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MAVIT5800 Introduction to Clinical Studies for Healthcare Personnel Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Innføring i kliniske studier for helsepersonell
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    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 discuss important concepts in personalised nutrition and medicine, such as nutrigenomics, nutrigenetics, epigenetics, gene variants (SNPs) and systems biology
    • can discuss the causes and significance of individual responses to intake of food and the development of non-communicable diseases
    • can describe large-scale biotechnological methods that form the basis for knowledge about individual responses and personalised nutrition and medicine
    • can critically discuss ethical and personal data challenges related to personalised nutrition, such as knowledge about gene variants and risk of illness

    Skills

    The student

    • can critically assess problems related to the use of personalised nutrition
    • can discuss social implications of using individual rather than population-based dietary advice

    General competence

    The student

    • can stay up to date on new biotechnological and scientific methods that are important for understanding individual variation and the development of non-communicable diseases
    • can communicate the significance of personalised nutrition in a well-founded, scientific manner

  • Recommended preliminary courses

    Kjenne til Nasjonal handlingsplan for kliniske studier (regjeringen.no), og nettressurser for kunnskapsbasert praksis Kunnskapsbasertpraksis.no - Helsebiblioteket

    Dersom det er lenge siden du har jobbet med litteratursøk og akademisk skriving anbefales det sterkt at du går gjennom dette før emnestart:

    Startpakka OsloMet https://student.oslomet.no/startpakka

  • Required preliminary courses

    The course will be mainly online, except for one seminar on campus during the start of the course. The online course will involve presentations, seminars and supervision. The course will use varied, student-active working methods, individually and in groups. The student is responsible to be up-to-date on activities and academic content in the learning platforms.

  • Learning outcomes

    The following coursework must have been approved in order for a student to be permitted to take the examination:

    • Presentation (poster or talk) of a chosen topic in personalised nutrition, individually or in groups of two to three students.

  • Teaching and learning methods

    An individual home examination over 48 hours in the form of a written report based on a given template. Scope: 2,000 words (+/- 10%).

  • Course requirements

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

  • Assessment

    Individuell hjemmeeksamen over 14 dager. Omfang: 3000 ord (+/- 10 %).

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Grade scale A-F.

  • Grading scale

    All answers are assessed by one examiner.

    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.

  • Examiners

    Hver besvarelse vurderes av en sensor.

  • Target group and admission

    Målgruppen er helsepersonell som ønsker formell kompetanse knyttet til gjennomføring av kliniske studier i helsesektoren. Emnet kan tas som et enkeltemne.

    Målgruppen er også studenter på masterstudium i helsevitenskap, masterstudium i farmasi og masterstudium i helseteknologi som ønsker å ta dette som et valgbart emne.

    Opptakskrav

    • Studenten må være tatt opp på masterstudium i helsevitenskap, farmasi eller helseteknologi.
    • Emnet tilbys også som enkeltemne, der studenten må ha bachelorgrad eller tilsvarende innen helse- og sosialfag, folkehelse eller idrettsfag. Det stilles ikke karakterkrav C til enkeltemneopptak.