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About Study Course

ECTS:9
Course supervisor:Elga Bataraga
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian, English
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine

Objective

Provide insight and acquire knowledge of dermatology and venerology, anaesthesiology and ophthalmology, including clinical manifestations, potential complications, principles of patient treatment and care.

Prerequisites

Anatomy, histology, physiology, pathologic anatomy, pathologic physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, propaedeutics, internal diseases, infectious diseases, pharmacology and immunology, types of surgery, topographical anatomy, pathological physiology, clinical laboratory examinations, first aid during patient’s primary and secondary investigation on the site of accident, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and basic elements of shock.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Clinical infectology:

Ophthalmology: As a result of the completion of the study course, students acquire in-depth knowledge and are able to name and display in the means of view the anatomy of the auxiliary mechanisms of the eye, characterise the physiology of the eye and describe the ethiopatogenesis, epidemiology, clinic, principles and prognosis of diagnosis and treatment of the most common eye diseases.

Anaesthesiology: As a result of the completion of the study course, students will be able to name and characterise anaesthesiology and intensive care methods, recognise and characterise shock (especially hypovolemic, anaphylactic, septic), be able to perform in-depth cardiopulmonary resuscitation, be able to name and characterise changes in pathophysiological and biochemical processes due to surgical trauma, the devastating effects of pain syndrome on the body and the transmission of nociceptive impulsion to CNS, describe types of pain syndrome blocking in reflector arc sections, the basic principles, types, benefits and side effects of anaesthesia, the specificities of the surgical patient’s pre-operative examination, the method of assessing the physical condition of the surgical patient with an ASA scale, as well as the basic principles and perioperative care of the surgical patient’s pre-operative preparation, critical conditions and the basics of intensive care.

Skills

1.Clinical infectology:

Ophthalmology: as a result of the completion of the study course, the student will be able to:
• Test visual acuity without correction
• perform an ophthalmoscopy eye butt examination
inspect the eye in the gap lamp
• take action in acute situations in ophthalmology;
• examine the eye patient to assess the need and extent of ophthalmological assistance.

Anaesthesiology: Electrical cardiac defibrillation, basic deep cardiopulmonary resuscitation measures, instrumental airway permeability (respiratory ducts, laryngeal mask, laryngeal tube, tracheal intubation, cricotireotomy) will be able to evaluate the condition of a comatose patient.

Competence

1.Clinical infectology:

Ophthalmology: As a result of the acquisition of the study course programme, the student will be competent to work independently with ophthalmological patients in general practice doctors’ practice, as well as be able to continue further education. The student will be able to perform ophthalmological care in the primary care stage and observe ethical and legal aspects, analytically evaluate the conclusion of the ophthalmologist and reasonably plan the examination and treatment of the patient, as well as interpret the results of the visual examination examination, apply them to a specific clinical situation and link them to a common investigative process, interpret the result of the examination performed by the specialist, apply it to a specific clinical situation and link it to a common investigative process.

Anaesthesiology: Students will be able to use the knowledge and skills described through in-depth cardiopulmonary resuscitation, analyse types and stages of general and regional anaesthesia, risk of surgery and anaesthesia, analyse intensive care in more common situations, interpret competences for clinical, biochemical, water-electrolyte analysis, blood gas composition and acid-alkali balance indicators, coagulation indicators, attribute them to a specific clinical situation and link it to a common investigative process, to interpret clinical and laboratory signs of renal and hepatic failure by linking them to the general condition and to develop a competent action plan, to attribute central hemodynamic indicators to a specific clinical situation and to link them to a common investigative process, to be able to develop their own immediate action plan and far-reaching action tactics on complex and long-term health problems in patients, and to align them with the activities of other healthcare system actors, to carry out situational analysis, to demonstrate individual treatment of the patient, make arguments-based, verifiable and scientific-minded decisions on patients’ health or life through a balanced application of general operating guidelines and a creative approach in each clinical case.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2027, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine 9Master'sRequired
Planning period:Year 2026, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine9Master'sRequired