Medical Student Research Programme

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This is an initiative of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry especially aimed at second year students that have a special interest in medical research and possibly have an ambition to embark on a future career in science. The students otherwise follow a normal program of medical studies. The aim is to increase the number of scientists with a medical background.

In the research training program students receive organised supervision such that they are able to perform their own research project, cummulating in the writing of a dissertation which may form the basis for entering the formal PhD-training program.

Having completed the period of study within the research training program the students have fulfilled the requirements of organised scientific supervision in the PhD-training program. Further formal training is thus not necessary for candidates that have successfully completed the research training program. This also gives a 1 year reduction in a prospective speciality training course for those that have successfully fulfilled medical studies.

The students that enrole in the research training program are given an additional 1 year to complete their medical studies.

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