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About Study Course

ECTS:10.5
Course supervisor:Juris Ērenpreiss
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Medicine
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine

Objective

To ensure the acquirement and improvement of the theoretical knowledge and practical skills in gynaecology that corresponds to the requirements of the andrological speciality, to prepare a physician for the certification in additional speciality of andrology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive organs. Oogenesis, physiology of the menstrual cycle;
Hormonal regulation of female reproductive organs: hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Hormonal regulation of the menstrual cycle. Disorders of menstrual cycle - amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, PCOs;
Congenital pathologies of vagina, non-infectious and infectious pathologies of vagina, neoplasms. Pathologies of uterine cervix and uterine;
Pelvic inflammatory disease and endometriosis. Effect on fertility function;
Infertility, its causes, pathogenesis. Diagnostics and differential diagnostics of infertility. Medical and non-medical treatment methods of various causes of infertility;
Female contraception: its various forms (hormonal, intrauterine, etc.), their effect on female reproductive function;

Skills

1.Performs vaginal swabbing;
Performs intra-uterine insemination procedures;
Performs oocyte pick-up in procedures of ART;
Performs embryo transfer procedures in medical fertilization procedures;

Competence

1.Evaluates hormonal regulation tests of female reproductive organs (gonadotropic hormones, estrogen, progestins, androgens, etc.).
Diagnoses disorders of menstrual cycle, their causes;
Diagnoses PCOs, evaluates indications for medical or surgical treatment;
Diagnoses and treats infectious vaginal diseases. Diagnoses and treats pelvic inflammatory diseases;
Diagnoses or evaluates indications for surgical diagnostics of endometriosis;
Draws up an examination plan of female infertility;
Selects the appropriate treatment of infertility based on it causes. Is able to take the postcoital test.