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Medical Terminology in German
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:02.05.2023 09:02:04
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_687 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Solvita Smilgzieda | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepaja, Riņķu iela 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Develop communicative skills in German to ensure successful communication during study process and work in the chosen speciality; promote the development of professional terminology and its practical application. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Medical professions in Latvia and abroad | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Medical specialities | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Medical education in Latvia and abroad | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Physician Assistant speciality | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Physician Assistant. Applying for a job. Communication with medical staff, patients, their relatives | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Writing medical documentation | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Most common diseases | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Code of ethics of Physician Assistant. Problem solving examples | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Doctor – patient consultations | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Work at the hospital. Equipment | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual and group work – preparing presentations, working with a dictionary – explaining terms; writing summaries, letters, using the given principles of their creation. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in practical lessons; timely submitted, quality completed written homework, quality of oral answers (10%); • presentation, according to the course topic (10%); • test papers – testing the knowledge and practical use of the acquired terminology (10%); • a presentation at the end of the course, which tests knowledge of terminology and its practical use, understanding of general text and specific information, and use of written language and speaking skills (20%); An exam that tests students' reading and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of medical terms (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of successful completion of the study course, students will: • recognize professional terminology in various types of texts, • name the equivalents of the most commonly used terminology in the field of medicine in German, • describe various problems related to patient care using professional terminology in German. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of successful completion of the study course, students will be able to: select and correctly use terminology for oral communication and writing in the field of medicine, use appropriate means of language expression to express their opinion in both oral and written communication. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of successful completion of the study course, students will be able to practically use the terminology in different communicative situations with patients of different ages, depending on the health problems of the patients, as well as in the environment of hospitals/polyclinics in different situations. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Egons Ziediņš. Vācu valodas praktiskā gramatika. Zvaigzne ABC, 2009 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Maie Lepp. Grammatik ist kinderleicht! Zveigzne ABC, 2000 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.onmeda.de | ||||||||
| 2 | www.medizin.de | ||||||||
