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About Study Course

ECTS:6
Course supervisor:Ludmila Vīksna
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:English, Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine

Objective

The aim of the study course is to promote the acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge about the laboratory diagnosis of disease, also infections, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, approaches to treatment, the possibilities of specific and etiological therapy, as well as the epidemiology of infectious diseases and their impact on the quality of life of an individual and public health.

Prerequisites

Physics, anatomy, biochemistry, biology, parasitology, normal and pathological physiology, microbiology, immunology, propaedeutics, internal diseases and pharmacology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Describe the tasks and importance of laboratory medicine in the diagnosis of diseases and the assessment of the course of the disease in relation to both the etiological factor and pathogenesis and clinical manifestations.

Skills

1.Will be able to create a plan for medical activities aimed at the laboratory and other diagnostics of the individual's disease.

Competence

1.Apply the knowledge of the basics of factology, argumentation, logic and rhetoric in order to analyze permissible and detectable situations in theoretical and practical infectology, discuss, justify and explain one's opinion and constructively promote the achievement of professional goals and the performance of specific tasks in ensuring individual and public health.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2027, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine8Master'sRequired
Medicine 7Master'sRequired