Human Health and Disease: A Clinical Approach

Fall & Spring | 3 credits | Core course | Study Tour: Berlin-Poznan | Stockholm-Tallinn | Vienna-Budapest
Majors: Biology, Health Science, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pre-Medicine, and Public Health

An introduction to the most important human diseases, their diagnoses and treatments, and to the clinical working methods of physicians as practiced at a Danish university hospital. Taught at the National University Hospital (Rigshospitalet) and several Copenhagen University Hospitals.

Please be aware that the course does not provide regular medical training corresponding to that of medical students and does not include shadowing of doctors or physical examination of patients.

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Section E	View syllabus
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Prerequisites

At least one year of biology and one year of chemistry at the university level.

Field Studies

N/A

This course does not include field studies, as each class is held at the hospital, and therefore acts like a field study.

Instructors

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  Jesper Linde

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2006). Ph.D. Candidate, Resident at Department of Cardiology, Hvidovre Hospital (Copenhagen University Hospital). With DIS since 2010.

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  Josefine Bandier

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2009). Ph.D. candidate at National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte Hospital (Copenhagen University Hospital). With DIS since 2011.

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  Louise Arup Fischer Neergaard

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2001). Ph.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2009). Resident, Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte Hospital (Copenhagen University Hospital). With DIS since 2011.

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  Amardeep Singh

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2008). Ph.D. candidate in Ophthalmology, Roskilde Hospital (Copenhagen University Hospital). Research in age-related macular degeneration. With DIS since 2010.

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  Anita Linde

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen 2006). Employed in a general practice, with specialization in General Medicine. With DIS since 2011.

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  Thomas Blixt

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2007). Medical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Frederiksberg Hospital (Copenhagen University Hospital), 2010-present. With DIS since 2011.

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  Troels Wesenberg Kjær

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 1992). Ph.D. (University of Copenhagen, 1996). Chief Physician in Clinical Neurophysiology, National University Hospital (Rigshospitalet). With DIS since 2003.

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  Peter Nørregaard

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 1985). Ph.D. (University of Copenhagen, 1998). Chief Physician, Clinic of Internal Medicine, Medical Center, Frederiksberg Hospital (Copenhagen University Hospital). With DIS since 2004.

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  Torben Lykke Sørensen

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 1999). DM.Sci. (University of Copenhagen, 2004). Associate professor at University of Copenhagen. Chief Physician in Ophthalmology, Roskilde Hospital (Copenhagen University Hospital). Former research fellow at Cleveland Clinic Foundation. With DIS since 2005.

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  Sophie Sejling

  M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2010). Resident at Hillerød Hospital (Copenhagen University Hospital). With DIS since 2010.