FARM5160 – Clinical Laboratory Medicine

After completing the course:

• you will have basic knowledge of blood tests and other laboratory investigations that are used to identify and describe disease in various organs and functions like kidney, liver, cardiovascular system, bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tractus, blood coagulation etc.
• you will have basic knowledge of microbiological diagnostics of infectious diseases and assessment of antibiotic resistance.
• you will be able to interpret results from blood tests and lab investigations that are relevant for pharmacotherapy including adverse effects.
• you will be able to apply therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacogenetics for personalized pharmacotherapy.
• you will be able to perform calculation of individual dosing based on renal function for drugs where this is relevant.
• you are able to contribute in the discussion in multidisciplinary teams, and in patient records, regarding blood tests and other laboratory investigations, specifically for the assessment of adverse drug reactions.

• 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" (text available in Norwegian only):

• 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.

• Number of lectures with interactive elements: approximately 24 hours (the introductory lecture is compulsory)
• Number of colloquia: approximately 4 hours (compulsory)

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).

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 3 years.

The course may be cancelled if the number of enrolled students is low.

Final written exam which counts 100 % towards the final grade.

This course has compulsory exercises that must be approved before you can sit the final exam.

This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Withdrawal during an examination / Resitting an examination