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MDT4030

Third Comprehensive Medical Exam

Credits 60
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 2 semesters
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Written and oral exam

About

About the course

Course content

In phase 2, the emphasis shifts from basic science to clinical subjects. During the first semester of the third year, students have their first encounter with hospital clinics, although they also continue to have lectures and teaching activities covering basic science and theoretical background. Most internal medicine and surgical subjects are covered in the 2AB course.

During the academic year, students will encounter clinical scenarios from the internal medicine disciplines of endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, cardiology and pulmonary medicine, well as the surgical disciplines of endocrine surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, vascular surgery, orthopedics (including injury/acute), urology and cardiothoracic surgery.

Additionally, the students will also meet clinical issues in oncology, geriatrics and anaesthesiology.

Alongside the above-mentioned clinical disciplines, teaching is given in pathology, microbiology, pharmacology, medical biochemistry, epidemiology and clinical decision-making, imaging, immunology and transfusion medicine. Emphasis will be placed on connecting the basic science subjects, paraclinical subjects and scientific competence with the clinical teaching.

In addition, there will be teaching in the longitudinal themes "Scientific competence", "Health promotion and prevention" and "Communication, patient contact and professionalism" which run throughout the entire medical degree programme.

The course Medicine semester 2AB is taught in Trondheim (course code MDT4030), in Ålesund (course code MDA4030) and in Levanger (course code MDL4030). Prerequisites, examination forms and learning outcome descriptions are identical, but the learning activities vary at the different locations.

Learning outcome

There are several learning objectives related to the semester subjects. These objectives are available at the "Læringsutbyttedatabasen" at the faculty`s home page.

Learning methods and activities

  • Problem-based learning (PBL)
  • Lectures
  • Courses
  • Seminars
  • Team-based learning (TBL)
  • Skills lab
  • Clinical rotation in the Hospital (PKU)

For compulsory activity, a maximum of 15% unauthorized absence from this course are allowed

There is longitudinal teaching in the course.

The course is mainly taught in Norwegian, but some classes may be taught in English

Compulsory assignments

  • Mandatory PBL-meetings
  • Scheduled clinical rotation
  • Mandatory attendance at classes, two full days, with the theme "interdisciplinary interaction"

Further on evaluation

Compulsory activities

Compulsory activity is assessed as approved or not approved and consists of the following three components:

  1. Mandatory PBL meetings
  2. Mandatory attendance at clinical teaching (PKU)
  3. Compulsory attendance at classes with the theme "interdisciplinary interaction" or equivalent.

A maximum of 15% unauthorized absence from this teaching is permitted.

Students with an approved compulsory activity do not need to complete this again if they have to resit the exam.

The exam

The exam consists of two parts:

  1. Written exam, 6 hours
  2. Oral exam, OSCE

Both parts 1) and 2) must be passed for the exam to be passed.

The students who do not pass the exam will have to resit only the part of the exam they did not pass, i.e. either the oral or the written exam or both.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Medical studies (CMED)

Required previous knowledge

Admission to CMED and successfully completed 2 year of medical school (MD4020).

Course materials

Course materiel will be available on Blackboard.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
MDA4030 60 sp Autumn 2023
MD4030 60 sp Autumn 2023
MD4031 60 sp Autumn 2023
MDL4030 60 sp Autumn 2023
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Medicine

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written and oral exam
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids Code D Duration 6 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.
Oral exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids Code E Duration 2 hours

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids Code D Duration 6 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.
Oral exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids Code E Duration 2 hours