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About Study Course

ECTS:16
Course supervisor:Anita Brila
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Public and environmental health

Objective

To acquire knowledge about the process of infectious diseases and factors affecting its intensity, incl. in children, nosological structure, etiology, principles of diagnostics of infectious diseases - definitions of infectious and parasitic diseases, pathogenesis, symptoms and clinical dynamics.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.During acquisition of the study course a medical resident obtains knowledge about infectious diseases process and factors affecting intensity, nosological structure of infectious diseases.
Congenital infections, intestinal viral infection and bacterial origin infections; definitions, etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms and clinical dynamics of parasitic diseases.

Skills

1.As a result of acquisition of the study course a medical resident will be able to perform objective examination of a patient, collect epidemiological anamnesis and disease anamnesis, refer the patient for necessary laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis.

Competence

1.As a result of successful acquisition of the study course a medical resident will reach a level of knowledge allowing him to solve medical issues individually or by consulting a specialist.