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Medical Terminology in Latvian
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:10.00
Study Course Accepted:01.08.2024 13:29:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_087 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Oral Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Laizāne | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge of the Latvian language is required (level A1/A2 according to Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment). | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire dentistry vocabulary in Latvian and Latvian language at a conversational level in order to be able to use language in clinic and to communicate with patients. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Revision of preliminary knowledge. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Vocabulary of dentistry (tooth anatomy and instruments of dentistry). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Types of questions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Question forms in order to get patient’s basic anamnesis (questions about place of living, working place, age, family status, previous diseases, etc.). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Pain (types of pain). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Patient’s complaints (verbs – to be afraid, to become stronger, to decrease). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Instructions for the patient. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Oral cavity diseases and symptoms, condition of the oral cavity. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Drug administration. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Dialogues and situations on the topic: doctor and patient (adult and child). | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Filling in a patient’s case history (example of a patient’s case history form in clinic). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Revision. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual and pair work – mastering of the vocabulary of the corresponding topic and using of grammar, work with a dictionary, making dialogues. Students are obliged to fill in the course evaluation questionnaire at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in practical classes. During semester there are 2 tests. They should be successfully passed. Average grade for tests (1st test is 40%, 2nd test is 60%) is the final grade for the course. In case students don't want the average grade for tests as the final grade for the course acquisition, there is an exam at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • use stomatology vocabulary in the Latvian language; • to talk to the patient in Latvian. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: • select and use appropriate stomatology vocabulary in communication with a patient; • to develop a case history. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to use practically stomatology vocabulary and communicate with adult patients and children. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Inga Kaija, Inga Laizāne. "Latviešu valoda zobārstniecības studentiem". Mācību līdzeklis ārvalstu studentiem. Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2021. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kaija, Inga, Laizāne, Inga. Latviešu valodas gramatika. Pamatlīmenis: A1. Grammar of the Latvian language. Elementary: A1. Rīga: LVA, 2022. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Letonika | ||||||||
