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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