First semester Medicine and Dentistry
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 17
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn
- Course code
- MEDOD1
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- Norwegian
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
The course MEDOD1 introduces the students to the medical and odontological education.
The students will receive knowledge regarding cellular and chemical processes, will learn of the connections between social inequalities and health, as well as basic assessment and treatment of medical emergencies. They will also be taught medical nomenclature.
For all 1. semester students in medicine an odontology the online courses DIGI100 and DIGI101 are highly recommended.
Subjects of the semester:
- Introductory course
- Cells, bloc 1
- Inequality and health
- The acutely ill patient
- Medical nomenclature - Nomenclature
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student shall:
Knowledge:
- demonstrate basic and detailed knowledge in chemistry, biochemistry, cell biology, cell physiology and histology
- possess knowledge of medical databases
- possess knowledge of how social inequalities, both at national and global level, affects health, and how interventions within and outside the health services can affect these inequalities
- possess the required knowledge to assess vital bodily functions, and recognize important conditions that constitute medical emergencies.
- Have knowledge of how factors such as discrimination and racism particularly affect the public health of minority groups and Sami as an indigenous people
Skills:
- be able to perform searches for medical and dental information
- have knowledge of the Latin terminology of anatomy and diseases as a prerequisite for learning the principles of medical terms and their structure
- be able to initiate life-saving procedures
General competence:
- possess knowledge of thinking, methods and ideals which characterize the medical and odontological disciplines
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching Methods and Extent of Organized Teaching
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Forms of Assessment
Grading Scale
Course Evaluation
Written evaluation using electronic/digital evaluation tool.
Regular meetings between course coordinators and the student representatives.
Examination Support Material
Simple calculator, model is subject to limitations determined by UiB
Simple, bilingual dictionary, that must be reviewable, meaning that one of the languages must be English, or a Scandinavian language.
Course Administrator
Department of Biomedicine
Semester Coordinator: Astrid-Elisabeth Pettersen