Rheumatology (RFR_021)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide medical residents with opportunities to acquire and improve theoretical knowledge and skills in the specific health care field of traumatology and orthopaedics in order to prepare them for successfully passing the certification examination in the specialty of a doctor of physical and rehabilitation medicine, in accordance with laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia.
Learning outcomes
1.Theoretical knowledge of the field of rheumatology, especially in the context of patients whose future treatment is expected to improve their state of health as a result of the professional activity of specialists in the field of rehabilitation medicine.
The medical resident will be able to name and describe the most common to rheumatological diseases that result in permanent and disabling health impairments in patients.
1.The medical resident will be able:
to assess rheumatological patients in the early disease period or in case of exacerbation;
to analyse the assessment results;
to predict late outcomes;
to identify risk factors for complications and draw up a complication prevention plan;
to evaluate the possibility of early mobilisation of the patient or signs of contraindications.
1.The medical resident will be able:
to use the acquired knowledge planning the necessary rehabilitation in the future;
to develop a comprehensive rehabilitation plan starting from the acute stage of treatment;
to predict late treatment and rehabilitation outcomes;
to develop a plan of preventive measures.
