On 13 June the RSU International Department held its first mentoring workshop for senior students in order to prepare them to welcome newly admitted international students in August 2019. The aim of the mentoring programme is to help new international students adjust to Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and to Latvia. This mentoring programme also facilitates the integration of local and international student communities.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) participated in National Health Week for the second time, which took place between 27 May and 2 June this year. During the week particular attention was paid to promoting an active lifestyle among children and youth. Statistical data and research shows that the number of overweight children is increasing the fastest in Latvia compared to other European countries. Only one fifth of school-aged children get enough physical activity and primarily lead a sedentary lifestyle.
Between 21 and 23 May students from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and the Art Academy of Latvia took part in Anatomy & Beyond, a joint interdisciplinary medical art workshop conducted by British medical artist Andrew Carnie (pictured). Carnie currently teaches Fine Arts at Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton, England.
Please note the changes in the opening hours of the university Library this summer, from 22 June till 23 August.
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Library Information Centre*, WHO Depository Library in Latvia |
The national examinations for Latvian and international students at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) were held from 27 to 29 May this year. Professor Peter Erich Goretzki (pictured), an endocrine surgery professor from Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, was appointed Deputy Chair of the National Examination Board this year. He was appointed to ensure that the 6th year students’ knowledge and skills meet the international standard and fulfil the requirements of leading European clinics and medical universities.
On 5 June the Latvian Medical and Dental Association (LĀZA) awarded several scholarships from the Professor Ilmārs Lazovskis' Memorial Foundation at the Pauls Stradiņš Museum for History of Medicine. A total of 7 000 USD was granted in financial aid this year. The scholarships were handed over by pysician Ēriks Niedrītis (USA), the Head of the foundation, as well as physician Edīte Lazovska who is the spouse of Ilmārs Lazovskis. Almost all scholarship recipients were students at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU).
From 31 May to 1 June Gemma Angel, a researcher and lecturer from the Department of Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology at the University of Oxford, visited the Anatomy Museum of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and worked with the museum’s collections.
The International Contemporary Art Fair ARTVILNIUS 2019 was held in Vilnius from 30 May to 2 June. Students from the Art Academy of Latvia and Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) participated with a joint exhibition. Both educational institutions have organised joint interdisciplinary projects and events since a cooperation agreement was established in spring 2018.
Oxford University Press is preparing to publish a handbook covering health politics in Europe with chapters on 37 countries, including some non-EU countries. The chapter on the Latvian healthcare system has been written by Edgars Eihmanis (pictured), researcher at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Institute of Public Health, and doctoral student at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
The European Association of Schools of Occupational Medicine (EASOM) was founded to promote the highest standards of education and training in occupational medicine in Europe. This can be achieved through the exchange of knowledge, skills and experience of teaching and training between participating schools.
