Basics of Family Medicine and Care of Special Patient Groups: Paediatrics, Gerontology, Pregnant Women (ISK_003)
About Study Course
Objective
To form an understanding of the tasks and functions of GP practice, care problems of special patient groups (children, elderly patients, pregnant women) and their solutions.
Prerequisites
Fundamentals of human anatomy, basics of physiology and pathology, basics of microbiology, pharmacology, immunology, epidemiology.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the study course requirements, the student will have acquired knowledge that will allow:
• to understand the nosological, etiological, palliative, symptomatic most common cases of the disease in the practice of general practitioners;
• to orientate in a set of individual health promotion and disease prevention measures in the practice of a family doctor.
As a result of mastering the study course students will be able to:
• to communicate with persons in primary care and their relatives:
• in cooperation with the family doctor, assess the patient's state of health, taking into account the diagnosis, symptoms and results of examinations;
• in cooperation with a family doctor, to determine the appropriate pharmacotherapy for an individual patient, to compile action plans, to evaluate the success of their implementation in the conditions typical for real family doctor practices in Latvia.
As a result of mastering the study course, students will be able to:
• to implement team work and cooperate with family medicine-friendly specialists to achieve the goals of primary health care.
