It would be overly poetic, and also slightly inaccurate, to say that spring is not only the time when flowers start to bud but also when medical students' relationships with their potential employers first start to appear. The majority of future physicians take the first steps towards their future speciality already in the last two years of their studies – they volunteer and participate in student interest groups, and choose specific topics and supervisors for their sixth-year research papers.
As 12 March is World Glaucoma Day, the entire week has been named World Glaucoma Week and takes place all over the world. During this week special attention is paid to eye health. This year World Glaucoma Week fallws between 11-17 March. The RSU Ophthalmology Interest Group invites everyone to the entrance hall of the Main Building between 13:00-17:00 on 14 March where various eye exams and tests will be performed.
Gynaecologist and obstetrician Lāsma Līdaka (pictured) has a pragmatic approach to research, stressing that it is unlikely that she could win the Nobel Prize through her work analysing processes on a local level. Taking the local approach does, however, give an opportunity to gain insight into the situation in Latvia, and to understand what can be changed in how work with both patients and students is currently conducted.
RSU will be represented by a team of 254 runners representing 18 countries at the Tet Riga Marathon which will be held on 19 May this year. The number of countries represented increased by two compared to last year’s event when RSU was the largest team among all Latvian university teams. The RSU team also took the lead in regards to international coverage received.
We would like to invite you to apply to a comprehensive course in Digital Service Development and Information Management in Health and Welfare Services on 8-12 April.
This in-depth course is organised by the Red Cross Medical College of Rīga Stradiņš University (LV) in cooperation with Laurea University of Applied Sciences (FI), Arcada University of Applied Sciences (FI), Tartu Health Care College (EE) and the Culture College at the Latvian Academy of Culture (LV).
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The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Student Conference is like a ship with history that dates back as far as 69 years! Up until recently it had only been navigating local waters, but five years ago the Student Union made this event international – it is now the largest student conference in the Baltic States. The organising team consists of more than 20 students led by 4th year medical student Ulrika Ulla Andersone.
How can you identify fake news? How can you check if information is true? By using the best Google fact-checking tools!
You are welcome to attend this guest lecture by an experienced expert if you are interesting in learning how!
On 1 March Marek Miller, a lead researcher at Google in Warsaw, will be giving a lecture at RSU. The lecture will be in English, and the topic is ‘Using Google tools for fact-checking.’
A new platform for studies and information exchange has been launched within the framework of the Baltic Sea region project BaltCityPrevention – www.betterprevention.eu. It aims at supporting public healthcare authorities in the Baltic Sea region in their efforts to prevent lifestyle diseases among young people.
‘Research taught me to stay organised throughout the day and to make use of every minute,’ says Vice-Dean of RSU Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare Toms Pulmanis. Toms dedicates his evenings, weekends and vacations to research as workdays are usually taken up by administrative duties and working with students.
