Medicine
Edició 2020-2021
The course
The Medicine course from the Crazy about Science programme of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation is a course developed by Aula Clínic (Clinical Foundation for Biomedical Research) and the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona geared towards 1st year A-Level students interested in careers in medicine. The main objective is for students to learn how to work in a hospital, as well as to foster scientific vocations and promote the knowledge and education of excellence for young people in Catalonia.
Registration for the Medicine course of the Crazy about Science programme will be open from 16 September to 24 October 2019 and among all those enrolled there will be 24 students selected from the 1st year of A-Levels who will participate in the 2nd edition of the course within the 8th edition of the Crazy about Science programme that will take place in 2020.
During 16 theoretical and practical sessions students will get to know closely how one works in a hospital, both in terms of care and research. Students will visit various areas of the Hospital Clínic and will be able to sample how different diseases are diagnosed and approached, and what research is being done to better understand them and obtain more effective treatments to combat them. Other topics include heart disease, liver disease, diabetes, obesity, alcoholism, eye or skin diseases, neuroscience, immunology or cancer.
Specific objectives
Academic studies
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To foster among young people the scientific vocations linked to the world of medicine, helping to guide their academic and professional future.
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It provides the opportunity for your A-Level Research Project to be tutored by a leading research centre.
Attendance and research
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Bringing students closer to translational research in a hospital setting.
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Understand the operation of a hospital and related research centres.
Sessions
Collaborating entities
The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona is a university public hospital with a centuries-long history. With a workforce of 4,500 professionals, it is one of the leading healthcare centres in Spain and the leader in scientific production. It offers high-quality care, biomedical research of the highest level of competitiveness, and great teaching dedication to training professionals. All of this is part of the excellence of balanced management, with the aim of providing society with cutting-edge humanised medicine.
The August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) is the research centre linked to the Hospital Clínic. It is a centre of excellence that addresses high prevalence, morbidity and mortality. More than a thousand professionals work in one hundred research groups. The combination of basic research with clinical practice enables more efficient transfer of scientific advances to patients. With more than 1,100 articles published a year, it is the main biomedical research centre in Spain.
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