FYS4250 – Biomedical Instrumentation
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This?course focuses on electrical medical equipment used for the treatment of patients; everything from examinations by?the general practitioner to advanced hospital treatment. The aim is to understand the fundamental principles for measurement techniques, imaging methods, treatment, and analysis of the most common types of electrical medical equipment used today, and to understand the context in which these are used. An essential part of the course is to describe the medical and physiological need for the equipment, and how these interact.
Learning outcome
After completing the course,?you:
- have knowledge of fundamental?medical issues and terminology.
- have knowledge of how different types of electrical medical equipment work, advantages, and disadvantages of different methods, as well as sources of error and risks linked to the various methods.
- master the principles for different types of electrical medical equipment, you are capable of discussing this with medical staff, and you are also able to analyze the effect of different methods, danger potential, possibilities, and potential developments.
- are able to explain the physical and medical principles of biomedical instrumentation.
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with FYS9250 – Biomedical Instrumentation.
Teaching
The course extends over a full semester with 4 hours of lectures per week.
Examination
- Written midterm exam, which counts 40 % towards the final grade.
- Final oral or written exam, which counts 60 % towards the final grade.
The written midterm exam must be?passed before you can sit?the final exam. The form of the exam is decided by the number of students signed up for the course.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: FYS9250 – Biomedical Instrumentation
Examination support material
All written examination support material?is allowed.
Language of examination
Subjects taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English. You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a?postponed exam?at the beginning of the next semester.
New examinations?are offered at the beginning of the next semester for students who do not successfully complete the exam during the previous semester.
We do not offer a re-scheduled exam for students who withdraw during the exam.?
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.