ORI1100 Anatomy and Physiology Course description

Anatomy is fundamental in order to be able to assess the functioning and disability of users with problems relating to the musculoskeletal system. Physiology is fundamental to the understanding of normal and pathological processes.

In this course, the students will receive an introduction to functional examinations of upper and lower limbs and the spine. Functioning is mapped and assessed by means of systematic examinations. The topics will be covered in more depth in the orthopaedic technology courses, which will review specific types of prostheses and orthoses.

Coursework requirements from MALK4000-401, MALK4000-403 and MALKA211 or equivalent must be approved to participate and submit coursework requirements in MALKA212.

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

Knowledge

The student can

• differentiate between classical and operant conditioning, and provide examples of interaction between classical and operant conditioning
• describe the contingency in respondent and operant conditioning, and differentiate between contingency and contiguity
• give satisfactory accounts of aspects of concepts in classical conditioning, including reflexes, conditioning procedures and their effectiveness, and experimental methods
• give satisfactory accounts of aspects of concepts in operant conditioning, including reinforcement, punishment, reinforcement schedules, stimulus control, motivating operations, higher order classes, and molar and molecular analyses

Skills

The student can

• distinguish between motivating operations and discriminative control
• differentiate between extinction and forgetting
• decide whether conditioning and extinction has taken place
• interpret data from cumulative records, generalization gradients, histogram, and contingency spaces
• discuss ethical issues when using nonhuman animal subjects in research

Competence

The student can

• evaluate whether a behavior is the result of classical or operant conditioning
• predict whether and how relevant environmental variables might affect the immediate and future probability of behavior
• evaluate whether desired stimulus control is established or not

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

• 3 individual written assignments submitted digitally, each with a maximum length of 6000 characters, including spaces. References are to be included in the 6000 characters.

Individual home examination, 4 hours, combination of essay assignments and multiple choice/digital tests.  Exam questions are in English. Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English. 

Grade scale A-F

Essay assignments: At least 20 % of the exam papers will be assessed by one external and one internal examiner. The remaining papers will be assessed by internal examiners.

Multiple choice/digital test: quality assured by an internal examiner and automatically assessed.

Parts 1 and 2: Grade scale A-F.

Part 1: An external examiner contributes to the preparation of the exam questions and assessment criteria. Each answer paper is quality assured by an internal examiner and automatically assessed.

Part 2) The oral exam is assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

• 10 credits overlap with the course ORTO1100 Anatomy and Physiology.