International Clinical Case Discussion Summer School (ICDSS): Two weeks, two exciting cases per day—discussed with students from LMU, TU, and US partner universities, as well as renowned professors. Train your clinical thinking, improve your English, and experience a unique teaching and leisure program.
The International Clinical Case Discussion School (ICCDS) is based on the American format of clinical case presentations (Clinical Case Discussion Rounds, CDR), which are firmly anchored in the curriculum there. During the two-week ICCDS, two cases from the New England Journal of Medicine are discussed in English each day. The aim is to work together to develop a clinical diagnosis for a case and to train structured clinical thinking.
The focus is on questions such as:
One participant prepares the case as a presentation, while the moderator from the ICCDS team leads the discussion. The group is supported by renowned professors from the USA and other guest lecturers from TUM and LMU, who comment on the roundtable as experts and share their clinical experience.
All participants prepare a case presentation in advance according to the established CDR (TUM) or CCD (LMU) scheme. During the two-week school, two cases per day are discussed from Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In addition, a joint leisure program takes place in the evenings and on weekends.
A maximum of 10 students per faculty (TUM/LMU) can participate in the ICCDS to ensure a good student-teacher ratio and personal contact with the lecturers. A total of 45 students from TUM, LMU, and the US partner universities will participate. Medical students from Johns Hopkins University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Weill Cornell Medical College will also be guests.
Professors from Johns Hopkins University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Weill Cornell Medical College will participate as guest lecturers from the United States. In addition, professors from both Munich faculties will enrich the case discussions on individual days.
We are looking for interested students who are motivated to spend two weeks dealing with exciting clinical cases on a daily basis and discussing them intensively in a group with outstanding professors. The discussions will be held in English ; daily attendance is mandatory for both weeks!
We are also happy to answer your questions by email: CCD LMU
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