MD programme at NTNU
Science and Technology and Science of
Ivar Skjåk Nordrum MD PhD University Leader Medical Doctor Programme Professor in Forensic Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Norwegian Norwegian The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
TRONDHEIM GJØVIK ÅLESUND LEVANGER
2 The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and The University Hospital of St. Olav
The University hospital is integrated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in each of the new centres build in the period 2006-2010
4 Medical Musum in The Knowledge Centre
From the opening exhibition in 2014 Theme: Ultrasound
5 The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Who are we?
• 6500 students • 1800 employees • 8 departments • In four cities: • Trondheim • Levanger • Ålesund • Gjøvik
6 Research
The faculty hosts several centres for outstanding research and research-driven innovation, K. G. Jebsen centers, major EU projects, as well as The Trøndelag Health (HUNT) Research Centre in Levanger
In 2014, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, along with John O'Keefe, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the brain's navigation system.
The faculty hosts one of NTNU's strategic area of research NTNU Health.
7 Education Health-related programmes
Master (6 years): • Medicine (Trondheim/Levanger)
Bachelor (3 years): • Audiology (Trondheim) • Human Movement Science (Trondheim) • Occupational therapy (Gjøvik/Trondheim) • Physiotherapy (Trondheim) • Radiography (Gjøvik/Trondheim) • Paramedic Science (Gjøvik) • Nursing (Gjøvik/Trondheim/Ålesund) • Social education (Trondheim)
8 MD programme by numbers
• 1975: 3,5-year clinical education after 2,5-year pre-clinical studies in Bergen • 1993: 6-year MD programme opened with 60 students • 2003: 1. revision: MCQ was introduced, new courses and more lecturers in the clinical training • 2014: 2. revision: OSCE, organizational change, faculty development etc., still ongoing… • 2018: Decentralized curriculum opened in the city of Levanger • 2020: Increase from 135 to 155 students • 2023: Decentralized curriculum opens in the city of Ålesund (?)
• 2020: Number of students admitted annually in medical schools in Norway • Tromsø: 136 • Trondheim: 155 • Bergen: 185 • Oslo: 240 • The aim is to increase with 360 more students within 6-7 years to reach the goal of educate 80% of the physicians needed in the country.
9 Medical doctor programme (MD) An outcome-based curriculum with early patient contact, subject integration and spiral learning (in year 3-5 the students are divided in two groups with opposite order of progression)
Part I (spirill 1 with PBL) Part II (spiral 2 with PBL) Part III (spiral 3)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
OSCE OSCE Communication Long case clinical exams Exams MCQ+short MCQ+short OSCE OSCE MCQ+short answers (integrated) answers MCQ+short answers MCQ MCQ answers MCQ+short answers
Autumn Spring Practice Exchange English a b c d local hospitals Thesis Practice Exchange English Thesis b a d c local hospitals Community Clinical Basic sciences >> Clinical medicine Clinical medical >> Basic sciences medicine medicine + practice
Three longitudinal themes from 2019: From 2018 decentralized curriculum - longitudinal integrated clerkship (NTNU Link) – 16 students • Health promotion and disease prevention • Scientific competence • Professionalism and communication
Patient contact: LPK (doctor-patient course) in part I, clinical rotation in part II, practice in local hospitals in year five, and practice in primary care in year six
PBL: Problem Based Learning MCQ: Multiple Choice Question OSCE: Objective Structured Clinical Examination Hammerfest
Medical Schools (red) Tromsø Hammerfest/Alta and 2017 decentralized Tromsø curricula (green) Bodø 2009 in Norway Bodø 5. and 6. year decentralized
Levanger/Namsos 2018 Trondheim Ålesund 2023? Namsos 3.-4. year decentralized Levanger
Trondheim Ålesund Førde Year? Bergen Førde
Haugesund Gjøvik Year? Bergen Stavanger 2023 Haugesund 4.-6. year decentralized Stavanger
Kristiansand Oslo Kristiansand ? Thank you
The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci 1492