SBRI19015U Clinical Translational Medicine
BRIDGE - Translational Excellence Programme
Understanding mechanisms behind and developing new treatment for major public health challenges such as infectious-, heart-, liver-, and lung diseases, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer involve the movement of the research from bench to clinic and from clinic to bench. It can be a challenging process, and the BRIDGE Clinical Translational Medicine course covers examples on how to bridge the gap between basic and clinical research by an introduction to general topics and challenges in clinical translational research as well as relevant real-life examples.
Upon completing the course, participants should be able to:
Knowledge
- Relate how thorough characterization (molecular, immunological, imaging) of the individual patient or patient’s samples may be used for direct selection of patient treatment/care.
- Explain how information from biological experiments (in vitro and animal models) can be used as a platform for designing investigations in patients.
- Discuss how biological experiments may lead to drug development.
- Describe how to bring a preclinical drug to phase 1, basic requirements.
- Plan a translational study with material from a clinical trial.
Skills
- Integrate knowledge obtained from other courses into translational clinical research.
- Critically evaluate preclinical data - from a clinical point of view.
- Generate novel ideas for clinical trials from preclinical observations.
- Implement research results in clinical practice.
- Solve unmet clinical needs/questions by designing the
clinically relevant preclinical/ biological experiments.
Competences
- Integrate basic biology into clinical knowledge.
- Assess ethical considerations of how to implement new molecular tools and conduct studies with patients.
- Understand the central aspects of clinical translational medicine and be able to discuss and communicate these to other scientists, clinicians, and the public.
Course literature will be published on Absalon.
The course will end with an evaluation where participants must reflect on course learning outcomes and give feedback for course development.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 22
- Class Instruction
- 1
- Preparation
- 4
- Exercises
- 1
- Project work
- 2
- Total
- 30
The BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme offers a few selected graduated PhDs a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in translational medicine. This course is only available to the fellows enrolled in the programme. Fellows are automatically enrolled in this course upon admission to the programme.
For further information about the programme, please go to the website: www.bridge.ku.dk
- Credit
- 0 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Continuous assessmentRequirement to attend classes
- Type of assessment details
- Attendance and active participation.
- Exam registration requirements
Participants are automatically registered for the examination upon admission to the BRIDGE - Translational Excellence Programme.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Criteria for exam assesment
Active contribution and course participation according to the BRIDGE Guidelines and Practicalities.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- SBRI19015U
- Credit
- 0 ECTS
- Level
- Part Time MasterPh.D.
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See course dates and course programme in Absalon.
*This course is offered in spring 2025 for the BRIDGE 2023-2025 Academic Curriculum.
** This course is offered in spring 2026 for the BRIDGE 2024-2026 Academic Curriculum. - Course capacity
- 15 participants
Study board
- Study Board for the Professionel Master´s Degree Programmes at The Faculty og Health and Medical Science
Contracting department
- Department of Clinical Medicine
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Julia Sidenius Johansen (julia.sidenius.johansen@regionh.dk)