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Latvian Conversation in a Medical Setting for International Students - Level 2 (VC_153)

About Study Course

Department: Faculty of Social Sciences
ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Inga Kaija
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:English
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Languages and Literature

Objective

To learn commonly used vocabulary and deepen conversation skills necessary to interview a patient efficiently: complaints and diseases, affecting factors, lifestyle; sentence building.

Prerequisites

Having completed one elective Latvian course or the 5th semester's mandatory course in Latvian.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.On successful completion of the course students will be able to use vocabulary describing symptoms and their progress as well as list factors that affect one's health.

Skills

1.On successful completion of the course students will be able to formulate questions in Latvian about various aspects of symptoms and grasp the point of the answer.

Competence

1.On successful completion of the course students will be able to use the skills they gained in their previous Latvian courses to interview patients about their complaints in detail.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2026, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine10Master'sLimited choice
Medicine 9Master'sLimited choice
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