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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:3 / 4.5
Course supervisor:Dainis Balodis
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Dentistry
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Pathology

Objective

The objective of this course is ensure the knowledge in pathology, including parts of general and special pathological physiology – pathogenesis of many pathological conditions and diseases. This course of pathological physiology will give theoretical basis for further clinical subjects studies, forming a comprehensive educated dentist.

Prerequisites

Anatomy, normal physiology, biochemistry.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

On successful completion of the course the students will know and will be able to explain the nature, development, causes, consequences and outcomes of various diseases and general pathological processes.

Skills

The students will be able to identify the most frequent pathologies and evaluate the mechanisms of pathogenesis in clinical tasks.

Competence

The students will be able to use the acquired knowledge to analyze the material of clinical findings and to link it to the possible mechanism of pathology pathogenesis mechanism and to justify their assumptions and judgments about them.

Study course planning

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