Clinical Rheumatology of Children I

1.1. Demonstrate deep and broad knowledge regarding children’s musculoskeletal (connective tissue) system and autoimmune connective tissue disease aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation, which ensures the basics to creative thinking in clinical work as well as research, and the capacity to work in an interdisciplinary environment. 2. The acquired knowledge will allow to find bearings in the prevalence and priorities in paediatric rheumatology in Latvia and the World, will permit to manage and lay out facts regarding the effect of illness risk factors, aspects of primary prophylaxis, morphology, aetiology, pathology, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, invasive (surgical) and non-invasive treatment, including clinical pharmacology, rehabilitation, intensive care, psychotherapy, and secondary prophylaxis in paediatric rheumatology.

1.1. The medical doctor understands the nature of the specific problem, diagnostic algorithms and is capable to provide professional specialised emergency aid, as well as realises in practice the diagnostic, treatment and prophylaxis measures, is capable to work, study or research in complicated und unforeseeable circumstances and, if necessary, modify them by using new approaches. The doctor has the capacity for constant development, is able to communicate with different patients, their parents, and colleagues, has pedagogic and research skills, has organisational skills in the workplace. 2. Being able to use basic knowledge in argumentation, logic, and rhetoric to analyse practical situations, discuss, explain personal opinion and, in a constructive manner, promote the achievement of personal goals and fulfilment of specific aims. 3. Communicate with colleagues, medically incompetent persons, and all other parties in an ethical and rational manner, by promoting a successful solution to specific medical situations or problems; 4. When faced with a professional situation that requires additional competences, being capable to organise the involvement of other healthcare specialists and a collegial cooperation for the effective resolution of the situation- especially in clinical cases which are at the junction of different spheres of healthcare; 5. Being capable to coordinate personal activities in the interest of research and, within possibility, participate in research activities.

1.1. The doctor works according to his/her domain of authority at the highest level of knowledge, skill, and attitude acquisition and application, by performing the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prophylaxis of children’s musculoskeletal (connective tissue) system and autoimmune connective tissue diseases, individually plans and organises personal improvement and development of professional competences as a specialist, takes responsibility for group work of the staff and is capable of innovation and entrepreneurship. 2. By applying integrative thinking, compare the signs of the pathology (macroscopically and microscopically) with normal parameters of morphology and homeostasis, recognise symptoms of illnesses, explain the pathology, formulate a diagnosis and differentiate it from other diagnoses, verify the possibility of the most common complications, predict the course and consequences of the pathologic process, 3. Ability to analyse situations, argue, logically formulate and explain personal point of view; communicate with persons of different competence and different experiences about professional questions, achieving favourable solutions to the patient’s health, society or environment; 4. Investment in the creation of new knowledge by analysis of personal actions or in the form of targeted research.