Republic of Latvia
Cabinet of Ministers
Regulation No315
Riga, 23 July 2002
Minimum training requirements for acquisition of professional qualifications of
doctors
Issued in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 2, and Article 9, Part I of the
Law on Regulated Professions and Recognition of Professional Qualifications
I. General provisions
1.
Regulation provides minimum requirements for study programmes in acquisition of professional
qualifications of doctors in the Republic of Latvia to provide recognition of these professional
qualifications abroad.
II. Minimum training requirements for acquisition of professional qualifications of
doctors
2. Study programme of doctors shall provide that the respective person has acquired the following:
2.1. knowledge of the medical sciences and understanding of the scientific methods, including the
principles of measuring biological functions, the evaluation of scientifically based facts and the analysis
of data;
2.2. knowledge of anatomy, physiology and behaviour of healthy and sick persons, as well as
relationships between the health condition and physical and social surroundings of the human being;
2.3. knowledge in clinical disciplines and practice, providing a coherent picture of physical and mental
diseases, as well as understanding about medicine from the points of view of prophylactics, diagnosis,
therapy and human reproduction;
2.4. clinical experience in the profession of a doctor.
3.
Study programme for the acquisition of diploma of a doctor shall include a minimum of the
following study subjects (courses). Some subjects (courses) may be taught in the context of other
subjects (courses) or in conjunction with other subjects (courses):
3.1. anatomy;
3.2. histology, embryology;
3.3. physiology;
3.4. biology;
3.5. bio-chemistry;
3.6. pathology;
3.7. microbiology;
3.8. pharmacology;
3.9. genetics;
3.10. immunology;
3.11. internal medicine;
3.12. surgery;
3.13. neurology;
3.14. gynaecology and obstetrics;
3.15. psychiatry;
3.16. otorhinolaryngology;
3.17. dermato-venereology;
3.18. ophtalmology;
3.19. family medicine;
3.20. oncology;
3.21. public health and epidemiology;
3.22. contagious diseases.
4.
Minimum duration of residence training programme to apply for a permission to take up the
professional activities in the profession of his/her competence after completion of full time
medical training programme is the following:
4.1. minimum length of training– five years:
4.1.1. surgery;
4.1.2. neuro-surgery;
4.1.3. plastic surgery;
4.1.4. thoracic surgery;
4.1.5. vascular surgery;
4.1.6. heart surgery;
4.1.7. paediatric surgery;
4.1.8. maxillo-facial surgery;
4.1.9. internal medicine;
4.1.10. urology;
4.1.11. traumatology and orthopaedics;
4.1.12. transplantology;
4.1.13. medical genetics;
4.2. minimum length of training– four years:
4.2.1. gynaecology, obstetrics;
4.2.2. paediatrics;
4.2.3. pneumo-phthisiology;
4.2.4. pathology;
4.2.5. neurology;
4.2.6. psychiatry;
4.2.7. cardiology;
4.2.8. gastroenterology;
4.2.9. rheumatology;
4.2.10. diagnostic radiology;
4.2.11. radiotherapy;
4.2.12. child neurology;
4.2.13. child psychiatry;
4.2.14. occupational medicine;
4.2.15. immunology;
4.2.16. nephrology;
4.2.17. infectious diseases;
4.2.18. narcology;
4.2.19. sports medicine;
4.2.20. rehabilitation;
4.2.21. microbiology;
4.3. minimum length of training– three years:
4.3.1. anaesthesiology, reanimation;
4.3.2. ophtalmology;
4.3.3. otorhinolaryngology;
4.3.4. haematology;
4.3.5. endocrinology;
4.3.6. psychotherapy;
4.3.7.
4.3.8.
4.3.9.
4.3.10.
4.3.11.
4.3.12.
4.3.13.
4.3.14.
4.3.15.
4.3.16.
4.3.17.
4.3.18.
4.3.19.
4.3.20.
4.3.21.
4.3.22.
dermatology, venereology;
allergology;
family medicine;
oncology;
laboratory medicine;
physical rehabilitation;
physical medicine;
emergency;
catastrophe medicine;
child infectology;
child cardiology;
child pneumology;
child nephrology;
child gastroenterology;
child haemato-oncology;
child allergology;
4.4. minimum length of training– two years:
4.4.1. oncological chemotherapy;
4.4.2. oncological surgery;
4.4.3. oncological gynaecology;
4.4.4. haepatology;
4.4.5. transfusion;
4.4.6. homeopathy;
4.4.7. dietology;
4.4.8. acupuncture;
4.4.9. war medicine;
4.4.10. prosthetic orthopaedics;
4.4.11. sexology; sexopathology;
4.4.12. occupational health;
4.4.13. medical examination;
4.4.14. forensic medicine;
4.4.15. intensive therapy;
4.4.16. child rheumatology;
4.4.17. child endocrinology;
4.4.18. neonatology;
4.4.19. cosmetology;
4.4.20. parasitology;
4.4.21. cytology.
5.
Theoretical and practical training of a resident requires a full time week and a full time study year.
Prime Minister
A. Bērziņš
Minister of Education and Science
K. Greiškalns