University Teaching and Learning

Technologies for Education→←Education for Technologies

Technology Enhanced Learning – the Big Whys and Hows

The main focus of the conference is dedicated to the scientific and evidence-based conclusions regarding the implementation of technology enhanced study process, which will be uncovered in the following aspects:

Conference programme

Session I: Technologies for Education→←Education for Technologies

Agenda

Venue: RSU Medical Education Technology Centre, 26A Anniņmuižas bulvāris, Boriss Teterevs Hall
Chair: Asst. Prof. Nora Jansone-Ratinika
9:05–9:25	KEYNOTE: Medical Professionalism: Some Things Change, Some Things Stay the Same Dr Ellie Hothersall (School of Medicine, University of Dundee)
9:30–9:45	Skills Monitoring in the Work Environment – A Pilot Project for Placement Improvement Evita Grigoroviča (Medical Education Technology Centre, RSU)
9:45–10:00	Designing Interactive Video Experiments in Physics Towards Enhanced Online Learning Experiences Dr Jeļena Kosmača (Faculty of Medicine, RSU)
10:00–10:15	Case Study of Implementation of Authentic Assessments in Short-Cycle Professional Higher Education Distance Learning Studies Jānis Supe, Jana Roze (College of Business Administration)
10:15–10:30	Use of Natural Language Processing to Classify Open-Ended Responses on Course Evaluation Questionnaires at Rīga Stradiņš University Dr Uldis Doniņš, Māris Brants (RSU)
10:30–11:00	Break

Session II: Simulation-Based Teaching and Learning

Agenda

Venue: RSU Medical Education Technology Centre, 26A Anniņmuižas bulvāris, Boriss Teterevs Hall
Chair: Ieva Šlēziņa
11:00–11:10	An Innovative Simulated Hospital Environment Enhances a Wide Skillset of Third-Year Medical Students Marta Laņģe (Medical Education Technology Centre, RSU)
11:10–11:20	Technical Innovations for a Successful Simulated Hospital Marta Laņģe (Medical Education Technology Centre, RSU)
11:20–11:30	Development and Application of Custom-Made Task Trainers for US-Guided CVC Insertion Mārtiņš Ļuļļa (Medical Education Technology Centre, RSU)
11:30–11:40	Development of Recommendations on Improvement of Non-Technical Skills of Medical Practitioners in the Framework of Continuing Professional Development Reinis Upenieks (Medical Education Technology Centre, RSU)
11:40–11:50	Gamification to Develop Students’ Self-Sirected Learning Skills in English Lessons of Form 5 Anna Holberga (RSU)
11:50–12:00	Discussion
12:30–13:30	Break

Session III: Teaching and Learning Medical Humanities

Agenda

Venue: RSU Medical Education Technology Centre, 26A Anniņmuižas bulvāris, Boriss Teterevs Hall
Chair: Prof. Vija Sīle
13:30–13:40	Normative Layers in the Embodied Experience: Phenomenological Analysis of Covid -19 Vaccine Hesistancy Andrejs Balodis (RSU)
13:40–13:50	Living and Knowing: Phenomenological Analysis of the Embodied Experience of Covid-19 Vaccine Hesistancy Uldis Vēgners (University of Latvia)
13:50–14:00	Phenomenology's Application to to Healthcare: Patient  Objectification and the Quality of Care in Teleconsultation Māra Grīnfelde (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology)
14:00–14:10	Shared Decision Making in Medicine from  the Perspective of Health Communication. Challenges and Strategies Laura Bitiniece (RSU)
14:10–14:20	Doctor-Patient Relationship from Medical Ethics Perspective Vija Sīle (RSU)
14:20–14:30	New Trends in the Sociology of Medicine Dina Bite (RSU)
14:30–14:40	Archetype of the Shadow: Understanding Human Disposition Towards Evil Vents Sīlis (RSU)
14:40–14:50	Implementation of Simulation-Based Learning Process for Law Students Jolanta Dinsberga (RSU), Jānis Supe (College of Business Administration)
14:50–15:00	Academic Staff Doubles Team a Way to Enhance Students' Collaborate Leadership Doing Study Course "English for Dentistry" Tatjana Zakutajeva, Robert D. Leier (RSU)
15:00–15:10	Through the Lens of Students' Feedback: The Best Practises in Teaching Russian Medical Terminology Svetlana Muhejeva, Ludmila Jermakoviča (RSU)
15:10–15:30	Break

Session IV: Big Data in Life Sciences 

Keynote Speakers

Alvis Brazma

European Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Cath Brooksbank

EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Ellie Hothersall

University of Dundee Medical School in Scotland, United Kingdom

Prof. Audronė Jakaitienė

Vilnius University, Lithuania

Organising Committee

• Prof. Dr. med. Guntis Bahs, Vice-Rector for Health Studies, RSU
• Nora Jansone-Ratinika, Dr. paed., Assoc. professor, Director of the Centre for Educational Growth, RSU
• Ieva Šlēziņa, MD, MBA, Director, Medical Education Technology Centre, RSU

International Scientific Committee

Committee Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paed. Nora Jansone-Ratinika, Director, Centre for Educational Growth, RSU, Latvia.
 

• Prof. Dr. habil. paed. Tatjana Koķe, Vice-Rector for Studies, RSU (Latvia)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paed. Rudīte Koka, Department of Biology and Microbiology, RSU (Latvia)
• Ieva Šlēziņa, MD, MBA, Director, Medical Education Technology Centre (Latvia)
• Prof. Dr. phil. Vija Sīle, Head of the Department, Department of Humanities, RSU (Latvia)
• Raimonds Strods, Study Innovation Manager, Centre for Educational Growth, RSU (Latvia)
• Dr. Educational Administration and Planning Zuhal Zeybekoğlu, Director, Office of Learning and Teaching, Koç University (Turkey)
• Dr. Health Sciences Camilla Wikström-Grotell, Vice Dean, academic partnerships, Arcada University (Finland)