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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Ilze Apine
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:English, Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Roentgenology and Radiology

Objective

To provide students with an understanding of the use of basic knowledge of various radiological examination modalities - X-ray, ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance and nuclear medicine in the interpretation of radiological images through clinical case analysis, linking the visual signs found in the radiological images with the patient's complaints, clinical and laboratory picture.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in the interpretation of X-ray diagnostics, ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance and nuclear diagnostics images.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Knowledge of how, based on the basic knowledge of radiological methods (CR, US, CT, MR and nuclear medicine), to connect radiological findings with the patient's history, complaints, clinical and laboratory findings and go "step by step" towards the correct diagnosis.

Skills

The skills of "step by step" going towards the diagnosis, connecting the basic knowledge of radiological methods (CR, US, CT, MR, nuclear medicine) with various radiological findings as well as history and complaints of the patient, the clinical and laboratory picture.

Competence

Distinguish different types of morphological substrates in radiological images (CR, US, CT, MR and nuclear medicine).

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine, SSNMF11Master’sLimited choiceIlze Apine, Jekaterina Gagarina, Alma Egle, Viktorija Cīrule
Medicine, MF11Master’sLimited choiceIlze Apine, Jekaterina Gagarina, Alma Egle, Viktorija Cīrule
Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine, SSNMFz11Master’sLimited choice