Program Overview

Master’s Programme in Translational Medicine (TRANSMED)

The Master’s Programme in Translational Medicine (TRANSMED) combines basic skills in life sciences and natural sciences with biomedicine and research skills relevant to clinical medicine. The programme bridges the gap between basic research and patient care.

Programme Overview

Students of varying educational backgrounds constitute a strength of the teaching provided in the Master’s Programme in Translational Medicine. A range of groupwork options provide the opportunity for peer learning, as biologists can learn from bioinformation specialists and pharmacists from psychologists. Interaction skills are developed further, as learning is described to fellow students representing different fields of science.

Knowledge and Skills

Information acquisition and problem-solving skills are practised in courses utilising team-based learning. Students familiarise themselves in advance with the learning material, after which they apply their learning in the teaching situation by solving problems in small groups. When solving the problems, the groups also have at their disposal any information available online. Finally, students advance their learning by discussing the solutions of all groups under the direction of the teacher.

Research and Application

At the end of their studies, students draw up a research plan for a research idea of their own, defending it orally in the presence of an expert. Many believe that this is an opportunity to show the full spectrum of their learning up to that point.

Programme Structure

• The programme combines basic skills in life sciences and natural sciences with biomedicine and research skills relevant to clinical medicine.
  • This combination allows students to bridge the gap between basic research and patient care.
• The programme includes a range of groupwork options, providing opportunities for peer learning and interaction among students from different fields of science.
  • Biologists can learn from bioinformation specialists, and pharmacists can learn from psychologists.
• The programme utilises team-based learning, where students solve problems in small groups and discuss their solutions under the direction of a teacher.
  • This approach helps students develop information acquisition and problem-solving skills.
• At the end of their studies, students draw up a research plan for a research idea of their own and defend it orally in the presence of an expert.
  • This provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate the full spectrum of their learning.