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.

This course is the decentralized version in Levanger of the course MDT4030. The prerequisites, assessment methods and learning objectives are identical, although the teaching and learning methods vary.

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

• Team-based learning (TBL)
• Problem-based learning (PBL)
• Clinical service
• Skills Lab
• Courses / exercises
• Lectures

Learning activities primarily takes place in Levanger, with some occurring in Namsos and Trondheim. A very high degree of student activity is planned both in clinical teaching with patients and in theoretical teaching. The students must come prepared to learning activities and are assigned to carry out consultations under supervision or to solve theoretical tasks in small groups before these are reviewed in plenary sessions.

The problem-based learning (PBL) teaching has the same content as in MDT4030.

Students enrolled in MDL4030 have access to teaching materials from the course MDT403.

Compulsory assignments

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

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

Admission to CMED and successfully completed second year of Medical School (MD4020).

Course materials

Course materiel will be available on Blackboard.

Credit reductions