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MFEL1010

Medicine for Non-Medical Students, Introduction

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Credits 7.5
Level Foundation courses, level I
Course start Autumn 2024 / Spring 2025
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