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Medical Terminology and Communication in Russian II
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:05
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_103 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| 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, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | At the level of the elective course "Medical terminology and communication in Russian I" or in compliance with CEFRL language proficiency level A1. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire medical terminology in Russian and skills for communication with patients. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Human body parts and organs. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Organ systems and their main functions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Anamnesis. Medical form. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Cardiovascular system and its organs and functions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Cardiovascular diseases, symptoms, communication with patients. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Coronary heart disease, patient's complaints, the course of the disease. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Respiratory system, its organs and functions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Respiratory diseases, symptoms, communication with patients. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Bronchitis, its symptoms, the course of the disease. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Digestive system, its organs, functions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Digestive system diseases, their symptoms, communication with patients. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Gastritis, its symptoms, the course of the disease, communication with patients. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Liver diseases, their symptoms. Hepatitis, patient's complaints, the course of the disease. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Urinary system, its diseases and symptoms, communication with patients, | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Nervous system, its organs and diseases, communication with patients. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Medications. Medication leaflets, pharmaceutical forms, doses. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 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: | The course final assessment is cumulative, consisting of the exam result (50%), active participation in seminars including those given distantly, qualitatively done homework assignments, 2 tests (30%), and a presentation (20%). | ||||||||
| 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 and to provide either Russian explanation or Latvian translation of the terms; - name the parts of the body, the main organs and systems; - describe patient condition, course of the illness. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On 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 terminology glossary; - take a history, give recommendations and instructions for treatment. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful course completion students will be able to deliver information about oneself; to perceive, write down and give the needed information about the patient's state; to make questions and maintain a conversation with a patient; to express one's opinion on common medical issues. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Марцелли, А. А. Латинский язык и основы медицинской терминологии. 2011. Ростов-на Дону. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Krasnais, M., Pužule, V., Silakalne, G. Krievu valodas gramatikas rokasgrāmata. 2014. Zvaigzne; ABC,. | ||||||||
| 2 | Krievu-latviešu vardnīca ar skaidrojumiem un piemēriem. 2005. Zvaigzne; ABC,. | ||||||||
| 3 | Большой толковый медицинский словарь. 2001. 1 - 2 том. Москва. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.medicport.ru | ||||||||
| 2 | www.med.ru | ||||||||
