Examination rules, legitimate reasons for absence
The rules and laws concerning examination procedure at The University of Oslo for the degree cand.med. according to the curriculum of 1996 § 11, says:"Students who do not have a legitimate reason for being absent from an examination are not allowed to attend the re-sit examination, and will be transferred to the following class."The following reasons qualify for a re-sit examination:
a) The student falls ill prior to the examination (this must be confirmed by a written letter from a doctor)
b) The student falls ill during the examination (the student must immediately contact the Student Health Service at Blindern)
c) Students who have not passed the previous examination
d) Other important reasons: for example, death in the immediate family
See Regulations and Guidelines for the Programme in Medicine
Examination
The examination in the 9th semester consist of a station-based examination prepared partly according to the OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) principle. This examination will consist of multiple stations in the following disciplines: Obstetrics/gynaecology (9 stations) and paediatrics (9 stations). The examination in prescription writing for Norwegian students will be organised on a separate day. Altogether there will be 20 stations, each with duration of seven minutes. Between each station there will be a pause of one minute for transferral to the next station. In addition to the stations set up above, there will be two stations for seven minutes rest. The tasks /questions will test both knowledge and clinical performance. This will include stations with patients/actors; stations with models, stations with video based questions, image based questions, short essay questions and multiple choice questions. From the autumn of 2013 the questions based upon short essay and multiple choice will be prepared for electronic response (by use of computer). A trial examination for this type of examination will be organised for the students. There will be no ordinary oral examination, but students failing within one of the disciplines will have to take an oral continuation exam within the failing discipline. If a student fails in any of the disciplines at the continuation exam (resit), they will have to take the entire station examination again next semester.
Practical anatomy test (compulsory)
A compulsoryanatomy test will be held some weeks after completion of the anatomy teaching. This test must be passed before a student is allowed to enter the final exam of the 9th semester. The test consists of about 20 stations with anatomical specimens, models and micrographs of tissue sections. The students are required to name about 100 structures and answer questions related to the physiological roles of the structures as they proceed through the stations. Each student is allowed 90 minutes to complete the test. Seventy percent of the answers must be correct to pass the test. The results will be made available within a week after the test. Those who fail will be given a second chance (oral examination) about two weeks later.
Practical histopathology test (compulsory)
A compulsory test will be held after completion of the pathology teaching. This test must be passed before a student is allowed to enter the final exam of the 9th semester. This test consists of a microscopy station with histopathology sections of selected specimens of relevance. The students are requested to describe features characteristic of the pathological alterations, answer questions and to discuss clinical implications of such histopathological changes. Each student is allowed 45 minutes to complete the test. Sixtyfive percent of the answers must be correct to pass the test. Those who fail will be given a second chance in about two weeks.
Testing of skills in writing prescriptions (not applicable for Incoming Exchange Students).
In order to obtain a temporary licence (midlertidig lisens), students are required to pass a test to document their knowledge of drug and prescription regulations and skills in writing prescriptions. This is a one hour written test which will take place Wednesday, Semesterweek 14. For those not passing the test, a new test will be scheduled before the end of the semester. Students are not required to pass the test before commencement of the 10th semester, but must pass the test before starting the 11th semester. A temporary licence will not be issued until the test is passed.