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About Study Course

ECTS:8
Course supervisor:Sandra Rozenštoka
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 ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in sports pharmacology and anti-doping according to the requirements of sport medicine physicians’ specialty.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Knowledge of mutual interconnection of sports medicine as a multidisciplinary field of medicine and pharmacology. Theoretical and practical knowledge about the impact of medications of different pharmacological groups on sports performance and potential side effects, knowledge about legislation and leading national and international anti-doping organisations, main operating principles and anti-doping measures.

Skills

1.Ability to reasonably select the most suitable medications in treatment of patients in case of diseases or injuries, to draft documents for obtaining Therapeutic Use Exemption, if necessary.

Competence

1.Competence in solving different clinical cases and application of the obtained knowledge in sports medicine physician’s practice.