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About Study Course

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

Objective

To provide theoretical and practical knowledge of diseases of the lower respiratory tract, their pathogenesis, clinic, diagnosis and treatment.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Upon completion of the Infectious Diseases of the Lower Respiratory Tract study course, the medical resident is well versed in bacterial, viral and fungal infectious diseases of the lower respiratory tract, pathogenesis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment thereof.

Skills

1.The medical resident is able to examine a lung disease patient, select diagnostic methods appropriate to the situation, and is well versed in treatment methods and their application. Able to monitor the course of the disease, recognise complications, and perform dynamic monitoring.

Competence

1.Using the acquired knowledge and skills, the medical resident will be able to formulate a diagnosis, perform differential diagnosis, interpret the examination data, develop a structural treatment and rehabilitation plan, logically formulate and explain the goals of treatment, evaluate its effectiveness and side effects.