8th conference, 25 – 27 April 2013
ORganisation of PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in theEUropean System
Towards
International
PhD Standards
PROGRAMME
ABSTRACT BOOK
Organisation of PhD Education in Biomedicine
and Health Sciences in the European System
8
thOrpheus Conference
– Towards International PhD Standards
Prague, Czech Republic
April 25 – 27, 2013
Programme
Abstracts
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WELCOME LETTER ... 3 COMMITTEES ... 4 GENERAL INFORMATION ... 5 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ... 6 SOCIAL PROGRAMME ...10 LOCATION MAP ...11 FLOOR MAP ...12ABSTRACT BOOK
PLENARY LECTURES ...15 REPORTS OF WORKSHOPS ...21 FREE COMMUNICATIONS ...25POSTERS – INTERNATIONAL REPORTS (P1) ...29
WE LCOM E LETTE R
Dear colleagues,
it is a great honor for me to address you as participants of 8th Conference of ORPHEUS.
Welcome to Prague.
Thanks to the tradition of our meetings this conference takes place only couple of days after the celebration
of 665th anniversary of foundation of Charles University by Czech and Roman King Charles the Fourth.
He founded our university as a source of the highest contemporary education offered to young men coming from elsewhere. Universities accepted then courses or disciplines absolved at other schools, so nobody was obliged to finish the studies at the “mother university”. The degrees given by the University were accepted and recognised “around the world” = in contemporary Europe without any doubts as a confirmation of quality of erudition or competence of their holders. There were no troubles with language of instructions because Latin was used by all universities.
During time nearly everything changed. The universal language of intellectuals – Latin had been changed for local languages, the free migration of students was restricted by states closing their borders and peg down the possibility of migration of persons from country to country, universities were no more open to everybody and also degrees lost their universal character due to the state regulations.
Rapid developments of technology and science during last three centuries have led to recognition of universal character of knowledge and research. The science cannot be bounded by state borders or political system as well as the research and studies are not reserved for selected nations only. The flow of information and research activities acquired the universal character. But the education of prospective researchers proceeds mainly under the influence of local (public or governmental) regulations. It proves the necessity of finding the way to the commonly reputable system of education in science and bringing back to degrees given by universities their medieval universal acceptance.
This is the main problem why ORPHEUS had been founded couple years ago. We studied the contemporary system of education in Biomedicine and Health sciences in Europe and the ways and means of formulation of its commonly acceptable model as an element of broadly acknowledged degree of PhD in previous conferences. Now we are turning our attention to the problems of doctoral studies from global point of view. The programme of the conference contains a number of contributions of influential international organisations as well as reports on implementation of results of former conferences to the educational system of different schools. All of them can contribute to the solution of our main task – how to improve and harmonise the system of education of our students to achieve primarily comparable level of their knowledge and competencies and secondary the common acceptability of their degrees.
Without your active contribution we cannot fulfill this task. I wish to all of you a good stay in Prague and a lot of success in your activities. Quod Bonum, Faustum, Felix, Fortunatumque Eveniat.
COM M ITTE E S
Honorary Committee
Professor Jiří Drahoš DSc, President of The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Professor Dr Petr Fiala, PhD, LL.M., Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic Professor Václav Hampl DSc, PhD, Rector, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Associate Professor Leoš Heger, MD, PhD, Minister of Health of the Czech Republic Associate Professor Bohuslav Svoboda, MD, PhD, Mayor of Prague
Advisory Committee
Professor Zdravko Lacković MD (Zagreb) – President Professor Michal Anděl, PhD (Prague)
Professor Miroslav Červinka MD (Hradec Králové) Professor Gul Guner-Akdogan MD (Izmir)
Professor Konstantin Gurevich MD (Moscow) Professor Petr Hach MD (Prague)
Professor Roland Jonsson MD (Bergen) Professor Milan Kolář, MD, PhD (Olomouc) Associate Professor Boris Kreuzberg, MD (Plzeň) Professor Seppo Meri MD (Helsinki)
Professor Jadwiga Mirecka MD (Krakow) Professor Michael Mulvany MD (Aarhus) Professor Andre Nieoullon MD (Marseille) Professor Andrea Olschewski MD (Graz)
Professor Bohuslav Ošťádal, MD, DSc. (Prague) Professor Chris Van Schraevendijk MD (Brussels)
Organizing Committee
Professor Miroslav Červinka, MD, DSc (Hradec Králové)
Eva Davidová (Prague)
Associate Professor Petr Hach, MD, PhD (Prague) Professor Tomáš Hanuš, MD, DSc (Prague)
Vlasta Helekalová, Msc. (Prague) Jaromír Michl, Msc. (Prague) Zina Pecková (Prague)
G E N E RAL I N FOR MATION
REGISTRATION DESK / VENUE
Institute of J.E. Purkyne (Purkyňův ústav)
First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague Albertov 4 Prague 2 Czech Republic
REGISTRATION HOURS
Thursday, April 25 11:00 – 18:00 Friday, April 26 08:00 – 18:00 Saturday, April 27 08:00 – 13:00CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
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REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES
Opening ceremony and welcome reception Participation in all sessions
Programme and abstract book
Coffee and refreshments on the conference days Lunch on Friday, April 26
Conference dinner on Friday, April 26
THE ACCOMPANYING PERSON FEE INCLUDES
Opening ceremony and welcome reception Conference dinner on Friday, April 26CON FE R E NCE PROG RAM M E
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Location: Purkyně Institute (Albertov 4, Prague 2)
11:00 – 18:00 REGISTRATION
12:30 – 15:00 PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
LECTURE HALL A Chair: Roland Jonsson (Bergen, Norway), Michael J. Mulvany (Aarhus, Denmark)
The ORPHEUS/AMSE/WFME PhD standard document: Are amendments needed?
