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MFEL1010

Medicine for Non-Medical Students, Introduction

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

Credits 7.5
Level Foundation courses, level I
Course start Autumn 2025 / Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

The course provides a general introduction to health and medicine.

The course deals with how the healthcare system works, how patients are examined and treated when they see a doctor.

The course provides knowledge of medical concepts and terminology as well as anatomy and physiology. Examples of disease within some selected organ systems will be given, as well as how this can be diagnosed with imaging modalities.

Compulsory assignments

  • Tests

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
MFEL1020 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course 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

Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Date 2025-11-20 Time 09:00 Duration 3 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 SL310 lilla sone
55 candidates
Room SL310 hvit sone
12 candidates
Room SL311 orange sone
65 candidates

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.