MF9120BTS - Molecular Medicine (national course)
Course content
The aim of this course is to provide a good overview of selected topics in molecular medicine that are relevant to understanding disease mechanisms and development, aspects of translational medicine and the future of diagnostics and targeted therapies integrated to stratified, tailored and personalized medicine.
Topics to be covered in the 2012 course are: Disease mechanisms, animal models of disease, biomarker discovery, tailored and personalized medicine, drug targeting and pharmacology, structure-based understanding of disease, imaging disease, advanced cell-based therapies and more.
Learning outcome
National and international experts in the field that will give updated overviews of state-of-the-art and emerging trends will give all lectures. It is anticipated that students in the basic science area will receive insights into the translational and clinical aspects of science and conversely that students in clinical medicine will have the opportunity to gain new insights into molecular mechanisms, disease models and preclinical work.
Admission
To participate in this course you must have an admission to a Ph.D.-programme at a Norwegian University or University College.
Ph.D.-students from other universities or university colleges that would like to take the course as a part of their theoretical syllabus for the Ph.D.-degree must coordinate with their local administration for approval of the course. The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.
The maximum number of participant is 30.
The StudentWeb is open for registration from 1st June to 15th August.
Registration for applicants without access to the StudentWeb from 1st June to 15th August.
Applicants will be notified by email 1 - 2 weeks after the final date for registration.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Master of Science, M.D. or similar or admission to the Faculty of Medicines Medical Student Research Program (Forskerlinjen).
Overlapping courses
Teaching
The course will be taught 18th - 29th November 2013
The course is given as a two-weeks intensive course with 60 hours of lectures, demonstrations and student presentations. In addition, preparations, reading of selected reviews, preparation of own presentation, and journal (see below) with summaries of all talks are stipulated to amount to 75 to 90 hours.
The course consists of a series of lectures and student seminars. In addition the students are required to write a daily journal: Here the students are to write brief summaries of and comments to the lectures held during the course. The lectures, the student’s seminars and the journal are mandatory.
Most of the topics are presented in a way that the first lecture introduces the field from the basic science point of view followed by a lecture that focuses on more clinical relevant aspects of the same topic. We also include some lectures that cover modern techniques and approaches in translational medicine.
Examination
You have to participate at the lectures, give a presentation during the student seminar and write a journal during the whole course. The journal shall consist of daily summaries of and comments to the lectures and will be reviewed and evaluated. Participation at the lectures, the student presentation and the journal are together basis for the evaluation of the students.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course, including the form of exam used on the course.
Explanations and appeals
You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.
Withdrawal from an examination
You may sit for this exam up to 3 times. Participation at the lectures, giving a presentation at one of the student seminars and writing a journal, are all mandatory and part of the exam. If you wish to withdraw from the exam you must inform the administration at least two weeks prior to the last day of the course. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit for the exam.
Special examination arrangements
Students may apply for access to alternative exam resources or exam forms on the basis of chronic illness and/or special needs that create a marked disadvantage to other students in the exam situation. More info about this you find here
Evaluation
Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.
Other
The Molecular Medicine Course is a national research-training course for post-graduate students, given by the Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM) and administered by the Faculty of Medicine. The course is held at NCMM and adjoining space in Oslo Research Park.