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About Study Course

ECTS:15
Course supervisor:Artūrs Utināns
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Anatomy; Clinical medicine

Objective

To teach theory and practical skills in clinical psychopathology, necessary for understanding symptoms of mental and psychosomatic disorders and syndrome etiopathogenesis.
1. To teach to diagnose emotional, cognitive, behavioural and psychosomatic disorders with its origin greatly determined by the development of personality and behavioural disorders. 2. Provide knowledge and develop skills for examining patients, diagnostics and understanding of emotional conflicts, focussing, manifestations in doctor-patient relations.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.On psychopathological symptoms and syndromes.

Skills

1.To diagnostics and differential diagnosis.

Competence

1.Example-based knowledge, skills and attitude essential for working at a hospital and for research, raising public awareness via media; understanding of a team-work (work in groups) and its functions, psycho-dynamics, crisis situations and their solution; as well as the ability to manage the work of a multi-disciplinary team and be part of such team, supervise doctors and medical staff.