‘I realised that I wanted to become a doctor in the 8th grade when I first started learning chemistry. Perhaps it was the teachers who made me fall in love with the exact sciences, so incomprehensible to many, and to realise that it would be my calling. I then enrolled in a science-oriented high school to prepare for university and to fulfil my dream of becoming a doctor,’ recalls Elīna Tauvena, a 2nd year surgical resident.
The International Department of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) invites students to become mentors to new international students starting from August 2020.
The aim of the mentor programme is to enhance the international students' experience at RSU by assisting them throughout their first study semester. Mentoring offers a great opportunity for students to get to know other cultures and establish contacts and friendships with people from different countries.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) started a research project at the end of January 2020 with the aim to use simulations to upgrade the resuscitation skills of doctors and nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital (CCUH). The study is headed by Reinis Balmaks, Assistant Professor at the RSU Medical Education and Technology Centre (METC) Department of Clinical Skills and Medical Technologies and a doctor at CCUH. Balmaks has vast experience in organising simulations in both Latvia and internationally.
Dear colleagues, students, alumni and friends,
The year 2020 will go down in history as the year that a global battle was fought against the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Numerous restrictions and bans have been imposed due to the pandemic, which will slowly and gradually be eased. This year is, however, not only notable for the pandemic.
Specialists from the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Medical Education Technology Center (METC) have developed a technological solution for simulating a cough, which clearly demonstrates how social distancing and the use of face masks protect against viral infections.
Reinis Balmaks, a doctor at the Children's Clinical University Hospital and Senior Simulation Instructor at the RSU METC goes into detail in the video above.
Kirsten Gehrenbeck is a medical student from the countryside around Osnabrück, Germany. She is currently studying in her 8th semester in Berlin, and came to RSU for her Erasmus exchange in February, just a month before the national state of emergency was declared. She has decided to stay in Riga at this time, rather than return to Berlin.
The Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation has allocated 50 thousand euros to coronavirus research to help Latvian researchers and doctors fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Two research projects from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will be the first to get support.
‘It has always been important for my husband that our actions make the world a little better. Today, with pandemic affecting everyone, it goes without saying that the foundation will contribute to the fight against the dangerous virus.
The national exam period at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has begun. Seven students from the Social Work Bachelor’s study programme and 14 students from the Master’s study programme sat their national exams on 2 and 3 April. This year the exam was held in unusual circumstances, due to the national state of emergency. The entire study process is currently taking place remotely, and students are taking exams using Zoom.
My name is Pāvels. I am a second-year student at the Faculty of Medicine of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), and I have also been working as a assistant physician at the State Emergency Medical Services (SEMS) for two years. After the state of emergency was declared, I was one of the first to apply for training to work with coronavirus patients.
