Health, Disease & Drugs: Modern Health Care

  Denmark

Copenhagen

Term: Summer 
Dates: Session 1 (May 22-Jun 12) and/or Session 2 (Jun 12-Jul 3)

Description: The courses are designed for students with an interest in health care, clinical practice, and medical biotechnology. They will give you a broad understanding of the connections between public health care, biomedical research, and drug development. Session 2 offers a clinical aspect through classes and patient cases at a Danish university hospital.

Prerequisites: General DIS prerequisites plus one year of biology, molecular biology, or biochemistry.

Core Courses: "Health Care in Northern Europe" (Session 1) and "Biological and Clinical Approaches to Human Disease" (Session 2)

Highlights: The program includes a one-week study tour in Sweden and to London (comparative health care systems in Europe; European medicine and drug development) during the first session and a one-week study tour to Berlin-Poznan (hospitals and biotech) during the second session.

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: Please contact DIS for more information

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Denmark Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

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