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Placement in Safety of the Human Living Environment
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:10.01.2023 12:02:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_143 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Solvita Kļaviņa-Makrecka | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Biochemistry, microbiology, environmental health. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To give students an opportunity to strengthen theoretical knowledge, to acquire competence appropriate to the study programme, and to acquire practical skills necessary for specialists in the respective field. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 17 | Placement introductory lecture | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 18 | Content of Placement | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Together with the placement supervisor, the student compiles a specific placement schedule in order to complete as many of the specified placement tasks as possible. During the placement, the student makes entries on a regular basis in the placement report on the completed work. The student prepares the final report on the placement during the placement and submits it to the placement supervisor for review. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation and activity during the placement. Placement report and placement supervisor’s feedback. Defence of placement. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will know about the functions of the public administration in disease surveillance (except infectious diseases), as well as surveillance and control of environmental factors that cause disease; will know about the regulatory enactments, the system thereof, functioning, main national requirements in environmental and public health protection, as well as the procedure for the administration of these issues in Latvia. Will know about the main EU requirements, the process of adapting them and responsibilities in case of violations. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Practical skills in the identification and assessment of environmental health risk factors; water quality and safety assessment, hygienic assessment of habitats, control of high-risk sites and hygienic assessment of buildings during construction phases. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Are able to explain the functions of public administration in disease surveillance (excluding infectious diseases) and the surveillance and control of environmental factors that cause diseases. Can analyse, explain and interpret epidemiological and other data. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 309, Rīgā 2019. gada 9. jūlijā Veselības inspekcijas nolikums | ||||||||
