Dear students,
At the end of the year, together with colleagues from RSU ISA and other students we discussed improvement opportunities for RSU study programmes, including “Medicine”. The following aspects are very essential to RSU: the mobility of our students, harmonisation and synchronisation of course content and volume with similar programmes at other European universities, a gradual increase of the proportion of placements, strengthening of the quality of the study process.
From 13 to 14 December 2018, a forum "Cross-border Cooperation between the Baltic and Central Asian Countries for the Development of Higher Education" was held in Riga. The purpose of the forum was to discuss cooperation between the Baltic countries and Central Asia.
A good lecturer must possess both perfect knowledge of their study course and require modern 21st century pedagogical skills in order to ensure that while working together with a student and ensuring their understanding about the topic, the student is able to draw the necessary conclusions for themselves, for example, concerning the social determinants of health, claims Inese Stars, lecturer in the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology.
RSU resident Toms Arcimovičs (pictured) set the goal of becoming a physician a long time ago. He has always been fascinated by the nobility of this profession and the opportunity to help others. During his study years, while reading through scientific publications, he learned to appreciate how theoretical medicine improves the practical side of it. Now, being a third-year resident, he tries to keep both areas in balance.
Associate Professor at the Department of Internal Diseases, in the Faculty of Medicine, at Rīga Stradiņš University and Head of the Department of Endocrinology at Riga East Clinical University Hospital, endocrinologist Ilze Konrāde's daily life consists of treating patients in the hospital, working in the health centre, educating the physicians-in-training and supervising their research papers, as well as doing research of her own that is closely related to her clinical work in the hospital.
To become acquainted with the practice in leading European hospitals during one's medical studies, an internship abroad is important. It is one of the development priorities of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU).
As a historian, Professor Ilga Kreituse's strength is her logical thinking. Combining it with the directness she is renowned for, as the dean of the Faculty of European Studies at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), the professor has navigated it through the ups and downs throughout its development.
When we wish each other a happy Christmas, then we foresee that Christmas should be a happy time. But is this always the case? And should we always be promoting happiness at Christmas time? Lecturer of the Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare and the Department of Health Psychology and Peadagogy of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and psychologist Indra Majore-Dūšele stresses that it is essential to be in harmony with oneself at Christmas time by doing something that gives a sense of satisfaction and purpose.
