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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Ivars Vanadziņš
Study type:Full time
Target audience:Rehabilitation; Health Management; Social Welfare and Social Work; Communication Science; Law; Pharmacy; Civil and Military Defense; Medical Services; Social Anthropology; Pedagogy; Juridical Science; Medicine; Public Health; Person and Property Defence; Clinical Pharmacy; Management Science; Life Science; Nursing Science; Marketing and Advertising; Dentistry; Sociology; Psychology; Information and Communication Science; Sports Trainer; Political Science; Biology; Business Management; Medical Technologies
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Public Health

Objective

To provide students of different RSU faculties and programmes with knowledge and practical skills in the organisation and implementation of research work, promoting experience and abilities to plan and implement long-term multidisciplinary cooperation between different disciplines.
Work in the course is organised in interdisciplinary teams, which can include students from different fields (faculties and programmes) and levels of study over several years. Students participate in the work of the team for one or more semesters, according to their study and research interests. Students work under the guidance of a leading researcher, participating in various specific studies.

Prerequisites

General knowledge of human physiology and anatomy, human health or the functioning of society.
Students are approved for the course by assessing their motivation letter (assessing research interests in relation to the objective of the VIP course, interest, motivation to work in a team). The motivation letter should be sent to the course leader. Participation in the course may be refused if the student has poor grades and/or attendance in previous semesters.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the study course, students will understand the principles of organisation of the research process, choose the most appropriate methodology and the principles of team organisation and management, be able to obtain research data in a manner appropriate to the requirements, perform basic processing, prepare information for presentation of the research result.

Skills

Students will be able to work in a multidisciplinary team, carry out assigned independent work, process and interpret data obtained, and present research results.

Competence

Students will be able to choose the most appropriate research model for a given task, obtain the necessary data, analyse and interpret it, prepare information for presentation of the research result, present the results in writing and orally to professionals of the field and the public, and present the results and solutions at scientific and practical conferences.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Elective courses, C-kursi 1Free choiceJeļena Reste, Žanna Martinsone
Public Health, SVFM1Master’sLimited choiceŽanna Martinsone, Jeļena Reste, Dace Jakimova, Ivars Vanadziņš
Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Elective courses, C-kursi 2Free choice