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Public Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:23.03.2022 12:54:14
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_075 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Gunta Bēta | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 8 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Biology, sociology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Raise awareness of the basic principles of public health and epidemiology. Understand their use in health care in the context of the masseur profession. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The role and basic principles of public health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Epidemiological process, characteristics, statistics. Preventive medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The role of the masseur in public health. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Prepare a presentation on topic "The role of the masseur in public health" using interactive methods. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Test: 30% + Presentation of independent work: 70%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students identify and formulate the basic concepts of public health, epidemiology and demography. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students classify public health priorities and evaluate current issues in preventive medicine. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to assess the epidemiological situation in the context of the profession, based on current concepts of public health criteria. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sabiedrības veselības pamatnostādnes 2021.-2027. gadam | ||||||||
| 2 | Adoviča I., Brikmane A., Bukša I., u.c. Veselības aprūpe Latvijā. SIA Medicīnas apgāds, 2013., 319 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Baltiņš M. Lietišķā epidemioloģija. Izdevniecība „Zinātne”, 2003., 31.-43. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Veselību ietekmējošo paradumu pētījumi | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Slimību Profilkases un Kontroles Centrs Epidemioloģijas biļeteni | ||||||||
| 2 | MEDLINE | ||||||||
| 3 | PubMed | ||||||||
| 4 | Partnership for prevention | ||||||||
