Podology Education in Latvia Compared to European Standards
Explore the current state of podology education in Latvia, focusing on the qualifications framework and comparative analysis with other European countries like Great Britain, Italy, and Switzerland. Discover the differences in credit points, study programs, and duration of education, highlighting the importance of specialist education in the field of podology in Latvia.
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Podolog Podology y education in the European education in the European Higher Education Area Higher Education Area Tatjana Ivanova, M r te Saul te LU PPMF DSP Prof., Dr.paed. Rud te Andersone LU PPMF R ga, 2014
Podologist or foot care specialist. (English - Podiatry, German - foot specialist) is a medical practitioner with a first level professional higher education (4thlevel vocational skills, 5th LKI / ENI) Podology is a relatively new field of medicine in Latvia, and specialist education is particularly important in health care and the development of the country as a whole
T Topicality opicality The Qualifications Framework (EQF) as a common reference system is to promote lifelong learning principle and foster international mobility of inhabitants general aim of the European Latvia ECI offers the opportunity to describe the system of education in Latvia so that it and the qualifications awarded could be better understood in other countries (ECI, 2012)
AIM AIM To describe the current situation in podology education in Latvia and to compare it with European higher education
Comparative analysis Comparative analysis Great Britain Bachelor prof.degree Italy Germany 1stProfessional degree Bachelor prof.degree Podology education in Latvian 1stProfessional degree Malta Switzerland 1stProfessional degree Bachelor prof.degree Poland 1stProfessional degree
Differences in the amount of Differences in the amount of credit points credit points Latvia Malta 2 years 4 years and and 120 ECTS 240 ECTS Italy Great Britain 3 years 3-4 years and and 180 ECTS 180 ECTS
The first level professional study programs The first level professional study programs Poland Germany Latvia Switzerland - 60 CP= 90 ECTS 80 CP= 120 ECTS 90 CP= 135 ECTS 720 hours 2 years 2 years 3 years 3 years
C Conclusions onclusions There are common tendencies in the contents of study courses in the description of each country s study programs; amount of hours for earing credit points differs in clinical courses. however, the The amount of credit points (120 ECTS) in the podology education program in Latvia, which corresponds to the 4thlevel of professional qualification, is insufficient for new specialists to join European labour market.
It is possible to improve the situation in podology education in Latvia by designing a new program for the next level of education
Sources Sources 1. Latvijas izgl t bas sist mas piesaiste Eiropas kvalifik ciju ietvarstrukt rai m izgl t bai un Eiropas augst k s izgl t bas telpas kvalifik ciju ietvarstrukt rai. Pieejams:http://izm.izm.gov.lv/upload_file/Izglitiba/Muzizglitiba/Latvijas- zinojums-par-izglitibas-sistemas-piesaisti-EKI.pdf 2. Koncepcija Profesion l s izgl t bas pievilc bas paaugstin ana un soci lo partneru l dzdal ba profesion l s izgl t bas kvalit tes nodro in an ; MK 2009.gada 16.septembra r kojums Nr.629 3. Podologie HF. Pieejams : http://www.bwzofingen.ch 4. The University of Milan. Pieejams: http://www.unimi.it/cataloghi/unicom/Unimi_Brochure_Inglese.pdf 5. Glasgow Caledoian Universitiy. Pieejams: http://www.gcu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/podiatry- 8898.php?loc=notuk 6. Maltas Universit tes m jas lapa. Pieejams: http://www.um.edu.mt/ 7. LU P.Stradi a medic nas koled as m jas lapa. Pieejams: http://www.psk.lu.lv 8. Colege of cosmetology and health sciences in Lodz. Pieejams:http://www.wyzszaszkolakosmetyki.pl/en.htm 9. Sozialpflegeschulen Heimerer. Pieejams: www.heimere.de
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