FARM5000 – Preparation Course for Master`s thesis in Pharmacy
Course description
Course content
The course consists of two main elements: A general part which include research ethics, philosophy of science, safety, research planning, keeping research records and other aspects of research in general and a module-based part consisting of?practical exercises in topics relevant for the Master`s thesis subject. The modules range from those including practical laboratory methods to other modules focusing on project based training in scientific writing and data analysis. The modules are chosen in collaboration with the supervisor. The course is compulsory for students who wish to take a Master’s degree at the Department of Pharmacy and is conducted in the same semester as the commencement of FARM5945 – Pharmacy. Master Thesis.
Learning outcome
After completing the course:
- you have acquired insight into research ethics, regulations for conducting research and basic knowledge about science philosophy.
- you can analyze and discuss ethical aspects concerning?pharmaceutical research.
- you can discuss the importance of scientific documentation and the difference between science and undocumented claims. You are also able to understand the basis for scientific authorship.
- you have knowledge about rules and regulations for scientific and personal data storage.
- you have theoretical insights and ability to plan and execute selected scientific methods central to your Master`s thesis.
- you have skills in critical reading of scientific literature within the subject?of your thesis.
- you have the skills to write a scientific essay or lab report within the subject of your thesis.
Admission to the course
The course is only available to students enrolled at the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Oslo.
To enroll in the course, you must have been assigned a Master`s thesis at the Department of Pharmacy.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
- FARM1100 – Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- FARM1110 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 1
- FARM1120 – Social Pharmacy
- FARM1130 – Pharmaceutically Based Organic Chemistry
- FARM1140 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 2
- FARM1150 – Pharmaceutical Based Biochemistry
- FARM2100 – Medicinal Chemistry
- FARM2110 – Pharmacotherapy 1
- FARM2120 – Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
- FARM2130 – Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry
- FARM2140 – Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- FARM2150 – Formulation of Drugs and Quality Assurance in Drug Production
- FARM3100 – Pharmacognosy
- FARM3110 – Pharmacotherapy 2
- FARM3120 – Medicine Use and Public Health
- FARM3130 – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
- FARM4100 – Personalised Drug Therapy
- FARM4110 – Comprehensive Biopharmacy and Formulation Technology
- FARM4120 – Drug Development
- approved the compulsory HMS-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety? and?HMS0507 – Fire Safety?required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.
Formal prerequisite knowledge for students admitted to Studiel?p for farmas?yter med mastergrad fra land utenfor EU/E?S (only in Norwegian):
- FARM4910K – Farmakoterapi og samfunnsfarmasi med fokus p? norske terapitradisjoner og norske forhold
- FARM4920K – Fra virkestoff til ferdig formulering med fokus p? avanserte legemiddelformer
- FARM4930K – Kvalitetssikring ved produksjon og klinisk utpr?vning av legemidler
- approved the compulsory HMS-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety? and?HMS0507 – Fire Safety?required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.
Course exemption:?Laws and regulations describing the overall learning outcome regulate the Pharmacy programme.?Exemptions are only granted if all learning outcomes in the course are covered.
Overlapping courses
- 5 credits overlap with FRM4010 – Preparation Course for Research in Biology (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with FRM4020 – Research Preparation Course in Pharmaceutical Analysis (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with FRM4030 – Research Preparation course in Pharmacognosy and Medicinal Chemistry (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with FRM4040 – Research Methodology for Projects in Social Pharmacy (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with FRM4050 – 澳门葡京手机版app下载sforberedende kurs i klinisk farmasi (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with FRM4060 – Preparatory course for research in pharmaceutics (discontinued).
Teaching
The course lasts for 3 weeks in the beginning of the fall semester with a total teaching workload of 120 hours (organized teaching and self-study). The general part constitutes 1 week (40 hours teaching load), while the module-based part constitutes 2 weeks (80 hours teaching load). Attendance in the course is compulsory.
The teaching includes lectures and student-active learning. The module-based teaching consists of laboratory exercises (sample preparation, chromatography, extraction, organic synthesis, spectroscopy etc.), project based training in scientific writing and data analysis (epidemiology, techniques for interviews, scientific literature). The modules are elective and chosen in collaboration with supervisor according to the topic of the Master`s thesis, equivalent to 80 hours of teaching workload. Each module will include compulsory activities (laboratory journals, project reports, presentations).
Compulsory participation in the course must be completed and compulsory submissions must be approved to get the credits.?Read more about what applies in the event of absence from compulsory activities.
As?the?teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance.?Read about your insurance cover as a student.
Access to teaching:?A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Compulsory participation and approved assignments are valid for 1 year. If you change your master`s project, you must complete the elective modules relevant to the new research project.
Examination
Approved participation in compulsory teaching and approved compulsory submissions.
Participation in the compulsory teaching must be approved before the last compulsory submission.
Compulsory activities in the modules selected must be approved in order to pass the course.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:
- FRM4010 – Preparation Course for Research in Biology (discontinued)
- FRM4020 – Research Preparation Course in Pharmaceutical Analysis (discontinued)
- FRM4030 – Research Preparation course in Pharmacognosy and Medicinal Chemistry (discontinued)
- FRM4040 – Research Methodology for Projects in Social Pharmacy (discontinued)
- FRM4050 – 澳门葡京手机版app下载sforberedende kurs i klinisk farmasi (discontinued)?
- FRM4060 – Preparatory course for research in pharmaceutics (discontinued)
Language of examination
The examination text is given in Norwegian. You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.
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