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Russian in Rehabilitation
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:31:08
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_040 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| 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) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Proficiency level A2 of Russian language (according to Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment). | ||||||||
| Objective: | To improve, develop and systematise students’ knowledge of Russian for communication, academic and professional purposes and to facilitate the acquisition of professional medical terminology for productive use. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | My studies at the RSU. Studying medicine in Latvia – duration, study content, study subjects, residency. Overview of stressed and unstressed consonants and vowels, letter combination reading, affirmative and interrogative intonation. Noun gender. Overview of plural, irregular plural. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Human body parts and organs, organ systems and their function. Correct pronunciation of anatomy terminology. Identifying noun number; comparison of Russian terminology with Latin and Greek terminology. Terminology explanation, formation of phrases. Overview of noun declension. Use of the genitive for expressing possession or parts of the whole. A reading task. Analytical reading; ability to identify essential, new, familiar, interesting information. Overview of numerals, ordinal numbers. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Bone, muscle, joint. Musculoskeletal system. Overview of verb conjugation in the present tense. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Musculoskeletal system and its dysfunctions. Overview of reflexive verbs. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Bone, muscle, joint diseases and injuries. Noun accusative case. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Nervous system disorders and injuries. Head and spinal injury consequences. Consequences of head and spinal cord damage. Noun locative case. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Spine diseases, disorders, symptoms, back pain, patient complaints, course of the disease. The conversation with the patient, giving advice. Overview of adjective declension. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Posture and gait analysis; posture correction; exercises. Modality of obligation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Manual, physical and special therapies. Physiotherapy plan treatment process. Noun instrumental case. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Therapeutic exercises; exercising in groups. The imperative mood. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Massage, massage types, methods. Adjectives and adverbs superior grade. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Presentation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | My studies at the RSU. Studying medicine in Latvia – duration, study content, study subjects, residency. Overview of stressed and unstressed consonants and vowels, letter combination reading, affirmative and interrogative intonation. Noun gender. Overview of plural, irregular plural. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Human body parts and organs, organ systems and their function. Correct pronunciation of anatomy terminology. Identifying noun number; comparison of Russian terminology with Latin and Greek terminology. Terminology explanation, formation of phrases. Overview of noun declension. Use of the genitive for expressing possession or parts of the whole. A reading task. Analytical reading; ability to identify essential, new, familiar, interesting information. Overview of numerals, ordinal numbers. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Bone, muscle, joint. Musculoskeletal system. Overview of verb conjugation in the present tense. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Musculoskeletal system and its dysfunctions. Overview of reflexive verbs. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Bone, muscle, joint diseases and injuries. Noun accusative case. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Nervous system disorders and injuries. Head and spinal injury consequences. Consequences of head and spinal cord damage. Noun locative case. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Spine diseases, disorders, symptoms, back pain, patient complaints, course of the disease. The conversation with the patient, giving advice. Overview of adjective declension. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Posture and gait analysis; posture correction; exercises. Modality of obligation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Manual, physical and special therapies. Physiotherapy plan treatment process. Noun instrumental case. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Therapeutic exercises; exercising in groups. The imperative mood. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Massage, massage types, methods. Adjectives and adverbs superior grade. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Presentation. | 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): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After the course completion students will be able to: • recognise familiar medical terminology in different types of text; • provide either Russian explanation or Latvian translation of the terms; • read a text related to the professional area, find and highlight key words, the main idea, the necessary information in the text; • name the parts of the body, the main organs and systems; describe diseases and their symptoms; • describe patient condition, course of the illness; • develop physiotherapy treatment plan and give advice, instructions; • recognise linguistic structures characteristic to scientific and popular science literature (noun formation, cases; grammatical system of the verb in the Active and Passive Voice; The Subjunctive Mood, participle and the infinitive, etc.). | ||||||||
| Skills: | After successful course completion students will be able to: • use appropriate medical terminology interacting with patients/clients and colleagues; • make their own termininological dictionary; • ask questions related to the hospital, its departments, medical staff, patient care, basic investigations; • find information related to anamnesis, complaints and character of pain; • develop therapeutic exercise programme, individual treatment plan; • give advice in the course of treatment; • explain various relaxation techniques. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The ability to deliver information about oneself, own studies ; the ability to recognise patient medical history; to perceive, write down, and deliver the necessary information related to patient condition; the ability to express own ideas, to support own opinion with arguments and discuss various physiotherapeutic methods. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Марцелли, A.A. 2011. Латинский язык и основы медицинской терминологии. Ростов-на-Дону. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Krasnais, M., Pužule, V., Silakalne G. 2014. Грамматика легко и просто. Krievu valodas gramatikas rokasgrāmata. Zvaigzne; ABC. | ||||||||
| 2 | Krievu-latviešu vārdnīca ar skaidrojumiem un piemēriem. 2005. Zvaigzne; ABC. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.medicport.ru | ||||||||
| 2 | www.med.ru | ||||||||
| 3 | www.physiotherapy.ru | ||||||||
| 4 | www.massage.ru | ||||||||
