SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference

Andreta Slavinska
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9557-6704

Rīga Stradiņš University
Latvia

Andreta Slavinska is Deputy Director of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Medical Education Technology Centre and Head of the European Social Fund (ESF) project “Skills Monitoring System”. Her main areas of activity include ensuring the integration of simulation-based medical education at the undergraduate, continuing education and professional development levels, as well as the development of research activity in this thematic segment.  She is researcher in the project “Automated hand washing quality control and quality evaluation system with real-time feedback” and also has been working in the project “Integration of safe technologies for protection against Covid-19 in health care and high-risk areas” within the National Research Programme “Covid-19 Mitigation” in the activity “Hand washing quality assessment system”. Currently, she is a doctoral student of RSU study programme “Law”. The topic of the planned doctoral thesis covers the patients' rights to safe health care, medical errors caused by medical practitioners and the necessary skills in their prevention.

Evita Grigorovica
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8095-0553

Rīga Stradiņš University
Latvia

Evita Grigorovica is a manager of the European Social Fund project “Preparation of digital medical simulation scenarios and development of the teaching staff competence in the use of study material repositories” and she participates in the project “Skills Monitoring System”. She has gained experience as a scientific assistant in the project  “Life with the Covid-19:  Assessment of overcoming the crisis caused by the coronavirus in Latvia and proposals for the stability of society in the future” within the National Research Programme of Latvia “Covid-19 Mitigation” and as an assistant of the organising committee of the international interdisciplinary scientific conference “Society. Health. Welfare”.

Karina Palkova
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-571X

Rīga Stradiņš University
Latvia

Nora Jansone-Ratinika
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1976-6914

Rīga Stradiņš University
Latvia

Dr. paed. Nora Jansone-Ratinika is an associate professor at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and Director of the Centre for Educational Growth. She holds the position of Deputy Chairperson of the Simulation Based Education Council at RSU, is a researcher and an expert in several international projects and a direction supervisor in European Social Fund projects covering specific objectives: reducing fragmentation of study programmes, strengthening sharing of resources and academic staff of HEI, ensuring better governance in HEI. As a lead researcher, N.Jansone-Ratinika has been working in the project “Life with the Covid-19: Assessment of overcoming the crisis caused by the coronavirus in Latvia and proposals for the stability of society in the future” within the National Research Programme of Latvia “Covid-19 Mitigation”, studying the digital competence of the academic staff. Research fields: HE transformations, QA, continuing education of academic staff, student-centred approach, pedagogical innovations in HE.

Matiss Silis
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2014-156X

Rīga Stradiņš University
Latvia

Matiss Silis is Deputy Director of Centre for Educational Growth, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), Head of the European Social Fund (ESF) project “Study programme content analysis, study programme and study course outcome mapping” and he participates in the project “Skills Monitoring System. His main areas of activity include quality analysis of study programs, development of technical solutions of the study programme and study course outcome mapping system, integration of skills monitoring system and mapping system. Area of interests - techological innovations and design for education, technology-enhanced teaching and learning, development of digital simulations in the study process.

Oļegs Sabeļņikovs
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6515-6677

Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital Rīga Stradiņš University
Latvia

Aigars Pētersons
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3395-6335

Rīga Stradiņš University
Latvia