Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesLinköping University

Research and education in medicine, healthcare and public health

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Education• 3700 students

• 7 undergraduate programmes and 3 Master’s Programmes

• Approximately 50 single-subject courses

• Among 50 exchange universities in 25 countries

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Education – undergraduate programmes• Biomedical Laboratory Science

• Medical Biology

• Medicine

• Nursing

• Occupational Therapy

• Physiotherapy

• Speech and Language Pathology

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Problem-based learning

• Problem-based learning (PBL) as a pedagogical method is applied at the Faculty.

• With the support of a tutor, students work in small groups with a problems based in reality.

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Interprofessional learning• An important feature is

the elements where all students study together to work out their future ability to interact in their professional roles.

• Interprofessional learning isabout collaboration between health professionals.

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ResearchOur research spans the entire medical field, from basic experimental re-search to patient-orientedresearch, public health and nursing science.

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Research• More than 100

professors.

• Approximately 500 doctoral students, almost 60 of whom receive their degrees every year.

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Staff• Just under 700 employees converted into full-

time employment, 30% are men.

• More than 100 professors, every fourth professor is a woman. In total there are over 300 teachers.

Organization

Four campuses in three cities

Valla

University Hospital Norrköping

Lidingö

www.liu.se

liu.se/medfak

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