Course syllabus

Welcome to the seminar serie Professional Training (PT) Master´s Programmes in Medicine!

Professional Training (PT) is an integrated seminar serie in some of the Master ́s programmes courses given by the Medical faculty at Uppsala University (Biomedicine, Forensic Science, Infection Biology, Innovative Medicine, Medical Research, Medical Nuclide Techniques and Molecular Medicine). You as a Master ́s student at these programmes need to pass the assessments of this part to pass your first semester of your Master ́s programme and to later be able to get your exam as a Master in Medical Science.

Responsible PT: Master ́s Programme Committee (MPK) where all 9 Master´s Programme coordinators at the Faculty plus three Master ́s students are members .

Director PT; Susanne Tingsborg

Administrator PT; Study/Career Counselor Carina Carlsson

Contact: medmaster@uadm.uu.se

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Learning Outcomes

The goal of these lectures and assignments is to give the opportunity for you as an international Medical Master ́s student to develop as a professional, as a member of the global academic community in life sciences. Knowledge about how to interpret and work according to Swedish national as well as international laws and standards will be presented. These lectures are prepared as a foundation for your further development as a future researcher and leader in medical science. Furthermore, increased knowledge in ethical questions and sustainable thinking to make you reflect over what this means in terms of life science and your career.

You as a Master ́s student will have the possibility to increase/improve your knowledge in the following subjects;

•How you improve how to write and present results as a poster, manuscript and/or orally at a good scientific level for your audience. You can always learn more and improve.

•How to be able to implement understanding and acceptance of the differences in cultures between you and other global academics, and what it means in terms of responsibilities towards your fellows to be a Master ́s student of an International Master ́s programme, which means to make improvements in cultural intelligence. You should also have an idea about

•How to create a good working environment, without using controlling behavior and with high consciousness about equal opportunities for everyone.

•The important differences between science and pseudoscience.

•That fraud and plagiarism unfortunately exist and that it is illegal and that a penalty would be devastating for a future career in science.

•How to take in consideration and be aware of bioethics as well as research ethics.

•Biobanks, the ethics involved and important laws to know about when working with these.

•How to come up with new ideas and use these to start a company from a simple idea into a product in the Swedish life science sector.