Introductory seminar in paediatrics
Coordinator: Professor Ola Didrik Saugstad
Learning goals: This seminar will provide an overview of the field of pediatrics. Students will learn about growth in childhood and milestones in normal development. Children will be present to illustrate some of these milestones. The importance of preventive measures for child health will be underlined. A family practitioner will discuss the role of family practice in child health maintenance. The role of child psychiatry in specialized health care for children will be underlined. Students will be given an overview of recommended textbooks and other study materials, and an introduction to the University of Oslo web-based learning tools.
Congenital disease. Prenatal diagnosis
Coordinator: Professor Erik Thaulow
Learning goals: To provide an introduction to the many congenital diseases in childhood, with a main focus on genetic and metabolic disorders.
Format: We start with an introduction to the predisposing factors and discuss intrauterine diagnostics. We then go on to discuss clinical symptoms and treatment of selective congenital conditions. This seminar is a collaborative effort which includes experts in paediatrics, obstetrics, pathology, psychiatry, clinical biochemistry, and genetics. The ethical challenges in this field are highlighted.
Cancer in children
Coordinator: Professor Finn Wesenberg
Learning goals: To provide students with an overview of cancer in children, the most common symptoms, medical and surgical approaches to treatment, and the most common late sequelae of treatment.
Format: The seminar combines presentations of real cases which will illustrate presentation and symptoms, with lectures to provide a theoretical framework. A summary of the most common types of cancer in children as well as the diagnosis and treatment will be given. A pathologist and paediatric surgeon with special interest in this area will also participate.
Fundamental aspects of child neurology
Coordinator: Professor Petter Strømme
Learning goals: Students will learn about common diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system in children, their diagnosis and management.
Topics: Cerebral palsy; Neuromuscular diseases; Intellectual disability and syndromes; Epilepsy; Clinical approach.
Child abuse and neglect
Coordinator: Drs. Mia Myhre and Grete Dyb
Learning goals: Following the seminar the students should be aware of child abuse as a medical problem and know the clinical features and signs associated with abuse which may be observed when a child is seen in a health care setting. Students should know the common differential diagnoses and best practice for medical assessment when abuse is suspected. They should also be familiar with Norwegian legislation regarding child abuse, including the mandatory report to Child Protection Services.
Emergency paediatrics in the first year of life
Coordinator: Professor Ola Didrik Saugstad
Learning goals: To provide an introduction to emergency medicine in paediatrics during the first year of life.
Format: Collaboration between the medical specialities of paediatrics/neonatology, forensic medicine, microbiology, and infectious diseases. Both the theory and practice will be presented, along with the most life-threatening conditions. Topics include asphyxia and resuscitation, neonatal jaundice, acute infections and microbiology, clinical assessment, and crib death/sudden death in infancy.
Health care in adolescent
Coordinator: Professor: Knut Dahl-Jørgensen
Learning goals: To provide an introduction to and overview of common health problems in adolescence.
Format: Lectures and discussions with experts from the fields of paediatrics, gynaecology and child psychiatry. Case presentation(s). Topics: Adolescents in primary health care; Chronic disease in adolescence; Birth control, unwanted pregnancies, and sexually transmitted disease; Alcohol and drug (ab)use ; Eating disorders.
Paediatric gastroenterology
Coordinator: Professor Britt Nakstad
Learning goals: Students will learn about the most common conditions in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. Some less common conditions specific to the Gl system will also be discussed.
Format: Presentation of patient cases combined with lectures to provide the theoretical framework. Short overview lectures and more thorough presentations of the most frequent gastrointestinal diseases observed in children in general practice.
Maternal and child health in the world. Immigrant aspects
Coordinators: Professors Babill Stray-Pedersen and Thor Willy Ruud Hansen
Learning goals: The students should be able to recognize the main challenges to maternal and child health in low income countries, and the obstacles encountered in remediating these problems. Also, they should become familiar with how these challenges, through migration, are increasingly also a part of medicine in our part of the world.
Format/topics: The seminar is a collaboration between Ob/Gyn and paediatrics. The global aspects of maternal and child health are discussed, especially maternal mortality, antenatal and birth care, in addition to newborn and infant care in low income countries. The special needs and of immigrant mothers and children in Norway are focused upon as well as how to deal with female genital mutilation.
Asthma
Coordinators: Professors Karin Lødrup Carlsen and Kai-Hakon Carlsen, instructor Geir Håland
Learning goals: The students should understand the impact of asthma in childhood and the changing pattern of causative factors, as well as become familiar with the clinical presentation of asthma and its treatment in this age group.
Format: Thematic overview of asthma in childhood, presentation of a case history, the clinical examination, suggestions for follow-up.
Emergency paediatrics in primary care
Coordinator: Professor Tore G. Abrahamsen (Professor Finn Wesenberg in the fall semester 2013)
Learning goals: Students should be able to recognize the most common conditions in primary care emergency paediatrics with emphasis on the need for acute interventions and hospitalisation.
