HMED4100 ¨C Fundamentals of medicine

Course content

To introduce a fundamental understanding of medicine; the basic concept of disease development, mechanisms for medical decision-making and the impact of technological innovations and healthcare demands on treatment priorities.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

You will learn:

• Basic anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology
• Basic knowledge of some main diseases of the cardiovascular system , renal system, gastroenterologic system, cancer, central nervous system, respiratory system, endocrinologic system, pregnancy
• Basic knowledge of diagnostic tests
• Ethical dilemmas in decision-making

Skills

You will learn how to:

• Understand basic principles of the how the human body functions
• Understand the basics of some common diseases
• Understand the interpretation of diagnostic tests

General competence

You will attain:

• Basic understanding of the of some common diseases in order to be able to communicate with health personnel as a health care manager

Admission to the course

This course is only available for students at the following master programmes:

Health Economics, Policy and Management (master's two years)

European Master in Health Economics and Management (master's two years)

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Overlapping courses

• 5 credits overlap with HMM4401 ¨C Health and medicine (discontinued).

Teaching

Lectures, discussions, exercises

Examination

Written exam.

Examination and grading at The Faculty of Medicine.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

For students at Eu-HEM: English

For students at HEPAM: The examination set will be given in English. Answers can be given in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or 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

For Eu-HEM students:

An EU-hem student cannot present her or himself for the examination in a course more than two times. There will be held re-sits for EU-hem students who have failed an exam or who have legitimate absence (usually illness) in January and August. If you are entitled to a re-sit you must contact the student advisor via email no longer than one week after the result of the exam has been published.

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.