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SYKP1310B Administration of Medicine Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Legemiddelhåndtering
Weight
2.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
Curriculum
SPRING 2026
Schedule
  • Introduction

    This course introduces students to basic drug administration and drug calculation. They will learn about the connection between drug administration and patient safety and about the accuracy requirements that apply to working with drugs. The theme will be continued in the second and third years of study.

  • Required preliminary courses

    Admission to the programme.

  • Learning outcomes

    Grade scale A-F

  • Teaching and learning methods

    The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

    At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.

  • Course requirements

    Erik Døving

  • Assessment

    Supervised individual written exam.

    • 3 hours
    • To pass the exam, the student must submit a faultless answer paper.
  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Calculator handed out by the university.

  • Grading scale

    Pass-fail.

  • Examiners

    All answers are assessed by one examiner.

    External peer groups from multiple institutions are used in the design of assignment sets and evaluation criteria.

  • Overlapping courses

    • 2 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Administration of Medicine, 5 ECTS.
    • SYKK1310, SYKP1310, SYKD1310 and SKOMP1100 are fully overlapping.