MED3006 – Clinical and experimental research methods

Knowledge

On completion of the course the student should be able to:

• explain what formal requirements apply to clinical studies
• account for various types of design within clinical research
• account for the principles of cell-based research
• explain the use of animal models (both small and large animals)
• have in-depth knowledge of research methods used in medicine and health sciences (common for all electives)

Skills

On completion of the course the student should be able to:

• explain how to carry out a retrospective study of a patient material
• explain the principles for a randomized controlled study (e.g. testing of new drugs, treatment principles, etc.)
• summarize a case report for publication

General competence

On completion of the course the student should be able to:

• reflect on methodological strengths and weaknesses in different types of studies
• reflect on ethical issues related to clinical and experimental research

The course is reserved for students at the professional study in medicine.

Separate deadlines apply for admission to this course. See admission information and deadlines for elective courses.

The course admits up to 44 students.

• Full time study
• Form of teaching: lectures, student-driven group work, excursions to relevant research laboratories.
• Students are expected to prepare to the teaching activities.
• Course materials in the course content pages and in My Studies may not be distributed or published without special permission from the owner of the copyright to the material.The study of medicine is a full-time study.

Teaching will be in English with few exceptions of Norwegian. Most of the course will be lecture based, but workshops with possibility of hands-on and student groups will be also arranged.

Oral group presentation

Information about exams and grading, including previous exam papers and grading guidelines, at the Faculty of Medicine

All students who fail or have a valid reason for absence from the regular exam will be registered for a resit/deferred exam. In case of failing or having a valid reason for absence from the resit/deferred exam, the student may continue in the study program and take the exam in the subsequent elective period (the following January). The student must have taken and passed the elective course by the end of the second elective period in the study program at the latest.

Students who fail or have a valid reason for absence from the regular exam may be given a different form of assessment in the resit/deferred exam.