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About Study Course

ECTS:11
Course supervisor:Ilona Vilkoite
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Internal medicine

Objective

To provide theoretical knowledge and acquisition of practical skills in hepatology and prevalent gastrointestinal tract infectious diseases, according to the Terms of Reference for the said specialty and to prepare the physician for the specialty certification in Gastroenterology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.To know liver disease etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment options, prevention; major gastrointestinal tract infections, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring; to know immunodeficiency diagnosis and treatment options. The most common parasitoses of the digestive tract in our region.

Skills

1.To be able to investigate patients with suspected viral hepatitis, to set up main standard antiviral schemes, be able to recognize and diagnose gastrointestinal tract intestinal infectious diseases; to perform 3-5 liver aspiration biopsies.

Competence

1.Ability to collect and analyse epidemiological data, liver disease challenges; draw up treatment and observation plans; select liver transplantation patients.