Following a several decade long tradition, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) invites all freshmen to participate in the traditional Sports Day. This will be held in Uzvaras Park on Friday, 5 September from 11:00 to 17:00.
Freshers are encouraged to join a basketball, football or volleyball team to showcase their skills and team spirit on the court or to demonstrate their speed by running in the 100-meter sprint, 1000-meter run or the relay race.
Since 2018 Prof. Gunta Lazdāne, the Director of the RSU Institute of Public Health (pictured: back row, first from the left), has been a member of an international group of experts at the Federal Centre for Health Education (Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung – BZgA) and an active participant in several projects implemented by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) cooperation centre.
An active lifestyle, self-care, a balanced diet – no one doubts that these healthy activities are beneficial, but there is often a tendency to exaggerate these practices. This is linked to the duality of healthism, which on the one hand means being aware of personal health as something valuable, and on the other hand can mean embracing it to an extreme bordering on behavioural addiction.
The latest international QS World University Rankings has listed Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) among the leading 801-1000 universities in the world.
On 18 – 21 June the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Medical Education Technology Centre and the Department of Clinical Skills and Medical Technologies in cooperation with the Department of Orthopaedics hosted an international instructor training course Prehospital Trauma Life Support. It was conducted by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT). During the course 12 RSU lecturers were trained to become NAEMT instructors.
We live in a world that is always ‘switched on’, where your phone is an extension of your arm, and where leaving an email unanswered for more than an hour is almost viewed as a crime. While striving to deliver more in less time it is easy to confuse an increase in activity with an increase in output. The former can make you feel stressed and lead you to loosing motivation, inspiration and creativity – you could, however, achieve the latter from improved productivity which could eventually release you from the vicious cycle of an unfinished workload.
For the next two years, until June 2021, the Latvian Association of Universities will be lead by Professor Aigars Pētersons, Rector of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). Leonīds Ribickis, Rector of Riga Technical University, was the previous President of the Association. The Association’s Statutes provide that the President of the Association changes every two years.
Three years ago while standing on a navigation bridge in the Caribbean Sea Artūrs Šakurovs, a student at the Latvian Maritime Academy, decided on a rapid change of course – not for the ship, but for his future plans.
Exactly 30 years ago the First World Congress of Latvian Physicians was held from 18 to 27 June 1989. The congress attracted 6 000 medical professionals from all over the world, including over 1 000 nurses from Latvia and abroad.
On 12 June a delegation from the People’s Republic of China from the University of Nottingham Ningbo visited Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). Professor May Tan-Mullins, Vice-Provost for Teaching and Learning, Kevin Lin, Director of the Global Engagement Office, and Professor Emilian Kavalski made up the delegation.
Opportunities for student and staff exchange programmes and cooperation in research were discussed at a meeting with Toms Baumanis, RSU Vice-Rector for Administration and Development, and Agrita Kiopa, Vice-Rector for Science.
