schedule. Usage of Locative case.Classes1.00auditorium
9Pharmacist's job description. Medicine manufacturing. Dialogue with a client, frequently asked questions. Overview of complex sentences. Usage of Instrumental case – "работать, становиться – кем?; заболеть, переболеть, заразиться – чем?"Classes1.00auditorium
10The home appliance. First aid kit. Noun Dative case.Classes1.00auditorium
11Healthy diet, advice for proper nutrition. Vitamins. Diets. Harmful habits and misuse of medicines. Modality of obligation.Classes1.00auditorium
12Presentation.Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Home assignments to acquire medicine vocabulary; compiling their own terminological glossary; presentation preparation and delivery in the field of profession. Students are obliged to fill in the course evaluation questionnaire at the end of the course.
Assessment Criteria:
Regular attendance of classes is compulsory (20%); Tests, group work and presentation (30%); Examination (50%).
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • recognise familiar medical terminology in different types of text; • provide either Russian explanation or English translation of the terms and to compare with Latin terminology; • read a text related to medicine, find and highlight key words, the main idea, the necessary information in the text; • name the parts of the body, the main organs and systems; • describe responsibilities of a pharmacist; • recognise linguistic structures characteristic to scientific and popular science sources (noun formation, cases, agreement with adjectives; grammatical system of the verb in the active voice, the imperative; the subjunctive mood, participle and the infinitive, etc.).
Skills:After successful course completion students will be able to: • use appropriate medical terminology interacting with patients/clients and colleagues; • select medical terminology and make their own termininological glossary; • speak about one's work in a pharmacy; • provide information about medication.
Competencies:The students will be able to provide information about themselves, their studies; receive, write and give the necessary information on the use of medication; to hold a conversation with the patient.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1М.Н. Чернявский Латинский язык и основы фармацевтической терминологии; Москва, 2007 (akceptējams izdevums)
2А.А. Марцелли Латинский язык и основы медицинской терминологии; Ростов-на-Дону, 2011 (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1M. Krasnais, V. Pužule, G.Silakalne. Грамматика легко и просто Krievu valodas gramatikas rokasgrāmata. Zvaigzne ABC, 2014
25 valodu vizuālā vārdnīca. Zvaigzne ABC, 2007
Other Information Sources
1www.medicport.ru
2www.med.ru
3www.farmacevtica.ru