Jain Nityanand, Jersovs Kirils, Safina Taira, Pilmane Mara, Jansone-Ratinika Nora, Grike Ieva, Petersons Aigars
Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradinš University, Riga, Latvia.
Institute of Anatomy and Anthropology, Riga Stradinš University, Riga, Latvia.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Sep 21;10:1250138. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1250138. eCollection 2023.
Located in northern Europe, Latvia is one of the three Baltic States with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a rich history of medical education spanning a century and is becoming an emerging global hub for medical education. Although the surge in international students has been beneficial for the development of educational and research infrastructure, increasing demands from local students, along with institutional capacity constraints, have overburdened the available resources. Substantial investments are being made to adapt to the rapidly changing geopolitical and techno-biomedical landscape. This perspective paper presents an overview of the country's medical education system, its challenges, and prospects from pre-university to doctoral level.
拉脱维亚位于北欧，是波罗的海三国之一，人口190万。该国拥有长达一个世纪的丰富医学教育历史，正成为新兴的全球医学教育中心。尽管国际学生的涌入对教育和研究基础设施的发展有益，但本地学生需求的增加以及机构能力的限制，使现有资源不堪重负。目前正在进行大量投资，以适应迅速变化的地缘政治和技术生物医学格局。这篇观点文章概述了该国从大学预科到博士阶段的医学教育体系、面临的挑战以及前景。
