MABIOD5000 Computed Tomography Course description

Work and teaching methods include lectures, seminars with oral student presentations and discussions, group work and self-study.

Studenten bør ha minst ett års erfaring i bruk av modaliteten CT. Studenten bør dessuten ha tilgang til å benytte CT med tilhørende arbeidsstasjon på en radiologisk avdeling/røntgeninstitutt.

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

• presentation of a research article, individually or in groups of 3-6 students

Exam content: The learning outcomes

Exam form: Individual written exam, 5 hours

The course is web-based, and requires independent activity on the part of the students. Students are offered introduction material in the form of short texts and instruction videos in skills-oriented topics. Theoretical topics are presented through introductory texts with pertaining reading lists. Written assignments about CT modality are handed out for each topic.

The work and teaching methods comprise digital lectures, participation in digital discussion forums, skills training, seminar(s) and written assignments.

Digital lectures

In this course, traditional lectures are replaced by text, images, audio, videos, video-clips, real-slide-show, PowerPoint presentations, etc., which are carefully adapted to the individual learning situations.

Skills training

Skills training will consist of work on CT modality and work on the programme’s own website.

Digital discussion forums

The student will participate in discussions and supervise/teach fellow students or colleagues.

Seminars

Two seminars are arranged in the course (one each semester). The seminars comprise lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and group work.

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

• 8 individual written assignments. The scope of the assignments vary from 1,500 to 3,500 words, with the exception of coursework relating to quality control, in which the student can write as much as he/she wants.

The students are offered written supervision before the submission of all the assignments. The right to written supervision lapses if the student does not submit the assignment by the given deadline.

An external and internal examiner will assess all exams

All.

Grade scale A-F.

One external and one internal examiner will assess at least 20% of the exam papers. Two internal examiners assess the remaining students. The external examiner’s assessment shall benefit all students.