Applications
Principles and Practice of Clinical Research
Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR) is a highly innovative learning program which is offered by Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital and accredited by Harvard Medical School and aims to provide excellent training in medical research.
Applicants who are employed at University Hospital Carus may be eligible for financial support to partially cover the tuition fee. Applications for financial support have to be submitted to Prof. Dr. D. Michael Albrecht, Medizinischer Vorstand, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
Also, PPCR applicants can enroll to DIU's Master's in Clinical Research Program, an additional one-year component that upon graduation grants a Master of Science degree. Pre-applications including a CV and letter of motivation must be submitted to our project manager Simone Krautz: clinical.research@di-uni.de or to the PPCR site director Dr. Timo Siepmann: Siepmann@ppcr.hms.harvard.edu.
DIU Master's Program in Clinical Research
The core component of the Master’s Program in Clinical Research accredits course grades of the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR) and offers an additional one-year component which includes intensive on-site workshops on the topics Scientific Presentation, Economical Aspects of Clinical Research and Clinical Pharmacological Trials, and Applied Statistical Analysis as well as a Master thesis which can be a scientific publication.
The Master’s Program is open to applicants from Dresden, Boston and from all over the world. Upon graduation, students receive the title Master of Science (MSc) from DIU as well as the PPCR course certificate from Harvard Medical School.
„This multi-modal, international and collaborative concept constitutes the future of scientific learning and provides the unique opportunity to create a global network of clinical researchers” say Dr. Siepmann and Dr. Illigens, PPCR Dresden Site Directors and DIU Master in Clinical Research Program Directors.