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Medical Terminology in Latvian III
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:24
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_107 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Kaija | ||||||||
| 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: | 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 medical vocabulary in Latvian and basic elements of conversational Latvian language in order to be able to use Latvian language to find out the patient's personal data, symptoms, and anamnesis data, as well as give short recommendations. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | 7th semester Revision of anamnesis form. Asking questions in Latvian. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Infectious diseases. Symptoms. Questioning the patient. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Traumatology, describing pain. Examining the patient. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Endocrinology. Organs, symptoms and diseases. Filling the course evaluation questionnaire after semester 7. Test. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | 8th semester. Gynecology. Questioning the patient, sensitive questions. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Paediatrics. Questioning the child and parents. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Nephrology. Main symptoms, questioning the patient. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Review on communication with the patient in various medical fields. Filling the course evaluation questionnaire. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work – memorizing listed vocabulary of the corresponding topic. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | At the end of each semester – an oral test on the topics covered during the semester: a conversation with a patient according to a given pattern. The final grade consists of the 7th-semester test results (50%) and 8th-semester exam results (50%). At the end of the course, every student must fill the course evaluation survey. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course students will be able to: • name human body parts and organs; • name the most common symptoms of infections, endocrinological, gynaecological, paediatrical, nephrological diseases and traumas; • make conversation with the patient in Latvian about the most common signs of the aforementioned diseases and traumas. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: • select and use appropriate medical vocabulary in communication with patient; • develop a case history; • give simple instructions to the patient during the examination and treatment. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to practically use medical vocabulary and make 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 | I.Auziņa, M.Berķe, A.Lazareva, A.Šalme. Laipa (A1). Latviešu valoda. Mācību grāmata un darba burtnīca. LVA, 2014 | ||||||||
| 3 | I.Auziņa, M.Berķe, A.Lazareva, A.Šalme. Laipa (A2). Latviešu valoda. Mācību grāmata un darba burtnīca, LVA, 2016 | ||||||||
| 4 | A.Svarinska Latviešu valoda. Mācību kurss 25 nodarbībām. Zvaigzne ABC, 2003 | ||||||||
| 5 | G.Pujāte, M.Sosāre. Latvian for Foreigners. Rīga, 1995 | ||||||||
| 6 | D.Prauliņš and Cristopher Moseley. Colloquial Latvian. The Complete Course for Beginners. Routledge. 2010 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Šalme, P.Ūdris. Do It in Latvian! Apgāds SI, 1996 | ||||||||
| 2 | I.Budviķe, B.Šiliņa. Palīgā! Mācībgrāmata un darba burtnīca pieaugušajiem. 1.,2.,3. līmenis, Zvaigzne ABC, 1998 | ||||||||
| 3 | D.Dumpe Latvian in three months, Zvaigzne ABC 2009 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://maciunmacies.valoda.lv/eng | ||||||||
| 2 | https://www.letonika.lv/groups/default.aspx?g=5&r=1100 | ||||||||
