FARM5000 – Preparation Course for Master`s thesis in Pharmacy

After completing the course:

• You have acquired insight into research ethics, regulations for conducting research and basic knowledge about science philosophy.
• You can analyze and discuss ethical aspects concerning pharmaceutical research.
• You can discuss the importance of scientific documentation and the difference between science and undocumented claims. You are also able to understand the basis for scientific authorship.
• You have knowledge about rules and regulations for scientific and personal data storage.
• You have theoretical insights and ability to plan and execute selected scientific methods central to your Master`s thesis.
• You have skills in critical reading of scientific literature within the subject of your thesis.
• You have the skills to write a scientific essay or lab report within the subject of your thesis.

The course is only available to students enrolled at the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Oslo.

To enroll in the course, you must have been assigned a Master`s thesis at the Department of Pharmacy.

• FARM1100 – Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• FARM1110 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 1
• FARM1120 – Social Pharmacy
• FARM1130 – Pharmaceutically Based Organic Chemistry
• FARM1140 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 2
• FARM1150 – Pharmaceutical Based Biochemistry
• FARM2100 – Medicinal Chemistry
• FARM2110 – Pharmacotherapy 1
• FARM2120 – Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
• FARM2130 – Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry
• FARM2140 – Pharmaceutical Microbiology
• FARM2150 – Formulation of Drugs and Quality Assurance in Drug Production
• FARM3100 – Pharmacognosy
• FARM3110 – Pharmacotherapy 2 and Physiology 3
• FARM3120 – Medicine Use and Public Health
• FARM3130 – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
• FARM4100 – Personalised Drug Therapy
• FARM4110 – Comprehensive Biopharmacy and Formulation Technology
• FARM4120 – Drug Development
• approved the compulsory HMS-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety and HMS0507 – Fire Safety required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.

Formal prerequisite knowledge for students admitted to Studieløp for farmasøyter med mastergrad fra land utenfor EU/EØS (only in Norwegian):

• FARM4910K – Farmakoterapi og samfunnsfarmasi med fokus på norske terapitradisjoner og norske forhold
• FARM4920K – Fra virkestoff til ferdig formulering med fokus på avanserte legemiddelformer
• FARM4930K – Kvalitetssikring ved produksjon og klinisk utprøvning av legemidler
• approved the compulsory HMS-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety and HMS0507 – Fire Safety required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.

Course exemption: Laws and regulations describing the overall learning outcome regulate the Pharmacy programme. Exemptions are only granted if all learning outcomes in the course are covered.

The course lasts for 3 weeks in the beginning of the fall semester with a total teaching workload of 120 hours (organized teaching and self-study). The general part constitutes 1 week (40 hours teaching load), while the module-based part constitutes 2 weeks (80 hours teaching load). Attendance in the course is compulsory.

The teaching includes lectures and student-active learning. The module-based teaching consists of laboratory exercises (sample preparation, chromatography, extraction, organic synthesis, spectroscopy etc.), project based training in scientific writing and data analysis (epidemiology, techniques for interviews, scientific literature). The modules are elective and chosen in collaboration with supervisor according to the topic of the Master`s thesis, equivalent to 80 hours of teaching workload. Each module will include compulsory activities (laboratory journals, project reports, presentations).

Compulsory participation in the course must be completed and approved and compulsory submissions must be approved to sit the exam. Read more about what applies in the event of absence from compulsory activities (only in Norwegian).

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.

Access to teaching: A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Compulsory participation and approved assignments are valid for 1 year. If you change your master`s project, you must complete the elective modules relevant to the new research project.

Portfolio examination consisting of approved participation in compulsory teaching and approved compulsory assignments.

Participation in compulsory teaching must be approved before the final compulsory assignment is submitted.

It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:

• FRM4010 – Preparation Course for Research in Biology (discontinued)
• FRM4020 – Research Preparation Course in Pharmaceutical Analysis (discontinued)
• FRM4030 – Research Preparation course in Pharmacognosy and Medicinal Chemistry (discontinued)
• FRM4040 – Research Methodology for Projects in Social Pharmacy (discontinued)
• FRM4050 – Forskningsforberedende kurs i klinisk farmasi (discontinued)
• FRM4060 – Preparatory course for research in pharmaceutics (discontinued)