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Study Course Description

Placement Rotation Elective Cycle

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
MF_047
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
9.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Faculty of Medicine
Contacts

Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, mf@rsu.lv, +371 67409125 +371 67409255

About Study Course

Objective

The objective of the placement rotation is to consolidate and strengthen theoretical knowledge and practical skills of students acquired during different years of study within the framework of the RSU study programme “Medicine” in order to prepare students for further practical work. The placement rotation is a practical format for the organisation of medical studies involving integration in medical treatment teams.

Preliminary Knowledge

Preliminary knowledge acquired during preclinical and clinical study courses.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.After the acquisition of the study course, the student will have gained knowledge and will be able to analyse and understand lab tests and examination methods of patients of different profiles; will gain knowledge about emergency assistance in different situations; will know and recognise the symptoms and algorithms of development of different diseases – examination and treatment tactics, will know how to make evidence-based recommendations, will be able to apply critical thinking and synthesise knowledge.

Skills

1.Will know how to take patient history, perform a physical examination of patients, carry out diagnostic examinations and therapy, diagnose the patient, educate the patient on health and disease prevention matters, provide emergency treatment, draft medical documentation, use information and communication technologies, respect general and professional ethics, organise own work and team work.

Competences

1.The competences obtained during the study course will allow for a targeted and structured identification of the patient’s history, allow for linking the various components and symptoms of pathological processes that affect it, allow for assessment of the patient’s health condition, interpretation of normality and deviation from the norm, and for attributing the finding and the specific situation, and for deciding on further tactics of action. Will allow for the identification of acute medical conditions, the organisation of timely provision of assistance, the interpretation of the results of various examinations and formulation of the appropriate conclusion, the planning of treatment tactics. The acquired competences will allow performing manipulations corresponding to the respective pathological status, fill out medical records in accordance with the requirements of regulatory enactments.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

-
-
Placement.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

-
10 points

The total assessment of placement in the study course consists of a student’s review from the placement workplace, as well as an assessment by the testing commission following interviews with the student, which also include an analysis of the prepared clinical case from the placement rotation situation, in which the student would have acted differently than it was done in the particular situation. Knowledge and skills of the student during the placement test shall be considered to be successful if the test is “passed”. The placement test may be retaken twice.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Unaided Work

Modality
Location
Contact hours
Off site
E-Studies platform
0

Topics

In parallel to the practical work, the student must read the special literature according to the specialty of the placement.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
9.00
Contact hours:
0 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Atbilstoši programmas saturam/According to the content of the programSuitable for English stream

2.

ESC guidlinesSuitable for English stream