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Latvian Conversation in a Medical Setting for International Students - Level 2

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:17
Study Course Information
Course Code:VC_153LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:LinguisticsTarget 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, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)0Lecture Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Lectures0
Classes (count)8Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes16
Total Contact Hours16
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)0Lecture Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Lectures0
Classes (count)8Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes16
Total Contact Hours16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Having completed one elective Latvian course or the 5th semester's mandatory course in Latvian.
Objective:
To learn commonly used vocabulary and deepen conversation skills necessary to interview a patient efficiently: complaints and diseases, affecting factors, lifestyle; sentence building.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Review: personal data, sensations, painClasses1.00auditorium
2Describing common symptoms and their progress (worsening, etc.)Classes2.00auditorium
3Building a sentence using new medical terms (Do you often have..., when started..., etc.)Classes2.00auditorium
4Common diseases, setting diagnosisClasses2.00auditorium
5Test – conversation with a patientClasses1.00auditorium
6Review: common diseases and their symptomsClasses1.00auditorium
7Affecting factors: allergies, environment at work and at homeClasses2.00auditorium
8Affecting factors: diseases, daily schedule, harmful habitsClasses2.00auditorium
9Healthy lifestyle and nutritionClasses2.00auditorium
10Test – conversation with a patientClasses1.00auditorium
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 1st-semester test results (50%) and 2nd-semester exam results (50%). At the end of the course, every student must fill the course evaluation survey.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:On successful completion of the course students will be able to use vocabulary describing symptoms and their progress as well as list factors that affect one's health.
Skills:On successful completion of the course students will be able to formulate questions in Latvian about various aspects of symptoms and grasp the point of the answer.
Competencies:On successful completion of the course students will be able to use the skills they gained in their previous Latvian courses to interview patients about their complaints in detail.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1I. Kaija, I. Laizāne. Latviešu valodas gramatika. Pamatlīmenis: A1. Mācību līdzeklis gramatikas apguvei angļu valodā runājošajiem. = Grammar of the Latvian Language. Elementary: A1. Teaching aid in grammar for the speakers of English. Rīga : Latviešu valodas aģentūra, 2022. 296 lpp.
Additional Reading
1Styrerud, Martin. The English Translator. Student Manual English-Latvian. Norway: Norfox Medical, 2018.
Other Information Sources
1Medical dictionary and phrasebook for Android
2Medical dictionary and phrasebook for iPhone