LECTURE HALL B Chair: Nurgün Platin (Ankara, Turkey), Stephen J. O´Connor (Canterbury, UK)
PhD in nursing
– B.A. Söylemez: Students evaluation of the quality of nursing PhD education,
in Izmir
– F. Şengün İnan: Quality indicator in PhD education: student's perspectives LECTURE HALL C Chair: Tove Ragna Reksten (Florø, Norway), Kirstine Kjær Kirkegaard (Aarhus, Denmark),
Martin Pešl (Brno, Czech Republic)
PhD studies across Europe: Students’ view
LECTURE HALL A
15:00 – 15:10 WELCOME
Petr Hach – President of Organizing Committee (Prague, Czech Republic) Zdravko Lacković – President of ORPHEUS (Zagreb, Croatia)
15:10 – 16:55 PLENARY LECTURES
Chair: André Nieoullon (Marseille, France), Tomáš Zima (Prague, Czech Republic)
15:10 – 15:35 Brain drain, brain gain or brain circulation
Rune Nilsen (Bergen, Norway)
15:35 – 16:00 Internationalization of doctoral education: EUA CDE perspective
Melita Kovačević (Zagreb, Croatia)
16:00 – 16:25 The PhD in the knowledge society
Peter van der Hijden (Brussels, Belgium)
16:25 – 16:40 EURODOC helping to define young researcher career development and doctoral
education
Martin Pešl (Brno, Czech Republic)
16:40 – 16:55 Presentation of new Orpheus website
18:30 – 21:30 OPENING CEREMONY
Location: Aula Magna of the Karolinum (Ovocný trh 3, Prague 1)
18:30 – 19:00 Welcome addresses:
Chair of the organizing committee Petr Hach Rector of the Charles University Václav Hampl Vice Dean of 1st Faculty of Medicine Tomáš Zima President of ORPHEUS Zdravko Lacković
19:00 – 19:30 Concert
19:30 – 21:30 Welcome reception
20:00 – 21:30 STUDENTS RECEPTION
Location: Hotel Modrá Růže (Rytířská 16, Prague 1)
Organized by EMTRAIN. On invitation only.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Location: Purkyně Institute (Albertov 4, Prague 2)
08:00 – 18:00 REGISTRATION
LECTURE HALL A
8:30 – 10:00 DEVELOPMENTS IN PhD EDUCATION IN EUROPE
Chair: Melita Kovačević (Zagreb, Croatia), Petr Hach (Prague, Czech Republic)
8:30 – 9:00 Medical research education in Europe
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz (Strasbourg, France), Giovanni Pacini
(Padova, Italy)
9:00 – 9:25 Outcomes of the PhD education in Norway
Roland Jonsson (Bergen, Norway)
9:25 – 9:40 How to make ORPHEUS evaluation and labelling simple and reliable
Michael J. Mulvany (Aarhus, Denmark)
9:40 – 10:00 Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 – 12:00 ROUND TABLE: US, CANADA AND EUROPE
Chair: Seppo Meri (Helsinki, Finland), Robert Harris (Stockholm, Sweden)
PhD programmes across the Atlantic: contents and standards
Participants:
l Joey Barnett (Nashville, USA)
l Edwin A. Kroeger (Winnipeg, Canada)
l Jiří Městecký (Birmingham, USA & Prague, Czech Republic)
14:00 – 16:00 WORKSHOPS
LECTURE HALL A Chair: Lise Wogensen Bach (Aarhus, Denmark), Andrea Olschewski (Graz, Austria), Chris van Schravendijk (Brussels, Belgium)
Feasibility of international PhD standards
LECTURE HALL B Chair: Thomas Jørgensen (Brussels, Belgium), Gül Akdogan Güner (Izmir, Turkey), Dušan Meško (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Cooperation between small and large scientific communities
LECTURE HALL C Chair: Mike Hardman (Macclesfield, UK), Michael J. Mulvany (Aarhus, Denmark), Jadwiga Mirecka (Krakow, Poland)
Outcomes of PhD education
LECTURE HALL D Chair: Rune Nilsen (Bergen, Norway), Simona Dragan (Timisoara, Romania), Ana Borovečki (Zagreb, Croatia)
Research education and global health
16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK
LECTURE HALL A
16:30 – 18:30 ENSURING EXCELLENCE IN PhD TRAINING
Chair: Vladimir Bumbaširević (Belgrade, Serbia), Joey Barnett (Nashville, USA)
16:30 – 16:55 Marie Curie Actions Experience
Alessandra Luchetti (Brussels, Belgium)
16:55 – 17:20 Developing and evaluating competencies in doctoral education
Janet Metcalfe (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
