KJM9961 – Production and Application of Medical Radionuclides

After completing this course, you:

• understand the scope of radionuclides in medicine
• have a comprehension of the role of Radiochemistry in medicine
• have basic knowledge of the production of PET and SPECT radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals
• have a good comprehension of the basic principles for the use of radionuclides in medicine
• can adapt information from scientific sources didactically to suit a student audience.

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

The teaching includes 18 lectures. In the second lecture, you will receive a project assignment where your task is to solve a scientific problem. There will be two 45 minute group sessions where you can suggest an approach and discuss progress with the teacher. Then there will be a two-day mandatory seminar where you present the solution to your problem. The presentation should be around 30 minutes long, and didactically appropriate for an audience of master students. The project assignment is mandatory and must be passed before you can sit the final exam.

It is the sole responsibility of participants to obtain and maintain study materials provided in each lecture or exercise.

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.

• A project assignment with an oral presentation, which counts 20 % towards the final grade.
• Final written exam (2 hours), which counts 80 % towards the final grade.

The project assignment and oral presentation must be passed before you can sit the final exam.

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: KJM5961 – Production and Application of Medical Radionuclides (discontinued)

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.