KJM5961 – Production and Application of Medical Radionuclides
Course description
Course content
The course is focused on the production of medical radionuclides and their key applications in the diagnosis and therapy of disease. Most radionuclides used in medicine are short-lived, artificial radioactive products, and not encountered in nature. Hence, their production and chemical isolation is a prerequisite for any application in medicine. In this course, you will learn the principles of nuclear reactions used for medical radionuclides, their purification and isolation, and finally the application of radiopharmaceuticals in medicine. Subjects include cyclotron-produced radionuclides, targetry, reactor-produced radionuclides, decay properties, and their utility for imaging and therapy.
Learning outcome
After completing this course, you:
- understand the scope of radionuclides in medicine
- have a comprehension of the role of Radiochemistry in medicine
- have basic knowledge of the production of PET and SPECT radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals
- have a good comprehension of the basic principles for the use of radionuclides in medicine.
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
A background in chemistry equivalent to KJM1100 – General chemistry (continued), KJM1110 – Organic chemistry I (continued), KJM1120 – Inorganic Chemistry (continued), KJM1130 – Physical Chemistry I - Thermodynamics and Kinetics, KJM2600 – Physical chemistry II - quantum chemistry and spectroscopy (continued) and KJM3200 – Organic Chemistry II, in addtion to either KJM3900 – Radioactivity or KJM5901 – Radiochemical methods (discontinued), is recommended. Students with a different background must expect to work extra.
Overlapping courses
- 5 credits overlap with KJM9961 – Production and Application of Medical Radionuclides (discontinued).
Teaching
The teaching includes?18 lectures. In the second lecture, you will also receive a project assignment where your task is to solve a scientific problem. There will be two 45 minute group sessions where you can suggest an approach and discuss progress with the teacher. Then there will be a two-day mandatory seminar?where you present the solution to your problem in a 10-minute?oral presentation, followed by discussion. The project assignment is mandatory and must be passed?before you can sit the final?exam.
It is the sole responsibility of participants to obtain and maintain study materials provided in each lecture or exercise.
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Examination
- A project assignment with an oral presentation,?which counts 20 % towards the final?grade.
- Final written exam (2 hours),?which counts 80 % towards the final grade.
The project assignment and oral presentation must be passed?before you can sit the final exam.
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: KJM9961 – Production and Application of Medical Radionuclides (discontinued)
Examination support material
Pen, pocket calculator, Karlsruhe chart of the nuclides + booklet.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in 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 examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
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.