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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Solvita Smilgzieda
Study type:Full time
Course level:First level
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine

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.

Prerequisites

Not required.

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.

Competence

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.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Physician's Assistant, LFAP3First levelRequiredElita Balčus