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About Study Course

ECTS:8
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:Anatomy; Clinical medicine

Objective

To learn about the most common gastroenterological diseases in adults and to be able to see the differences in the evaluation of specific symptoms in children and adults, to learn the manifestations of genetically inherited diseases of the digestive tract in adults, to learn how to prepare patients with chronic diseases of the digestive tract for the transition to an adult clinic.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.To understand the long-term complications of gastroenterological diseases that are common in adulthood in cases that started in childhood and adolescence; to differentiate the specifics of clinical evaluation of specific symptoms in children and adults.

Skills

1.To orient correctly in determining the indications of diagnostic procedures and manipulations for adults, as well as to evaluate the risk factors of manipulations, communication with patients and colleagues also in complex and acute situations.

Competence

1.To plan successive transfer of chronic patients to the adult clinic and prepare the necessary medical documentation.