VERNLEG1 Drug Calculations Course description

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Admission to the programme

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

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of:

• the key concepts in drug calculations

• the role of drug calculations as part of drug administration and the laws and regulations that regulate it

Skills

• The student is capable of:

• using international standards and systems of units in drug calculations

• calculating doses, concentrations and amounts

• calculating injection and infusion rates (dr/min and ml/hr)

• calculating doses, with dose distribution over a specified time interval

• calculating doses when a drug has been prescribed per ml or drops per time interval (0.125 mg/ml or 0.15 ml/kg/min)

• calculating doses in relation to body weight or body surface (in m2)  

• calculating the dilution of drugs (drugs in liquid form)

• controlling his/her own and other people’s calculations

The work and teaching methods in the course include student-active work and teaching methods in addition to lectures.

The following required coursework must be approved before a student can receive a final assessment:

• Passed qualifying arithmetic problems in the form of multiple choice questions within a stipulated deadline before the exam. The students have two attempts to pass the coursework requirement before the ordinary exam.

Supervised individual written exam, 3 hours

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

One examiner