Human Health and Disease: A Clinical ApproachSemester Course

Program
Medical Practice & Policy
Week-Long Study Tour
Helsinki-Tallinn or Krakow-Prague or Berlin-Poznan or Budapest-Vienna
Core Course Week Study Tour
Denmark
Major Discipline(s)
Biology, Pre-Medicine / Health Science, Public Health
Type
Core Course
Available
Fall/Spring semester
Credit(s)
3

This course offers an introduction to the most important human diseases, their diagnoses and treatments, and to the clinical practice of physicians at Danish university hospitals. You are taught at Copenhagen University hospitals by practicing physicians.

Note: 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.

Many students tell me that by the end of the semester this experiential learning experience, they become certain whether or not to attend medical school. One of my goals is to facilitate this thought process, helping them each to discover whether medical school is right for them.

Troels Wesenberg Kjær, M.D., Ph.D., DIS Faculty & Chief Physician in Clinical Neurophysiology, National University Hospital

Faculty

Caroline Garred

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

M.D. from the University of Copenhagen, 2023. Currently working at Department of Cardiology, Nordsjaellands Hospital. With DIS Human Health & Disease since 2019.

Anton Peterlin

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

Ph.D. student, at the University of Copenhagen in the field of Osteomyelitis and bone disease. M.D. (University of Copenhagen 2019). Resident at the Department of Orthopedics, Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital. Previous experience in general practice and Emergency Department, Slagelse Hospital. Previous research in Pathology and Orthopedics. Born and raised in San Francisco, CA. Previously professional footballer in England. Biology Major, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2009. With DIS since 2022. 

Magnus Ebbesen

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

M.D. (University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021). B.Sc. pre-medical studies, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA. USA (class of 2014). With DIS since 2018.

Josephine Nolte

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

9th semester medical student at University of Copenhagen Medical School. B.Sc. Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2016. FADL(The Association of Danish Medical Students) nurse assistant since 2014. B.Sc Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Montana State University. With DIS since 2017.

Patrick Terrence Brooks

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

M.D. University of Copenhagen, 2016). BSc in Biology (University of Copenhagen, 2010). Currently doing his 3-year PhD research fellowship at the Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet. Previous positions: 4th year of residency/specialization in Clinical Immunology at the Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet (2021). Clinical Basic Training (KBU) at the Department of Urology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde (2017). Emergency Department, Zealand University Hospital, Køge (2016). Research interests: immunology, stem cells and regenerative medicine. With DIS since 2018.

Dina Leth Møller

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2019). Ph.D. student at the Department for Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, investigating the immune function in patients receiving solid organ transplantation. Former researcher at the Department of Pediatrics and the Institute of Inflammation Research, Rigshospitalet. DIS Course Assistant for Human Health & Disease. With DIS since 2017.

Nicklas Järvelä Johansen

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2015) and clinical researcher at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen. With DIS since 2018.

Niels West

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

PhD and M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2014) Also researcher at Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rigshospitalet and Gentofte Hospital. With DIS since 2017.  

Niels

Pernille Emilie Petersen

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

M.D. (University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017), Registrar, Department of Endocrinology, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospitals since 2017. Resident supervisor. With DIS since 2019.

Pernille Petersen

Lea Rue Honoré

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

M.D. (University of Copenhagen, 2018). Currently residency at the Neurological department, Herlev Hospital. Previous experience with General Practice in Brønshøj and neurology at the Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup. Previous reseach in Autoimmune Hepatitis and Quality of Life at the Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Rigshospitalet. Previous Course Assistant for Human Health & Disease. With DIS since 2017.