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Study Medical Practice & Policy in Copenhagen, Denmark
Location: Denmark: Copenhagen
Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Dates: Spring 2012: 1/21/2012 to 5/20/2012, Fall 2012: 8/18/2012 to 12/17/2012, Spring 2013: 1/12/2013 to 5/17/2013
Description
The core Medical Practice & Policy course (Human Health & Disease: A Clinical Approach) is taught by senior doctors at hospitals in Copenhagen, and provides privileged access to a number of hospital departments and laboratories. This unique course is one of DIS' most popular, and our alumni rave about impressing their med school interviewers with tales from DIS. In addition to this core course, take MPP electives - examine the governmentally-controlled, free health care system in Denmark; discuss the criteria for evaluating the consequences of biotechnology and biomedicine; learn more about the biology, epidemiology, diagnostics and progression of cancer and HIV/AIDS; study the clinical manifestations of obesity, cardiovascular diseases, smoking, and diabetes...and more.
Highlights
Study tours take you to Berlin-Poznan, Sweden-Tallin or Budapest-Vienna (your choice) to examine different health care systems and how these systems affect patient care.
Degree Level
Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)
Minimum Education
High School
Cost in US$:
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Credit Available
no
This Program is open to
American, Canadian Participant.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Apartment/Flat
- Group living
- Home-stays
- Independent living
- Other
Participants Travel to Denmark
Independently
Application Process Involves
- Letters of Reference
- Transcript
- Written Application
DIS - Danish Institute for Study Abroad's Mission Statement
DIS is a specialized Danish institution offering study abroad programs in English for primarily American university students in their third or fourth year of study, with credit transfer to their home school. Among alumni and partners, we have a reputation of being intense, demanding and rewarding, and of providing a challenging educational environment in a full-service framework.
Year Founded
1959
