Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description

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Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RUR_017
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
25.95
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Residency Speciality

Speciality
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Contacts

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About Study Course

Objective

To provide postgraduate theoretical and practical acquirement and improvement of skills to qualify doctors to be practitioners in general surgery according to requirements of regulation, corresponding to the normative documentation of the Latvian Republic.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Know urological disease etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis, indications for conservative and surgery; know urology used in diagnostic methods and tools.

Skills

1.To provide urgent assistance to the patient with acute urologic pathology; create and implement a proper scheme diagnostic and treatment tactics of patients with urologic pathology; perform diagnostic and therapeutic manipulation.

Competences

1.provide urological assistance in acute situations acording to the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Health and the Association of Latvian urologist requirements. Certified specialist competence is urological pathology diagnostics, conservative and operative treatment.

Assessment

Individual work

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Individual work

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To provide detailed theoretical knowledge of the innate and acquired, acute and chronic urological disease etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, as well as urological disease conservative treatment and urological indications. Diagnostic methods, instrumentation and hardware, practical skills for diagnostic and therapeutic manipulation, as well as treatment methods (operations) practical use of Urological profile for patients on the scope of the program. Seminar themes: Renal parenchymal tumors. Nephron Conservation surgery to kidney tumors Minimally invasive surgery to kidney tumors Renal pelvis and ureteral urothelial tumors Renal cysts and other volume process diagnostics and treatment Urethral abnormalities, urethral stricture internal uretrotomija Urethral plastic surgery. Penis carcinoma, surgical treatment options Erectile dysfunction, differential diagnosis, therapy. Pāraktīvs bladder, drug therapy options Urine inkontinece women, diagnostics. Urinary incontinence in women, surgical treatment options Rigid and flksiblā lower urinary tract investigation Rigid and flksiblā upper urinary tract investigation Diet factors role in the etiology of urological diseases Prostheses and artificial sphincter urology

Examination

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Grade
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Examination

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At the end of the course a resident has to write a test and the acquired skills must be evaluated in 10-point system.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
25.95
Number of Residency Seminars:
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Length (weeks):
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Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)