Medical Practice & Policy Medical Practice & Policy

The Medical Practice and Policy program offers you as a pre-med student a unique clinical course with valuable hands-on medical experiences such as: patient cases and clinical lab exercises, as well as insight into clinical practices and health provision in European countries.

Student Profile

This program is designed for students who have a serious interest in medicine and the required science background. 

Core Course

You will learn about the most important human diseases, their diagnoses and treatments, and clinical working methods of Danish physicians. Classes are taught at several Copenhagen University hospitals.

Prerequisites

One year of biology and one year of chemistry at the university level.

Study Tours

The study tours, which are covered by the DIS tuition, form an integral part of the core course. The short study tour aims to familiarize you with the clinical aspect of the Danish health care system, as well as the role of the general practitioner in Denmark. The long study tour gives you an in-depth understanding of the medical practices and public health care systems of both European welfare states and the post-communist countries of eastern Europe, through visits to hospitals, clinics, and research institutions. 

Elective Courses

In addition to the required core course, you are free to select any combination of courses from the DIS curriculum. Please click here for a full course overview. If you want to take some of your electives in the field of health care and medicine, check out courses listed under Pre-Medicine, Public Health, Biotechnology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology.


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DIS Student Bloggers

Wonder what it is like to study Medical Practice & Policy in Copenhagen? 

Click here to read Ryan Wallace's blog!

Medical Practice & Policy is very different from anything I’ve been able to take at school. We did a lot of hands on activities. It is an interesting angle, because a lot of people intend to go to medical school, so it is a great way to get an inside into what being a doctor entails. In terms of case studies, you have to learn how to analyze situations and problem solve. It seems very practical because you get to apply information you’ve learned from classes back home.

Hannah Schultz Bates College

Experiential Learning Element

  • The Human Health and Disease core course is different from any course offered at American universities. It is taught by medical doctors at the National University Hospital and Copenhagen University Hospitals. You will try patient history recording in theoretical and patient clinical cases and perform physical examinations and procedures on medical phantoms. The latter may include blood drawing, I.V. entry, and suturing, which will take place in the Lab for Clinical Skills.
  • Please be aware that the core class does not provide medical school training and does not include shadowing of doctors or physical examination of patients.
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