Find out what RSU can offer besides studies, because – YES
From 7 to 11 January, Associate Professor Jolanta Aleksejuniene visited the RSU Institute of Stomatology and Rīga Stradiņš University to conduct classes and provide individual consultations for RSU lecturers and doctoral students.
On Thursday 24 January at 16:00, a guest lecture titled "Differential diagnostics in optic nerve diseases" will be held by Naďa Jirásková, a professor in ophthalmology from Charles University in Prague will be held in the Hippocrates Lecture Theatre, Rīga Stradiņš University.
On 28 November, the Language Centre organised Language Afternoon, which has already become a steady tradition. The aim of this event is to promote a willingness to learn new languages and become acquainted with the traditions and culture of other countries.
At Rīga Stradiņš University, many different languages are spoken on a daily basis. While studying and working in a multicultural environment, we can truly appreciate how important foreign language skills are, because, as we all know, language is a bridge to learning other cultures, traditions and values.
New deans of the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Dentistry of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) were approved in the Senate meeting, held 18 December.
On Sunday 6 January, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) ice hockey team competed with the Oxford Canadiens, with students from Canada, the USA and Great Britain. The Oxford Canadiens players join once per year to travel across Europe and challenge other university teams.
This year the Oxford Canadiens chose the RSU team as their opponents. Unfortunately, our team lost the intense game with a final score 6:2. Nevertheless, it was a great experience, and, no doubt, a memorable game.
Nowadays, up-to-date digital technologies, dummies and electronic simulations are widely used in human-centred medical education at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). However, it has not always been that way. Although experiments with animals are no longer part of the study process, the RSU Museum still retains these decades-old historical testimonies. The majority of them date back to the Soviet period, when moral principles in regard to the use of animals were less stringent.
Coughing is the body’s defence mechanism – a natural reflex with the main aim to expel foreign particles from the respiratory tract. The most frequent reason for a cough in childhood are viral infections and up to the age of 5, children are likely to have up to eight such infections per year. This is normal and usually does not require hospitalisation or the use of antibiotics.
On 15 January at 13:00 in an open session of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Medical Promotion Council (Hippocrates Lecture Theatre, Dzirciema iela 16, Rīga), Jēkabs Krastiņš will defend his doctoral thesis, titled Perioperative dynamics of renal functional and structural damage markers in children undergoing open heart surgery.
Official reviewers
- Assoc. Prof. Harijs Čerņevskis (RSU)
- Leading researcher Vilnis Dzērve-Tāluts (University of Latvia)
- Prof. Eric Hoste (Ghent University, Belgium)
One of the benevolent spirits in social sciences studies at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is the administrator in the Department of Political Science, Ilze Speķe. Her daily routine involves spending time among students. "I'm their psychotherapist, detective and mom at the same time", laughs Ilze and admits: "If I didn't like working with students, probably, I wouldn't work here."
