SKOMPD2110 Drug calculations Course description

In this course, the students will acquire knowledge and skills necessary to perform correct drug calculations.

Admission to the programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of

• can explain key concepts in the field of drug calculations
• can describe the role of drug calculations as part of drug administration and the laws and regulations that regulate it

Skills: The student masters drug calculations in that he/she is capable of

• using international standards and unitary systems in drug calculations
• calculating dosages, concentrations and amounts
• calculating injection and infusion rates (dr/min and ml/hr)
• calculating timing of dose distribution over a specified time interval, within a specified period
• calculating ordinary doses in ml or drops per time unit (0.125 mg/ml or 0.15ml/kg/min)
• calculating prescribed doses in relation to body weight (in kg or body surface in m2)
• calculating the dilution of drugs in liquid form or the dilution of drugs added to solutions for injection/infusion
• assessing and controlling their own and other people¿s calculations

Undervisning, veiledning og ulike studentaktive arbeidsformer både samlingsbasert i uke 1 og 2 i 2021 samt digitalt.

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

• Passed qualifying arithmetic problems (100% correct) in the form of multiple choice questions within a set time before the exam.

If the coursework is not approved after the third attempt, the student will be withdrawn from the exam. The same number of attempts will be given for coursework requirements at later exams.

If a student takes more than one academic year to take the exam after the required coursework is approved, the student may be required to repeat previously approved compulsory coursework before being allowed to take the exam in the course.

Supervised individual written exam, 3 hours. Students have three attempts at the exam. If the student does not pass the exam on the third attempt, he/she can apply for a fourth and final attempt. The exam is normally held four times in the course of the academic year.

Calculator handed out by the university.

Pass-fail. To pass the exam, the student must submit a faultless exam paper.

One internal examiner.

The content of SKOMPD2120, SKOMP2120, SKOMP2110, SYBA2110, SYBAS2110 and SPHLEG overlap 100%.