BYPE1500 Physics and Chemistry Course description

Emnet består av to deler. Fysikkdelen skal kunne gi studentene grunnleggende fysikkfaglige kunnskaper og ferdigheter som er med på å legge et naturvitenskaplig fundament for arbeid med de teknologiske emnene.

Gjennom kjemidelen vil studenten tilegne seg grunnleggende kunnskap i kjemi.

Ingen utover opptakskrav.

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can explain different forms of medication, routes of administration, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
• can explain drug interactions and side effects of medication
• can describe different reasons for variations in response to medication
• can explain medicine administration in accordance with procedures
• can explain relevant laws and regulations within medication handling
• can explain the risk of addiction and drug abuse
• has knowledge of generic substitution

Skills

The student

• can demonstrate medicine administration in accordance with the applicable procedure and regulation, including single and double checking
• can perform calculations of dose, concentration (strength), volume (amount), infusion/injection rate and dilution
• can use the Norwegian Pharmaceutical Product Compendium (Felleskatalogen) and The Norwegian Drug? Medicines Manual for Health Personnel (Legemiddelhåndboka)

General competence

The student

• can document the effects and side effects of medication and use reporting procedures for non-conformities and side effects
• can plan, carry out and document drug medicine administration in accordance with applicable regulations

The teaching and learning methods include lectures with calculation assignments and self-study.

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

• 100% attendance in supervised group work in pharmacology and medication handling in groups of six students

Individual written examination with invigilation (drug calculation), 3 hours

Calculator handed out by OsloMet

Pass/fail. The student must score 100% to pass the exam.

The exam is automatically graded. An examiner will quality assess the automatic grading. An external examiner is regularly involved in the development of the exam questions, at a minimum of every third examination.

1 credit overlap with VERNLEG