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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:1.33 / 2
Course supervisor:Andris Mikulis
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Medical Services
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Mechanics; Biomechanics

Objective

Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the acquisition of other study disciplines, as well as in the education of an orthopedic specialist.

Prerequisites

Knowledge in mathematics and physics. Knowledge of the national language.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

As a result of the course students will:
1. Acquire and strengthen knowledge in theoretical mechanics.
2. Understand the regularities of absolutely solid body dynamics.
3. Understand free, sluggish and forced oscillations, wave processes.
4. Understand the mechanisms of elastic body deformation.

Skills

1. Will be oriented in terms of theoretical mechanics.
2. The acquired knowledge will be used in the calculation of mechanical properties of solids and biological tissues.
3. Physical concepts and regularities will be used in the calculation of kinematics problems of rotational motion of human body members.

Competence

As a result of the study course students will be able to evaluate the significance of the laws of theoretical mechanics in the statics and dynamics of human body movement.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Orthotics and Prosthetics, RFO1Bachelor’sRequiredAndris Mikulis, Aleksandrs Mičko