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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Vilnis Lietuvietis
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine

Objective

Students will acquire knowledge of urologic diseases, their aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostics, principles of treatment and prevention.

Prerequisites

Anatomy, physiology and pathology of the urogenital system, basics of propaedeutics.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
• list and describe urologic diseases, their aetiology and pathogenesis;
• explain diagnostics, principles of treatment and prevention of urologic diseases;
• describe up-to-date methods of clinical, laboratory and instrumental investigation;
• discuss surgical treatment methods and their indications.

Skills

1.On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
• collect complaints and anamnesis of urologic patients;
• perform examination of a patient with a urologic disease using palpation, percussion and auscultation;
• do urinary catheterisation on male and female (on moulage);
• do rectal examination (on moulage).

Competence

1.On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
• analyse the data acquired during the urologic patient examination;
• prepare necessary laboratory and instrumental investigation plan for the patient;
• interpret the data acquired by laboratory and instrumental investigation methods;
• formulate and justify a full clinical diagnosis;
• define indications for surgical and conservative treatment.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine10Master'sRequiredVilnis Lietuvietis, Linards Rēdmanis, Ansis Ozoliņš, Jānis Bērziņš, Māris Jakubovskis, Kļims Ļeoņenko, Reinis Riekstiņš, Alberts Belovs, Sanda Siliņa, Ivars Kukulis, Aleksandrs Dorogojs, Katrīna Rubene, Arvis Freimanis, Juris Jansons
Medicine10Master'sRequiredVilnis Lietuvietis, Linards Rēdmanis, Ansis Ozoliņš, Jānis Bērziņš, Māris Jakubovskis, Kļims Ļeoņenko, Reinis Riekstiņš, Alberts Belovs, Sanda Siliņa, Ivars Kukulis, Aleksandrs Dorogojs, Katrīna Rubene, Arvis Freimanis, Juris Jansons