MABIO4810 Molecular Pathology Course description

The course forms a theoretical and practical basis for being able to assess choices and perform molecular analyses of genetic changes in cancer cells, both in diagnostics and research. This comprises advanced immunological, biochemical, cell and molecular biology methods. A selection of these methods are used in the practical work.

Grade scale A-F.

Students must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health and Technology - Specialisation in Biomedicine. The course is also offered as an individual course, with the same admission requirements as for the specialisation.

Language of instruction: Norwegian

This course focuses on legislation and health policy guidelines related to public health, empowerment and health-promoting work. Key areas include empowerment as a concept, process and result, as well as learning and coping. Students will work on concepts, theory and models related to public health work and public health science. Collaboration, interprofessional cooperation, and user participation and decision-making support will be highlighted and critically assessed.

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences.

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

Knowledge

The student:

• can analyse key academic and health policy guidelines and their consequences for practice
• can analyse the roles and functions of health personnel in the areas of public health, empowerment and health promotion
• can critically assess the meaning of social inequality and the relationship between health, power and society

Skills

The student:

• can analyse the meaning of the principles of empowerment thinking (the user as the expert on him/herself, participation and the redistribution of power)

General competence

The student:

• can analyse academic and ethical problems in the areas of public health, empowerment and health-promoting work

Individual written home exam over 3 days, 2,000 words (+/- 20%).

The paper can be written in English or a Scandinavian language.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• Minimum 80% attendance at scheduled lessons.

All answers are assessed by two examiners. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

10 ECTS credits overlaps with MAPO4100 Public Health, Empowerment and Health Promotion, 10 ECTS credits.