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About Study Course

Department: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Gunta Ancāne
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Pharmacy
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Health Care

Objective

The objective of the study course is to promote the acquisition of knowledge about the regularities of human psychic functioning and the interaction of psychic and somatic processes.

Prerequisites

An idea of the dual, natural-scientific and humanitarian nature of psychic processes.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students will be able to: analyse the role of psychological factors in case of somatic diseases; evaluate the psychodynamic aspects of pharmacological therapy; describe psychosomatic disorders and etiopathogenesis of diseases, name and express the basic principles of communication.

Skills

Students will be able to: briefly describe the aetiopathogenesis of cases of psychosomatic patients, explain the possibilities of using the placebo effect; demonstrate the basic elements of therapeutic communication.

Competence

Students will be able to analyse the role of biological, emotional and social factors in the aetiology and pathogenesis of diseases.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Pharmacy, FF6Master’sLimited choiceAnnija Gabriela Roze, Margarita Birkena