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About Study Course

Department: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
Credit points / ECTS:4 / 6
Course supervisor:Lauma Spriņģe
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Public Health
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Public Health

Objective

The aim of the study course is to form students' understanding and to promote the acquisition of knowledge about the diversity of public health issues. To acquaint with methods of cognition of public health problems and their use in identification, control and reduction of public health problems.

Prerequisites

Basics of public health.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Name methods for identifying and analyzing public health problems; to list the main public health problems and their causes; outline solutions to problems.

Skills

Select public health information; to calculate basic demographic and disease incidence indicators; to prepare and present an analysis of a specific public health problem.

Competence

Critically and comparatively evaluate the public health situation using information sources characterizing public health; to substantiate tasks in solving public health problems; to plan the activities of a public health specialist in a specific situation.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Public Health, SVF3Bachelor’sRequired