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MDT4043

Medicine semester 2D

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 30
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2025 / Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Aggregate score

About

About the course

Course content

In semester 2D, the following subject areas are taught: obstetrics and women's diseases, children's diseases, skin diseases/venereal diseases, plastic surgery, rheumatology and infectious diseases.

In connection with the above-mentioned subjects, teaching is given in microbiology, pharmacology, pathology and diagnostic imaging.

All Norwegian students including Norwegian exchange students (not the foreign exchange students) must also during the autumn of the fourth academic year choose a topic for their main thesis, make an agreement with a supervisor and submit a protocol for approval by 31 January of the following semester. See also semester 3A.

In addition, there will be teaching in the longitudinal threads "Scientific competence", "Health promotion and prevention" and "Communication, patient contact and professionalism" which will run from start to finish throughout the entire medical course.

The course Medicine semester 2D is taught in Trondheim (course code MDT4043), in Ålesund (course code MDA4043) and in Levanger (course code MDL4043). 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
  • Seminars
  • Team Based Learning (TBL)
  • courses and exercises
  • Skills lab
  • Clinical rotation in the hospital (PKU).

There is longitudinal teaching in the course.

The course has international students and is taught in English in Trondheim.

Compulsory assignments

  • PBL
  • PKU

Further on evaluation

Compulsory activities

Compulsory activity is assessed as approved or not approved and consists of the following two components.

  1. Attendance at Problem Based Learning (PBL)
  2. Clinical rotations in the hospital (PKU)

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

Students with an approved compulsory activity do not need to complete this again when repeating the exam.

The exam

The exam in the subject consists of a two-part assessment.

  1. Written exam, 4 hours
  2. Oral exam, OSKE

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

If you fail 2D in the autumn semester, you have the opportunity to continue with 2C in the following spring semester. Resit exam will go on in august. 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 3 year of medical school (MD4030/MD4031/MDT4030/MDL4030/MDA4030).

Course materials

Course materiel will be available on Blackboard.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
MD4045 30 sp Autumn 2024
MD4041 30 sp Autumn 2024
MD4040 30 sp Autumn 2024
MDA4043 30 sp Autumn 2024
MDL4043 30 sp Autumn 2024
MDI4043 30 sp Autumn 2024
MD4043 30 sp Autumn 2024
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

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

School exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids Code D Date 2025-12-12 Time 09:00 Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Sluppenvegen 14
Room SL110 hvit sone
39 candidates
Room SL111 blå sone
24 candidates
Oral exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids Code E Date 2025-12-18 Time 08:00 Duration 2 hours

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids Code D Duration 4 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 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.
Oral exam
Weighting 1/2 Examination aids Code E Duration 2 hours