Latvian Conversation in a Medical Setting for International Students - Level 1 (VC_149)
About Study Course
Objective
To learn the basic vocabulary and conversation skills necessary to interview a patient efficiently: body parts, most common complaints, and most common sentence structures.
Prerequisites
Having completed the mandatory Latvian course (2 or 3 semesters) but no additional Latvian courses.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to use the basic vocabulary of medical conversation: body parts, sensations, most common symptoms.
On successful completion of the course students will be able to formulate questions in simple Latvian and grasp the point of the answer about the most common medical complaints.
On successful completion of the course students will be able to use the skills they gained in their basic Latvian course to interview patients about the most common complaints.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine, SSNMF | 6 | Master’s | Limited choice | Inga Laizāne, Inga Kaija, Daiga Tetere | |
| Medicine, SSNMFz | 5 | Master’s | Limited choice | Inga Kaija, Inga Laizāne, Solveiga Čeirane, Agnese Cera, Daiga Tetere |
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine, SSNMFz | 6 | Master’s | Limited choice | ||
| Medicine, SSNMF | 5 | Master’s | Limited choice |