Format:The seminar will be based on case histories discussed by a panel of experts including a general practitioner (GP), hospital-based paediatricians and microbiologists.
Topics: Fever; Dehydration; Septicaemia and meningitis; The use of antibiotics; Airway infections; Convulsions; Assessment of the sick child; Documentation.
Transition from intra- to extrauterine life
Coordinators: Professors Ola Didrik Saugstad and Thor Willy Ruud Hansen
Learning goals: The students should understand the most important physiological and biochemical changes that happen when a baby is born, and become familiar with the clinical problems which are associated with this transition. Also, they will be introduced to the standard clinical examination of a newborn infant.
Format: Instruction video, lectures which will invite student contributions.
Bleeding disturbances and benign gynecological tumors
Coordinators: Professors Anne Cathrine Staff and Erik Qvigstad
Learning goals: To provide an overview of common menstrual bleeding disturbances as well as clinical issues related to benign tumors in the female pelvis.Format: Short review lectures and discussion of various case studies in interaction with the students and between the students. The diagnostic tests and treatment of menstrual bleeding disorders and such tumors will also be a focus of the seminar. The students are encouraged to develop clinical evaluation and decision-making, based on clinical findings and individual patient needs.
Hypertension during pregnancy with placental dysfunction
Coordinator: Professor Tore Henriksen
The seminar will discuss essential concepts of hypertension in pregnancy, especially preeclampsia and its complications.
Learning goals: To be able to diagnose, evaluate and treat hypertension in pregnancy and complications associated with this disorder, including placenta insufficiency (fetal growth restriction)and maternal complications like DIC, HELLP and eclampsia. Obtain an overview of the drugs that are used to treat hypertension and eclampsia. To know the risk factors for preeclampsia and prophylactic measures that may be taken.Format: Lecture which introduces pathogenesis, clinical definitions, diagnostic and therapeutic measures, followed by discussion of case studies.
Sexology and chronic pelvic pain
Coordinator: Professor Mette Brekke
Learning goals and format: This seminar consists of two parts. First, the focus is on how we as doctors relate to questions and problems related to sexuality among our patients. The most common areas of sexual dysfunction in both men and women will be presented, along with therapeutic options.The second part focuses on patients with chronic pelvic pain. Brief lectures, discussions and case studies will be used, and diagnostic tests and therapeutic options will be discussed. This seminar is a collaboration between a general practitioner,a gynecologist and a psychologist.
Gynaecological Oncology
Coordinator: Professor Claes Göran Trope
Learning goals and format: The seminar vil provide an overview of cancer in the female genital tract, associated clinical symptoms and the different screening programs. The students will learn about the development of different forms of cancer, tumour growth and metastasis, stage, classification and evaluation of prognosis. Treatment, follow-up, prophylactic medicine and cancer screening will also be discussed. The seminar will be collaboration between a pathologist, pharmacologist and a geneticist during this seminar.
The infertile couple
Coordinator: Professor Tom Tanbo
Learning goals: To make the students familiar with the most common causes of infertility and how to diagnose them. Inform the students on what treatment they can perform as a general practitioner and what should be specialist work. Give the students short information on assisted reproduction.
Format: The seminar starts with a general introduction to infertility, incidence, prevalence and the most common causes. A description of age related decline in fertility and its causes is given followed by more detailed information on tubal infertility, male infertility, ovulation disturbances and endometriosis-associated infertility. Ethical aspects om treatment of infertility will be discussed during the individual presentations. The seminar will end with a lecture on various aspects of assisted reproduction.
Contraception
Coordinator: Anne Flem Jacobsen
Learning goals: The students will learn about the mode of action, benefits and side effects of the different contraceptive methods available.Format: The seminar will start with an interactive discussion of several points concerning contraceptives. The most common questions asked by patients will be discussed, and there will be practical guidance on the prescription of contraceptives.
Infections in Gynaecology
Coordinator: Babill Stray-Pedersen
This seminar gives an overview of different genital infections in women of fertile age. Clinical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment the different infection are addressed. The students will be involved in case discussions.
Congenital and perinatal infections
Coordinator: Babill Stray-Pedersen
Learning goals and format: The infections of importance for the pregnant women, the fetus and her newborn baby are reviewed. Focus is on the practical aspects of clinical evaluation, diagnosis, screening and prevention strategies from a clinical and microbiological point of view. The students will be involved in case discussions. A two-way video lecture by Professor Theron (South Africa)about HIV in pregnancy will contribute to the seminar.
Pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence
Coordinator: Professors Anne Cathrine Staff and Erik Qvigstad
Learning goals: To provide an overview of genital organ prolapses and different types of urinary incontinence: from patient bother and clinical assessments to treatment options.
Format: Lectures and case histories by the two professors in gynecology and obstetrics, where the students are encouraged to develop clinical evaluation and decision-making, based on individual patient needs and clinical findings. Clinical cases will be discussed in interaction with the students and between the students. There will be a discussion and demonstration of aids for incontinence, of pharmacological and surgical treatment, and financial refunding available to patients.