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 2022 course are: Disease mechanisms and development, animal models of disease, imaging disease, computational biology, health registries and biomarker discovery, virology and immunology, tailored and personalized medicine, computational biology, advanced cell-based therapies and neuroscience.
The course programme can be found here (PDF).
Learning outcome
National and international experts in the field will give updated overviews of state-of-the-art and emerging trends. 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.
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 is given as a two-weeks intensive course with 60 hours of lectures. In addition, preparations, reading of selected reviews, with summaries of 80% of the talks are stipulated to amount to 75 to 90 hours.
The course consists of a series of lectures. 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 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.
Poster session
As part of the PhD course in Molecular Medicine we invite the students to participate in a poster session on the first day of the course where students get to present their PhD research to their peers. This can be a poster that you have already presented before. The poster is not being assessed as part of the course
Examination
You have to participate at the lectures and write a journal covering a summary of 80% of the course lectures. The journal shall consist of daily summaries of and comments to the lectures. Participation at the lectures and the journal are together basis for the evaluation of the students.
Participation at the lectures and writing a journal, are all mandatory and part of the exam
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
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
The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.
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.
Contact
https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/medisin/med/MF9120BTS/