Study programme	Residency in Medicine
Higher Education Institution	Rīga Stradiņš University
Study field	Health Care
StudyProgramJointToForeign

Code of the study programme in accordance with the Latvian Education Classification	50721
EQF/LQF Level	8
Study Programme Type	Trešā cikla profesionālās augstākās izglītības programma astotā līmeņa profesionālās kvalifikācijas ieguvei, īstenojama pēc otrā cikla augstākās izglītības ieguves vai pēc izglītības programmas ar 50. kodu apguves
Study programme (short name)	Third cycle professional higher education (residency) study programme
Thematic group	Ārstniecība
ISCED code	0912
ISCED	Ārstniecība
Credit points	44-264
Degree to be acquired	-
Qualification to be obtained	sexologist, sexopathologist; interventional radiologist; Clinical Microbiologist; Spinal Surgeon; neurophysiologist; acupuncture doctor; andrologist; allergologist ; algologist; anaesthetist, emergency physician; occupational physician; vascular surgeon; paediatric allergist; paediatric endocrinologist; paediatric gastroenterologist; paediatric haematologist-oncologist; paediatric infectologist; paediatric cardiologist; paediatric surgeon; paediatric nephrologist; paediatric neurologist; paediatric pneumonologist; paediatric psychiatrist; paediatric rheumatologist; paediatric dentist; dermatologist, venereologist; dietitian; expert; endodontist; endocrinologist; physical and rehabilitation medicine doctor; gastroenterologist; geriatrician; gynaecologist, obstetrician; family doctor (general practitioner); haematologist; hepatologist; immunologist; infectologist; internist; cardiologist; surgeon; laboratory doctor; medical geneticist; oral and maxillofacial surgeon; narcologist; emergency medicine doctor; nephrologist; neurosurgeon; neurologist; neonatologist; ophthalmologist; oncologist chemotherapist; gynaecologist in oncology; orthodontist; otolaryngologist; palliative care specialist; pathologist; paediatrician; periodontist; plastic surgeon; pneumonologist; psychiatrist; psychotherapist; radiologist; rheumatologist; public health doctor; cardiac surgeon ; sport medicine doctor; forensic medical expert; forensic psychiatric expert; thoracic surgeon; transfusiologist; transplantologist; orthopaedic traumatologist; urologist; dental prosthetist; Aesthetic medicine doctor
Study type and form	Full time studies
Study lenght	2 years; 4 years; 1 years; 5 years; 3 years; 6 years
Language	latvian

Licence number	-
Licence date
Licenced till

Accreditation page number	Netiek izsniegta
Accreditation date	27.05.2024
Accreditation duration (in years)	6
Accreditation till	28.05.2030

1. According to the specialty, sub-specialty or additional specialty, the student is able to:
A. demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of the regularities of the structure and functionality of a healthy and sick person;
B. understand the impact of diseases on the body in different situations, their nature and the consequences they have for human health as a whole and for individual human systems, creatively predict disease progression, complications, mechanisms of outcomes and interrelationships between systems, defining the conditions that promote or inhibit disease progression;
C. to formulate specific tasks, optimally selected modern medical remedies or diagnostic methods in various conditions to achieve the patient’s maximum health well-being.

2. According to the specialty, sub-specialty or additional specialty, the student is able to:
A. explain and discuss diseases or health care problems, diagnosis or identification thereof, treatment or solutions thereto, and the possible outcomes, outlining their nature and the consequences they have for human health in general and for each human organ system individually.

3. According to the specialty, sub-specialty or additional specialty, the student is able to:
A. independently apply theory and problem-solving skills to assess the health of the patient in general, as well as the state of each system; in case of health disorders, able to identify the nature and causes thereof, explain the circumstances of the occurrence thereof, to differentiate and explain differences among diseases.
B. integrate the knowledge of medical branches into a unified vision of the modern possibilities of the sector, diagnosis group or patient’s health care.

4. According to the specialty, sub-specialty or additional specialty, the student is able to:
A. independently direct the development of one’s competence, use modern self-improvement techniques, including simulation-based educational development methods, to use patient-safe tools, methods and measures in daily work.

5. According to the specialty, sub-specialty or additional specialty, the student is able to:
A. organise health care for the patient using effective teamwork principles, modern health care system capabilities, creatively adapting them to individual patient needs, finding ethical and modern solutions for the benefit of the patient.
B. plan, in an integrated manner, a range of activities, including medical interdisciplinary activities, aimed at improving or enhancing the health wellbeing of the sector, patient, or diagnose group, or individual patients.

6. According to the specialty, sub-specialty or additional specialty, the student is able to:
A. independently use the theory and problem-solving skills to evaluate patient’s health in general, as well as the condition of each system. In case of health disorders, able to identify the nature and causes thereof, explain the circumstances of the occurrence thereof, to differentiate and explain differences among diseases.

7. According to the specialty, sub-specialty or additional specialty, the student is able to:
A. integrate knowledge from different fields of medicine, to use it in practice in a manner optimal for the patient or the sector, to participate in research and to contribute to the creation of new diagnostic or therapeutic methods, to demonstrate understanding and ethical responsibility for the results of one’s activities.

8. According to the specialty, sub-specialty or additional specialty, the student is able to:
A. educate the public, doctors of other specialties and nursing staff, using the acquired knowledge, skills and competences;
B. to carry out scientific research or the development of methods appropriate to the sector, producing a product of value to society, the sector or the profile, demonstrating understanding and ethical responsibility for the results of one’s activities.

9. According to the specialty, sub-specialty or additional specialty, the student is able to:
A. independently formulate and critically analyse complex medical situations, apply the latest scientific achievements, organise medical and/or diagnostic care, and solve problems using a creative approach and a complex view of the problem.