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Medical Terminology in English (LF_654)

About Study Course

Department: RSU Liepāja Branch
ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Dagnija Deimante
Study type:Full time
Course level:First level
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services

Objective

Develop communicative skills in English to ensure successful communication during study process and work in the chosen speciality; promote the development of professional terminology and its practical application.

Prerequisites

Knowledge and skills of the English language according to the programme requirements of upper-secondary school (B1 – C1).

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.After having completed the study course successfully, students will:
• recognise professional terms in various texts;
• name the most common medical terms in English;
• describe problems related to patient care using professional terms in English.

Skills

1.After having completed the study course successfully, students will be able to choose and apply appropriate medical terms in written and spoken communication using appropriate means of the language to express their opinion both in written and spoken communication.

Competence

1.After having completed the study course successfully, students will be able to use the terms in various situations with patients of different age groups according to patients' health issues in the clinical environment.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Physician's Assistant2First levelRequiredDagnija Deimante
About Study CourseObjectivePrerequisitesLearning outcomesStudy course planning
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