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One Week Medical School: Registration now open!

The One Week Medical School will take place at the CIS (Centre Interprofessionnel de Simulation) in Geneva from June 24th-28th, 2019.

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°Õ³ó±ðÌýOne Week Medical School isÌýan innovative, one week, full time training in medical thinking and practice for non-physicians developed by the Institute of Global Health of the AV¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™sÌýFaculty of Medicine. Ìý

In close collaboration with theÌý, this full time intensive medical course will take placeÌýat the CISÌýGenevaÌý(Centre Interprofessionnel de Simulation),ÌýÌýon the site of the Geneva AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ Hospital (HUG).Ìý

The One week Medical SchoolÌýprogramme is a short but intensive medical training course designed for postgraduate students andÌýprofessionals involvedÌýin the field of health (except for medical doctors). This highly interdisciplinary course will allow participants to gain a better grasp of the main issues and challenges faced by doctors. There are no prerequisites in terms of medical and scientific knowledge.

Key questions addressed will be:ÌýHow do doctors make decisions? What are the cutting edge issues in the main medical specialties? What is the importance of evidence-based medicine and of uncertainty in the practice of medicine ?

A wide variety of medical specialists will be teaching, professors and practitioners from the Faculty of Medicine and AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ Hospital of Geneva. Training methods will be close to those used for medical students in Geneva. For example, participants will be challenged by exposure to practical casesÌý. Participants will also be proposed to spend half a day’s bedside teaching in a hospital ward in Geneva in the week prior to the One Week Medical School.

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CREDITS

Participants completing the course will receive 2 ECTS.

FEES

Fees are for the whole week plus the half day of clinical experience (bedside teaching).

  • General: 2200 CHF
  • HUG, UNIGE and Geneva International Organizations: 2000 CHF
  • SSPH+ members: 1400 CHF
24 Feb 2019

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