Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Environmental and Public Health IV
Course Code
RSV_023
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Public and environmental health
ECTS
18.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Violeta Mavčutko
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Public health doctor
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Violeta Mavčutko
Contacts
-
About Study Course
Objective
To acquire knowledge about:
- the Public Health Monitoring and Reporting System (SVMZS), about the indicators used for public health monitoring, about the diseases subject to monitoring;
- the role of primary health care in ensuring public health;
- principles of health care system management;
- principles of health promotion policy and practice formation, applied strategies, political and socioeconomic factors in health promotion practice;
- regularities of communication processes.
About occupational health, about the hygiene of children and adolescents and related risks.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.During the time allotted for the study course, the medical resident acquires knowledge about: - the Public Health Monitoring and Reporting System (SVMZS), about the indicators used for public health monitoring, about the diseases subject to monitoring; - the role of primary health care in ensuring public health; - principles of health care system management; - principles of health promotion policy and practice formation, applied strategies, political and socioeconomic factors in health promotion practice; - regularities of communication processes. About occupational health, about the hygiene of children and adolescents and related risks.
Skills
1.As a result of completing the study course, the medical resident will be able: - to carry out environmental monitoring, surveying objects, evaluating risk factors and their impact on health, developing measures (proposals) to reduce them; - to perform hygienic examination of objects and events.
Competences
1.As a result of successful completion of the study course, the medical resident achieves the mandatory competence of a certified public health physician, which allows to work independently in the field of public health.
Assessment
Individual work
|
Title
|
% from total grade
|
Grade
|
|---|---|---|
|
1.
Individual work |
-
|
-
|
|
- to prepare presentations: on public health monitoring and reporting system (SVMZS) and patient safety;
- to study the regulatory basis on epidemiological investigation of cases of vaccine-preventable infections;
- to study the regulatory basis for the Early Warning and Rapid Response System (ABĀRS) in Latvia and Early Warning and Rapid Response System (EWRS).
|
||
Examination
|
Title
|
% from total grade
|
Grade
|
|---|---|---|
|
1.
Examination |
-
|
-
|
|
After each study course, theoretical knowledge test in the form of a test and questions, solving situational tasks.
|
||
Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
The International Classification of Diseases.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Public health monitoring. Indicators and data sources used in public health monitoring, data analysis process, data use.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Public health monitoring. Indicators and data sources used in public health monitoring, data analysis process, data use.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Non-communicable disease surveillance and control tactics and strategies to reduce the incidence thereof.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Addictive diseases and mental health.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Situation analysis in the field of addictive diseases and mental health. Selection of indicators characterising the situation and creation of infographics.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
The role of primary health care in ensuring public health.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Classical management theories and practical methods adapted to different levels of the health care system. Principles of management of the health care system.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Principles of health promotion policy and practice development. Strategies used in health promotion. Health promotion in different settings.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Political and socioeconomic factors in health promotion practice. Basic principles of work planning, implementation and monitoring. Evaluating the effectiveness of health promotion work.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Patient safety – reducing the risk of unnecessary health care-related harm to an acceptable minimum.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Hygiene of children and adolescents and related risk factors.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
Hygiene at social and public service institutions and related risk factors.
|
-
Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
-
|
-
|
Topics
|
The regularities of the communication process and the practice of public relations.
|
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
18.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
14
Length (weeks):
13
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Dundurs J. Methodic Directions for Practical Works in Occupational Health. RSU, Rīga, 2011.
2.
Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2012.
3.
Eglīte M., Aulika B., Avota M., Bāķe M.Ā., Dundurs J., Jekabsone I., Spudža D., Vanadziņš I. Vides veselība. Rīga, Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes, 2008.
4.
Mozgis Dz. Ceļvedis veselības aprūpes sistēmā. SIA „Nacionālais apgāds”, 2008.
5.
Rothman, K.J., Greenland, S., Lash, T.L. Modern Epidemiology. 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
6.
Szklo M., Nieto F. J. Epidemiology. Beyond the Basics. 2nd Edition. UK, London: Jones and Barlett Publishers, 2007.
7.
Teibe U. Bioloģiskā statistika. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2007.
8.
Kļaviņa M. un Jāņa Zaļokšņa redakcijā. Klimats un ilgtspējīga attīstība.Rīga: LU Akadēmiskaisapgāds, 2016, 384 lpp.
9.
Preventing disease through healthy environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks / Annette Prüss-Üstün, J. Wolf, C. Corvalán, R. Bos and M. Neira. World Health Organization 2016, 147 p.
10.
WHO global air quality guidelines. World Health Organization, 2021, 273 p.
11.
Science for Environmemtal Policy Future brief: What are the health costs of environmental pollution? European Commission, 2018, 57 p
12.
Environmental Health. Intechopen. Edited by Takemi Otsuki, 2021, 256 p.
Additional Reading
1.
Environment and human health. Joint EEA-JRC report. European Environment Agency, 2013, 107 p.
2.
Baltiņš M. Lietišķā epidemioloģija. Rīga: „Zinātne”, 2003.
3.
Lindberga Z. Higiēna. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1991.
4.
Praude V., Beļčikovs J. Menedžments. Rīgā, SIA “Vaidelote”, 2001.
5.
Veselība 21 – veselība visiem 21.gadsimtā, PVO, 1999.
Other Information Sources
1.
Interneta avoti:
3.
4.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.