HMS0503 ¨C Laboratory Safety

Course content

This course will give you basic knowledge of safety associated with working in laboratories as well as awareness of hazards you may encounter while working in one. You will also learn how to ensure your own and others safety while working in our laboratories.

Learning outcome

After completing the course you should have knowledge of:

• How to do a risk assessment
• Planning before you commence working in a laboratory
• What protective gear you should use
• What you should do if an accident happens in the laboratory

Admission to the course

The course is compulsory for:

• Students taking a course having HMS0503 as a prerequisite
• New students in the following bachelor's programme:
  • Dental Health
• New students in the following 5-year master's programmes:
  • Dentistry
  • Clinical Nutrition
• New students in following Master's programmes:
  • Bioscience
  • Farmasi?(2. avdeling)
  • Geosciences
  • Chemistry
  • Materials Science?for Energy and Nanotechnology
• New students at following the programme of professional study:
  • Medicine

Teaching

The course is an individual online course. The course is available on a smart phone, PC, Mac or tablet.

You need to be registered for the course and exam in Student Web to complete the online digital exam.

Examination

The online course includes an online digital exam that you need to pass, to successfully complete the course. Please note that you will have to be registered for the course in StudentWeb to complete the exam. You have to wait until the day after you have been registered for the course to take the test.

The digital exam is multiple choice and you can take the exam more than once. When you have passed the exam you will receive an email confirming you have passed the course.

If HMS0503 is a?degree requirement or a formal prerequisite for any of the courses in your degree, you will not get your degree approved until you have passed the course.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.