Basic education in medicine includes advanced studies, which can be completed at the Department of Surgery in the form of a research project or a study project. Presentations on research projects are given annually. To many students, the commencement of an advanced research project has served as an impetus to writing their doctoral dissertation.

Advanced studies completed as a study project consist of a one-term seminar where various surgical fields are reviewed and examined. Both alternatives include a written piece of scholarly work.

Trunk training in surgery (in Finnish only)

The Department of Surgery has a long-standing research tradition with active operations in all specialisations. On average, some 400 medical papers completed at the Department are published each year, most of them in international journals of a high standard.

Most of the research is conducted by research groups in projects aiming for the completion of doctoral dissertations. The groups also accept undergraduate students as members. In addition to research careers, a research education is a solid foundation for physicians and other professionals in the service of both society and the private sector. Basic research is primarily conducted at Biomedicum (the University of Helsinki). Applied clinical research, in turn, is primarily conducted at the university hospital.

If you have a general interest in research, please contact the research coordinator or the research project liaisons directly.

Publications

Postgraduate research education is the responsibility of the programme coordinators of each individual discipline.