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Faculty of Medicine
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Faculty of Medicine
Research and education in biomedicine and health
care

• 13 departments, 2 science centres
• About 1 100 employed, about 50 are
  lecturers/scientists
• 13 academic programmes
• 3 000 undergraduate students
• About 650 postgraduate students, of which 144
  have doctoral positions
• About 80 postgraduate disciplines

Faculty of Medicine http//www.medfak.umu.se/eng
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Milestones

• Parliamentary bills 1946 och 1947 suggesting
  higher education and state hospital in Umeå
• Science Library 1951
• Dental clinic 1956, Dentist programme 1957
• Medicine programme 1957
• Umeå University inaugurated 1965
• Health care education integrated from 1997,
  completely 2002
• Faculties of Medicine and Odontology merged, July
  1st, 1999
• Name change to Faculty of Medicine, April 1st
  2004
• Clinical part of the Medical programme also in
  Sunderbyn, Sundsvall and Östersund organizing
  started autumn 2008

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Departments

• Clinical Microbiology
• Clinical Sciences
• Community Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Integrative Medical Biology
• Medical Biosciences
• Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
• Molecular Biology
• Nursing
• Odontology
• Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience
• Public Health and Clinical Medicine
• Radiation Sciences
• Surgical and Perioperative Sciences

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Science Centres

• UCMM Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine
• Founded in 1999. Since 2007 a part of Faculty of
  Medicine.
• Integrates molecular biology and clinical
  sciences
• Researchers from both the Faculty of Medicine and
  the Faculty of Science and Technology
• UCMR Umeå Centre for Microbial Research
• Contains the Swedish node in The Nordic EMBL
  Partnership for Molecular Medicine, The
  Laboratory For Molecular Infection Medicine
  Sweden, MIMS.
• Founded in 2007. More information on
  http//www.ucmr.se.

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Governmental grants 2008
Budget 573 million SEK
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Faculty expenses 2008
Total 580 million SEK
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External grants 2007
Total 267 million SEK
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Education

• Undergraduate education
• More than 50 of faculty budget 320 million SEK
  (2009)
• 13 academic programmes, most of them preparing
  for occupations in the health care sector
• All programmes are research connected
• Education are given by the departments a
  programme can have teachers from one or more
  departments
• Continuation courses
• Magister and Master degree programmes
• Specialist courses for nurses
• Psychotherapy

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Programmes, Medicine

• Biomedicine Programme, 240 ECTS cr.
• Total students 105 HSTT
• Speech Therapist Programme, 240 ECTS cr.
• Total students 48 HST
• Admission January odd numbered years
• Cooperation with two other faculties
• Sports Science Programme, with a major in sports
  medicine, 180/240 ECTS cr.
• Cooperation with two other faculties
• Medicine Programme, 330 ECTS cr.
• Extended to 98 students per term spring 2009
• Total students 809 HST HST full time
  student cr. credits 60 credits 1 year

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Programmes, Odontology

• Dental Hygienist Programme,120/180 ECTS cr.
• Total students 72 HST
• 1 admission/year (fall)
• Dental Technician Programme, 180 ECTS cr.
• Total students 61 HST
• 1 admission/year (fall)
• Dentist Programme, 300 ECTS cr.
• Total students 199 HST
• 1 admission/year (spring)
• Extended from 45 to 60 students per admission
  spring 2009

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Programmes, health care (1)

• Nursing Programme, 180 ECTS cr.
• Total students 604 HST
• In Umeå, Skellefteå and Örnsköldsvik
• Every third year in Lycksele, next start planned
  to autumn 2011
• Psychiatric Care Programme, 120 ECTS cr.
• First start autumn 2008
• 2,2 förstahandssökande per plats ht 2008
• 30 positions, distance education, meeting point
  Skellefteå
• Radiology Nursing Programme, 180 ECTS cr.
• Total students 18 HST
• 1 admission/year (fall)

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Programmes, health care (2)

• Biomedical Analysis Programme, 180 ECTS cr.
• Options Laboratory Medicine or Clinical
  Physiology
• Total students 88 HST
• Occupational Therapist Programme, 180 ECTS cr.
• Total students 148 HST
• Physiotherapist Programme, 180 ECTS cr.
• Total students 182 HST

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Continuation courses

• Specialist education for nurses
• Midwifery Programme, 90 ECTS cr 20 HST
• Specialist courses, 60-75 cr.

• Magister degree (240 ECTS) programmes
• Dental Technology
• Sports Medicine

• Master degree programmes, main discplines
• Occupational Therapy
• Public Health
• Nursing
• Physiotherapy
• Biomedicine
• Medical Biochemistry (Biomedicine)
• Medical Microbiology (Biomedicine)

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Research

• 36 of total faculty budget 212 million SEK
  (2009)
• Substantial and growing external funding 267
  million SEK (2007)
• Most of the research in the departments
• Two Science Centres, mainly research oriented
• Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine (UCMM)
• Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR)

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Postgraduate education

• The bridge from undergraduate education to
  research
• About 80 disciplines, among them 19 in odontology
  
• For Doctorate (PhD) or Licentiate degree
• 648 registered postgraduate students (september
  2008)
• 90 admitted 2007, of which 49 women
• 54 women among admitted 2007 average 56
  2001-2005
• Examination 2007 71 PhD and 3 Licentiates

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