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About Study Course

Department: Department of Clinical Skills and Medical Technologies
Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Edijs Šmagris
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:English, Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine

Objective

Create a standardized approach to history taking with simulated (standardized) patient model in which students are trained to collect structured clinical history and formulate further investigation plan in simulated environment.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of pathological physiology, propaedeutics (including laboratory and instrumental diagnostics) and clinical pharmacology. Internal diseases knowledge gained from previous academic years.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

On successful completion of the course the students will have acquired knowledge and skills of targeted and structured patient history taking from patient who presents complaints of cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, loss of consciousness, dysphagia.

Skills

On successful completion of the course students will be able to purposely take medical history and formulate most probable diagnosis and differential diagnosis, assign investigation plan.

Competence

After successful completion of study course students will be able to recognize symptoms of diseases covered by the program and choose appropriate diagnostic methods to use.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine, SSNMFz11Master’sLimited choiceEdijs Šmagris