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About Study Course

ECTS:6
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 acquire and develop theoretical knowledge and practical skills related to cardiovascular diseases.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Upon completion of the pleural diseases study course, using the acquired knowledge and understanding, the medical resident will be able to: 1) perform pleural cavity punctures and drainages, learn to evaluate their indications, side effects and contraindications; 2) evaluate the patient’s vital signs and objective lung examination data; 3) prescribe appropriate examinations and interpret their results; 4) define differential diagnoses; 5) prescribe an appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plan.

Skills

1.After the pleural diseases study course, the medical resident will know how to: 1) collect the most important information obtained by examining the patient and evaluating the data of additional examinations; 2) apply appropriate examination and treatment methods; 3) present the patient with lung diseases in councils, visits; 4) draw up a treatment and rehabilitation plan.

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.