Entry requirements

Admission to the program.

The education follows a course of studies, which implies that the courses should be taken in an established order.

Learning outcomes

The teaching should provide knowledge of the body's uptake and storage of nutrients and their use for energy-intensive processes. Thereby, a basis for continued theoretical and clinical studies within the medical programme and future occupational work is created.

Aims of the course

After the course, the student should be able to:

• describe the structure of the digestive tract and fat tissue at macroanatomical and histological levels, as well as their function in the uptake and storage of different nutrients
• describe transport, distribution, storage and release of different nutrients in the body
• describe the role of nutrients in both oxygen independent and oxygen dependent energy transformation processes
• explain the role enzymes have in the metabolism and how their activity may be regulated
• explain how enzymatic activities can be measured
• explain the importance of enzymatic processes for energy-intensive activities of the body
• decribe biochemical and physiological factors that limit physical capacity and explain how one can measure physical capacity with an ergometer bicycle
• describe oxygen's essential and potentially harmful properties and cell-protective anti-oxidant mechanisms
• describe the metabolism of ethanol, and short and long term metabolic effects of alcohol intake
• describe the metabolism of nucleotides and amino acids
• describe the preparation of a diet anamnesis and its evaluation as well as basic nutritional concepts
• prepare for and participate actively in group discussions, seminars and labs (PU professional approach)
• take responsibility for entire group learning during group work (PU science & learning)

Content

The teaching comprises:

Basic biochemistry

Cellular and molecular structures and functions of organs and tissues

Metabolism and metabolic regulation

Uptake and use of nutrients

Instruction

Takes place in the form of case studies, lectures, seminars, laboratory sessions, microscopy exercises and computer-based studies of organ system.

Assessment

For regulatory framework about absence from compulsory parts and rules for participation in examination, see programme syllabus in the students' guide.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Students who have not passed the examination have the right to attend 4 additional examinations (i.e. 5 examinations in total). If special circumstances apply, the programme committee may admit additional examinations. Every time the student participates in an examination counts. Submission of a so called blank exam is counted as an examination.

The student has the right to request a change of examiner after two failed examinations.