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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:

  • The digital competence of students and academic staff
  • Simulation-based teaching and learning
  • Digital transformations of the study environment
  • Evidence of increased effectiveness of technology enhanced learning and teaching
  • Students’ collaborative leadership as future-proof educational outcome
  • Teaching and learning medical humanities

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

Session II: Simulation-Based Teaching and Learning

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

Session III: Teaching and Learning Medical Humanities

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

Session IV: Big Data in Life Sciences 

Venue: RSU main building, 16 Dzirciema iela, Lecture Hall #1
Chair: Baiba Vilne, PhD
15:30–16:00Interdisciplinary Future? Systems Biology at Vilnius University
Prof. Audronė Jakaitienė (Vilnius University)
16:00–17:00The Role of Bioinformatics in the Future Life Sciences / The EMBL-EBI Bioinformatics Training Program and What Latvia Could Gain from It
Dr Alvis Brazma / Dr Cath Brooksbank (EMBL-EBI)

 

Keynote Speakers

European Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory
EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory
University of Dundee Medical School in Scotland, United Kingdom
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)