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About Study Course

ECTS:18
Course supervisor:Ieva Cīrule
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Paediatrics

Objective

Provide acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills of pediatric allergology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.The student is able to:
• explain the terms of pediatric allergology;
• describe allergic diagnostic principles of operation and use;
• explain the pathogenesis of allergic diseases at different ages;
• assess the child-allergic patient;
• name and describe children's allergic diseases;
• compare different methods of investigation.

Skills

1.The student will be able to:
• collect relevant information about the children's allergic diseases anamnesis;
• use the appropriate method for the investigation of patients with allergies;
• perform spirography, provocation test for children;
• select and make the best use of examination and treatment plan;
• choose the most suitable/appropriate medications.

Competence

1.The student is able to:
• formulate the diagnosis of allergic diseases;
• use the acquired knowledge of children allergic diseases in the differential diagnosis;
• interpret data from functional tests according to age;
• analyse allergy test results according to age;
• interpret the findings on allergy tests;
• develop diagnostic and treatment plan;
• justify the reasons for their choice.