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BIB2740 Literature and reading Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Litteratur og lesing
Study programme
Bachelor Programme in Library and Information Science
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2022/2023
Curriculum
SPRING 2023
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

Admission to the programme.

Recommended preliminary courses

BIB2710 Kultur- og litteraturformidling

Required preliminary courses

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

  • has knowledge of the key concepts in drug calculations
  • has knowledge of the role of drug calculations as part of drug administration and how it is regulated by acts and regulations

Skills

The student

  • masters drug calculations in that he/she is capable of:

    • using international standards and unitary systems in drug calculations
    • calculating dosages, concentrations or amounts
    • calculating injection and infusion rates (dr/min and ml/hr)
    • calculating timing of dose distribution over a specified time interval, within a specified time period
    • calculating prescribed doses in ml or drops per time interval (0.125 mg/ml or 0.15 ml/kg/min)
    • calculating prescribed doses in relation to body weight (in kg or body surface in m2)
    • calculating the dilution of drugs in liquid form or the dilution of drugs added to solutions for injection/infusion
    • assessing and controlling their own and other people's calculations

Learning outcomes

The work and teaching methods in the course entail student-active work and teaching methods in addition to lectures.

Teaching and learning methods

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

  • Passed qualifying arithmetic problems in the form of multiple choice questions within a set time before the exam

The student has up to three attempts to pass this requirement before the ordinary exam, and up to a further three attempts before a resit/rescheduled exam.

If a student takes more than one academic year to take the exam after the required coursework is approved, the faculty can order the student to repeat previously approved compulsory coursework before the student can take the exam in the course.

Course requirements

Exam content: The learning outcomes

Exam form: Supervised individual written exam, 3 hours

Assessment

Calculator handed out by the university.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Pass/fail. To pass the exam, the student must submit a faultless exam paper.

The student has three attempts at the exam. If the student does not pass the exam at the third attempt, he/she can apply for a fourth and final attempt.

Grading scale

All papers are assessed by two internal examiners

Examiners

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