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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:3 / 4.5
Course supervisor:Liene Smane
Study type:Part time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Medical Services
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Nutrition Science

Objective

To create students’ knowledge and understanding of the impact of nutrition on the child’s growth and development, the physiology and pathologies of the child’s body.

Prerequisites

Human anatomy, physiology, pathological physiology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students acquire knowledge about the physiology and disorders of child development and growth, the impact of nutrition on child development, the basics of healthy nutrition in different periods of childhood, the immaturity and pathology of the digestive system in childhood, when dietary adjustments are necessary to ensure normal growth and development of the child. During the course, the student: questions patients and their relatives, prepares presentations on the subject of the class, completes short tests; deals with clinical situations.

Skills

To assess the child’s physical, movement and psychosocial development, the adequacy of feeding for the child’s age and state of health.

Competence

Students become competent in questioning children and parents, evaluating data, analysing clinical symptoms, organising promotion of healthy eating, and drawing up nutritional programmes for children of different ages and with different health problems.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Nutrition, RFU6Bachelor’sRequiredLiene Smane, Zanda Grīnberga, Emīlija Zeltiņa, Dana Isarova, Anna Beate Apsīte, Zane Freimane, Inga Lāce
Nutrition, RFUN6Bachelor’sRequiredZanda Grīnberga, Inga Lāce, Emīlija Zeltiņa, Liene Smane