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About Study Course

ECTS:10.05
Course supervisor:Ieva Cīrule
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Paediatrics

Objective

Provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquisition and improvement of children's pulmonology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.• Be able to explain the terms of Pulmonology;
• Describe pulmonological diseases diagnostic principles and use;
• Explain pulmonological disease pathogenesis of different ages;
• Evaluate children - pulmonological patients;
• Name and describe the lung diseases of children;
• Compare different methods of investigation.

Skills

1.The student will be able to:
• Collect relevant information about the child with pulmonologic diseases;
• Use the appropriate method for the investigation of pulmonologic patients;
• Take pulmonological diseases differential diagnosis;
• Choose the most suitable / appropriate therapy;
• Select and make the best use of examinations in accordance with the disease and the patient's age.

Competence

1.The student is able to use the acquired knowledge of the child pulmonologic disease differential diagnosis:
• Can formulate pulmonologic disease diagnosis;
• Differentiate pulmonary diseases;
• Interpret the data on respiratory tests;
• Develop recommendations for the prevention of lung diseases.