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Basics of Russian in Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:21
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_009 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medicine; Nursing Science; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Svetlana Muhejeva | ||||||||
| 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: | No prior knowledge of the Russian language is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course is designed to enable students to acquire basic communicative skills in order to interact with patients. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The Russian alphabet: letters and sounds. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Making acquaintance. Basic information about oneself. Country names, languages. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Numbers. Time periods. Clock time. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Polite language. Formal and informal styles of communication. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Body parts. Human physical appearance. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Collection of anamnesis, complaints. Pain, types of pain. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | My day. Speaking about daily routine. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Calendar. Days of the week. Work schedule. Date of birth. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Patients' stories. Speaking about the course of disease. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Oral and written homework assignments that are well done and submitted timely; active participation in classes. Students are obliged to fill in the course evaluation questionnaire at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Regular attendance and active participation in classes, • properly and regularly done homework, • at the end of the semester (verbally – dialogues or monologues and in writing – multi-compliance test in language use and matching tasks). The final mark is the exam mark. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • recognize the lexis of the course communication topics • name parts of the body, • describe the state of a patient, • recognize the common grammar structures of verbs and nouns. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • perceive simple information for themselves, • provide oral information about themselves, studies, daily routine, • ask and answer questions, • use Russian in a communication process on the daily topics, • select and use medical terminology in communication with the patient, including collecting a history. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to apply practically the acquired knowledge and skills in various communicative situations. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.D.Kaufman, S.Gettys. 2022. Russian for dummies. 3rd Edition, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, New Jersey | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Collins GEM. 2018. Russian dictionary. Harper Collins Publishers | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.med.ru | ||||||||
