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About Study Course

ECTS:6
Course supervisor:Kaspars Zeiza
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:English, Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Clinical medicine; Surgery

Objective

Students will acquire knowledge of emergency and elective surgery of abdominal, thoracic, cardiac and vascular diseases, their nature and aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostics, principles of treatment and prevention as well as organ transplantation.

Prerequisites

Human anatomy, physiology and pathology, basics of propaedeutics and surgery.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
• describe diseases of general, thoracic, cardiac and vascular surgeries, their aetiology and pathogenesis;
• explain the clinical picture, diagnostics, principles of treatment and prevention of urgent and elective abdominal and vascular surgical diseases;
• describe up-to-date methods of clinical, laboratory and instrumental investigation;
• discuss surgical treatment methods and their indications.

Skills

1.As a result of successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
• perform physical examination of a patient using palpation, percussion and auscultation;
• explain the results of upper GI tract endoscopy;
• evaluate investigation results of the abdominal, chest, endocrine organs, cardiovascular system and explain treatment possibilities;
• perform medical care of the stoma patient.

Competence

1.On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
• analyse data of patient examination;
• prepare necessary laboratory and instrumental investigation plan for the patient;
• analyse a surgical case and interpret data acquired from laboratory and instrumental investigation methods;
• formulate and justify a full clinical diagnosis;
• plan tactics for a surgical clinical case;
• formulate indications for surgical and conservative treatment.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Medicine10Master'sRequiredAigars Lācis, Alvis Melderis, Mārtiņš Kalējs, Artjoms Špaks, Linda Kokaine, Jānis Jušinskis, Krista Grigoroviča, Pēteris Stradiņš, Donats Breiva, Ivars Brečs, Vladimirs Fokins, Ints Siliņš, Kaspars Zeiza, Evita Saukāne, Kristiāns Meidrops, Jānis Lācis, Jānis Opincāns, Jānis Pāvulāns, Gvido Vārpiņš
Medicine10Master'sRequiredAigars Lācis, Alvis Melderis, Mārtiņš Kalējs, Artjoms Špaks, Linda Kokaine, Jānis Jušinskis, Krista Grigoroviča, Pēteris Stradiņš, Donats Breiva, Ivars Brečs, Vladimirs Fokins, Ints Siliņš, Kaspars Zeiza, Evita Saukāne, Kristiāns Meidrops, Jānis Lācis, Jānis Opincāns, Jānis Pāvulāns, Gvido Vārpiņš