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About Study Course

ECTS:16
Course supervisor:Inga Stuķēna
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Internal medicine

Objective

To acquire and develop theoretical knowledge and practical skills related to cardiovascular diseases.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Upon completion of the cardiology study course, using the acquired knowledge and understanding, the medical resident will be able to:
1) to explain the working principles, indications, side effects and contraindications of the groups of drugs most commonly used in cardiology;
2) to evaluate the patient’s vital signs and objective examination data;
3) to prescribe appropriate examinations and interpret their results;
4) to define differential diagnoses;
5) to prescribe an appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plan.

Skills

1.After completing the cardiology study course, the medical resident will know how to:
1) collect the most important information obtained by examining the patient and evaluating the data of additional examinations;
2) apply appropriate examination and treatment methods;
3) perform an ECG and interpret its results;
4) assist a certified interventional cardiologist in coronary angiography;
5) present patients with cardiovascular diseases in councils, during professor visits;
6) draw up a treatment and rehabilitation plan.

Competence

1.Using the acquired knowledge and skills, the medical resident will be able to formulate a diagnosis, perform differential diagnosis, interpret the examination data, develop a structural treatment and rehabilitation plan, logically formulate and explain the goals of treatment, evaluate its effectiveness and side effects.