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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:4 / 6
Course supervisor:Jānis Gardovskis
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:English, Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Surgery

Objective

Students will acquire knowledge of urgent and elective abdominal, breast and endocrine surgical diseases, their aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostics, principles of treatment and prevention.

Prerequisites

Anatomy, physiology and pathology of the abdominal cavity, breast and endocrine organs; basics of propaedeutics.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

After successfully completing the study course, the student will have acquired knowledge and will be able to describe the etiology, pathogenesis, prevention of surgical diseases discussed in lectures and classes, recognize the clinical picture and possible complications of these diseases, list modern clinical, laboratory and instrumental examination methods, as well as describe the surgical treatment of these diseases methods and indications for their application.

Skills

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:
- collect patient's complaints and anamnesis;
- perform physical examination of the patient using palpation, percussion and auscultation;
- perform breast physical examination

Competence

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:
- analyse a surgical case;
- prepare laboratory and instrumental investigation plan for the patient; interpret and analyse data acquired during the surgical patient examination;
- formulate and justify a full clinical diagnosis;
- prepare treatment plan for the specific clinical case;
- formulate indications for surgical and conservative treatment.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine, SSNMFz8Master’sRequired
Medicine, MF7Master’sRequired