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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:4.67 / 7
Course supervisor:Ēriks Švēde
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Medical Technologies; Medical Services
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Materials Science

Objective

To give an idea about technologies, instruments, equipment and working machines used in technical orthopedics with aim to get processed materials.

Prerequisites

Introduction to specialty, knowledge of materials.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students will be able to name methods used to process materials in technical orthopedics, explain processing stages and used instruments and equipment, define safety elements.

Skills

Students will be able to demonstrate skills in gypsum casting and processing technologies, to choose and prepare appropriate plastic material for forming and to explain plastic material forming stages, as well as to demonstrate skills in metal drilling, bending and riveting, and other processing types.

Competence

• use various tools to process materials;
• power tools usage and safety;
• material characteristics.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Orthotics and Prosthetics, RFO1Bachelor’sRequiredViesturs Drunks, Zane Zibulāne
Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Orthotics and Prosthetics, RFO2Bachelor’sRequiredZane Zibulāne, Viesturs Drunks