Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Study Course Description

Assessment Health Status

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

REX_024

Branch of Science

Clinical medicine; Public and environmental health

ECTS

4.00

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Sandra Ausekle

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Expert

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Sandra Ausekle

Contacts

About Study Course

Objective

Provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the assessment of the adequacy of health status, the assessment of medical documentation for service in the National Armed Forces (NAF), subordinate institutions of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prison Administration, and the acquisition of knowledge in the field of social insurance related to occupational diseases.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.The resident has acquired extensive, comprehensive and up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of medical examination and medical tests in the Latvian National Armed Forces, institutions subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and the Prison Administration. The resident understands the diagnosis of occupational diseases, principles of treatment and rehabilitation, risk factors of the working environment, knows how to assess them, and understands social insurance guarantees for patients suffering from occupational diseases.

Skills

1.The resident has learned the necessary theoretical knowledge, practical skills and professional activities in assessing the adequacy of health status, personal examination, medical documentation for service in the Latvian National Armed Forces, institutions subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and the Prison Administration. The resident has improved the diagnosis of occupational diseases, application of principles of treatment and rehabilitation in practical work; is able to assess the risk factors of the working environment.

Competences

1.The resident is able to choose the appropriate means and appropriate action for the given situation. The resident analyses and finds correlations, assesses and addresses issues including the possibilities of treatment and rehabilitation of patients with occupational diseases, occupational rehabilitation, in line with the level of development of modern science, disease or trauma forecast, functional condition of a person and patient's work capacity.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
To acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills in assessing the adequacy of the state of health, personal examination of a person, assessment of medical documentation for service in the Latvian National Armed Forces, institutions subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and the Prison Administration; assessment of the degree of disability, causality and functional abilities of a person’s health disorders. To get acquainted with the possibilities of treatment and rehabilitation of the people suffering from occupational diseases, to get acquainted with the basic process and results of the system, to learn how to grant various insurance services in the event of occupational diseases together with the person in charge. The resident independently studies the literature.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
Theoretical and practical examination at the end of the course.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Health assessment for service in the NAF, subordinate institutions of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prison Administration.

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Occupational health in the international legislative context. Aetiology and pathogenesis of occupational diseases. Limits to work capacity and functioning caused by diseases and injuries.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Capacities and categories of health status of soldiers, national guard, entrants, and military employees. Assessment of the health capacity of soldiers and entrants, and their suitability for studies in military education institutions.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Assessment of health status and physical development in order to determine suitability for military service or including in the reserve after professional service or in the event of mobilisation.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Suitability of soldiers, military and civilian staff for work involving harmful factors in the working environment and need for appropriate medical and preventive measures for these persons.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Determination of the causal link between illness, injury, contusion, trauma or mutilation and the performance of combat duties, the discharge of official duties and being in military service of soldiers, military employees, reserve soldiers and national guards declared unfit for military service due to their state of health and having a restricted degree of fitness, requiring leave or exemption from military service duties for a definite period of time.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Determination of the causal link between illness, injury, contusion, trauma or mutilation of soldiers, military employees, national guard and reserve soldiers and the performance of their duties in the event of death.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Assessment of suitability for service or the position held in the institutions within the system of the Ministry of the Interior and in the Prison Administration of the candidates for service in the institutions within the system of the Ministry of the Interior or the Prison Administration and officials with special service ranks.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Suitability of the health status of officials for work involving harmful factors of the working environment and the need for appropriate medical and preventive measures for these persons.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Determination of the severity of health damage sustained in an accident by officials who have suffered an accident in the performance of their official duties in institutions subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and in the Prison Administration.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Accidents at work. Rights of patients suffering from occupational diseases and accident victims and possibilities of obtaining compensation.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Diagnosis of occupational diseases, treatment and rehabilitation. Occupational diseases and work-related diseases.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Assessment of the loss of health and ability to work of persons who suffered in the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Clinical discipline - “occupational medicine”. Occupational diseases caused by heavy workloads, biological hazards and physical factors.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Occupational hygiene. Risk factors in the working environment, acceptable standards and assessment.

Placement

Modality	Location
On site	Study room

Topics

Working environment and allergic, oncological, respiratory, and circulatory diseases.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

4.00

Number of Residency Seminars:

Length (weeks):

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

AM noteikumi 21.08.2007 Nr. 63-NOT „Kārtība, kādā veic medicīnisko pārbaudi miera un mobilizācijas gadījumā personām, kuras pretendē uz karavīra amatiem Nacionālajos bruņotajos spēkos, karavīriem, militārajiem darbiniekiem, zemessargu kandidātiem, zemessargiem, rezerves karavīriem un rezervistiem”

Noteikumi par Iekšlietu ministrijas sistēmas iestāžu un Ieslodzījuma vietu pārvaldes amatpersonām ar speciālajām dienesta pakāpēm un amatpersonu amata kandidātiem nepieciešamo veselības stāvokli un psiholoģiskajām īpašībām un veselības stāvokļa un psiholoģisko īpašību pārbaudes kārtību

Eglīte, M. 2012. Darba medicīna. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte

Arodslimību izmeklēšanas un uzskaites kārtība

Walter, J. C. and Pizzorno Jr., J.E. 2018. Clinical Environmental Medicine: Identification and Natural Treatment of Diseases Caused by Common Pollutants. Elsevier.