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About Study Course

ECTS:5
Course supervisor:Iveta Dzīvīte-Krišāne
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Neurology

Objective

To provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills in child neurology. Students acquire the skills to investigate different ages neurological patients, neurophysiological peculiarities of children at different ages, nervous system disease diagnosis and treatment of the basic principles, endocrine diseases neurological complications.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.After a study of the course the resident will be able to take the children's neurological disease timely diagnosis, endocrine diseases neurological complications screening and early diagnosis, differential diagnosis in pediatric seizures.

Skills

1.Completion of study course residents will be able to:
- Neuropathy diagnosis, treatment principles,
- Cerebral edema symptom recognition and early initiation of therapy.

Competence

1.By combining theoretical knowledge with practical skills, a resident will be able to implement them in a single integrative understanding of children's endocrine diseases neurological pathology, using the knowledge acquired children's endocrine pathology in the differential diagnosis.