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About Study Course

ECTS:11
Course supervisor:Ieva Puķīte
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Paediatrics

Objective

To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies of the digestive tract of children.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Determination of indications and contraindications for children with various pathologies of the digestive tract, to know the therapeutic possibilities of endoscopy in case of acute bleeding, coagulation of polyps, dilation of strictures of the digestive tract; correct interpretation of endoscopic finding results.

Skills

1.To participate as an assistant in children’s digestive tract endoscopies, the skill to use endoscopy data in the diagnosis of children’s digestive tract diseases, as well as to refer the patient to therapeutic manipulations in a timely manner.

Competence

1.To interpret and analyse data obtained during endoscopy examinations for diagnosis and differential diagnosis.