17:20 – 17:45 PhD Excellence: The League of European Research Universities (LERU)
vision for training talented researchers for society
David Bogle (London, United Kingdom)
17:45 – 18:10 Toward excellence in smaller scientific communities
Miroslav Červinka (Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)
18:10 – 18:30 Discussion
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Location: Purkyně Institute (Albertov 4, Prague 2)
08:00 – 13:00 REGISTRATION
LECTURE HALL A
8:30 – 9:10 PLENARY LECTURES
Chair: Miroslav Červinka (Hradec Králové, Czech Republic), Luis Martínez Millán (Lejona, Spain)
8:30 – 8:50 20 years of experience with the integrated PhD programme for theoretical and
clinical disciplines
Bohuslav Ošťádal (Charles University and Academy of Sciences of Czech
Republic, Prague, Czech Republic)
8:50 – 9:10 A student's view
Tove Ragna Reksten (Florø, Norway)
9:10 – 10:00 REPORTS OF THE WORKSHOPS
Chair: Konstantin Gurevich (Moscow, Russia), Jadwiga Mirecka (Krakow, Poland)
9:10 – 9:25 Reports from ORPHEUS workshops between two conferences
Istanbul: Feyza Aricioglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Udine: Francesco Saverio Ambesi Impiombato (Udine, Italy) Cologne: Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher (Cologne, Germany) Martin: Peter Galajda (Martin, Slovakia)
9:25 – 10:00 Reports of workshops of the conference – chairs of workshops
10:00 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 – 11:30 FREE COMMUNICATIONS: PhD AROUND THE WORLD
Chair: Kifah Jamani (Amman, Jordan), Anar Turmukhambetova (Karaganda, Kazakhstan), Ingeborg van der Ploeg (Stockholm, Sweden)
10:30 – 10:40 An overview of PhD program in Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
Nagesh Kikkeri Sitaramaiha (Bangalore, India)
10:40 – 10:50 Organisation of doctoral education in public health field in Kazakhstan
Altyn Aringazina (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
10:50 – 11:00 Implementation of the Orpheus standards in Karaganda State Medical University
Anar Turmukhambetova (Karaganda, Kazakhstan)
11:00 – 11:10 PhD holders & quantity of research output
Kifah Jamani (Amman, Jordan)
11:10 – 11:20 PhD program implementation in Kyrgyz Republic: problems and prospects
Asylbek Aidaraliev (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic)
11:20 – 11:30 Dokuz Eylül University PhD model
G. Akdogan Güner (Izmir, Turkey)
11:30 – 12:30 PRAGUE 2013 CONSENSUS STATEMENT
Chair: Zdravko Lacković (Zagreb, Croatia), Petr Hach (Prague, Czech Republic), Michael J. Mulvany (Aarhus, Denmark)
12:30 – 12:45 CLOSING OF THE CONFRENCE
SOCIAL PROG RAM M E
OPENING CEREMONY
Thursday, April 25, 18:30 – 21:30
Aula Magna of the Karolinum (Ovocný trh 3, Prague 1) Welcome addresses
Concert
Welcome reception
Included in the registration fee.
Concert of VOSK – a male vocal group
VOSK was founded in Prague in 2006. Being led by its choirmaster Jan Zapletal, it now has approximately a dozen young members.
In May 2011, VOSK came third in the Chamber Choirs category at the 2nd International festival
of Choirs in Cracow (Poland). In June 2012, VOSK got golden medal in the Chamber Choirs
category at the 55th Festival of Choral Art in Jihlava, one of the most prestigious meetings of choral
art in the Czech Republic. In 2009, it gave a joint performance at the Czech Philharmonic's concert cycle Homage to the Artist dedicated to Zdeněk Lukáš and Petr Eben. VOSK annually organizes
cycles of theme concerts dedicated to modern vocal music of the 20th and 21st century, spiritual
music as well as pop songs or Christmas topics.
CONFERENCE DINNER
Friday, April 26, 19:30 – 22:00
Restaurant “NOVOMĚSTSKÝ PIVOVAR” Vodičkova 20, Prague 1
Restaurant is within walking distance from the symposium venue (20 minutes) or can be reached by tram in 10 minutes.
Included in the registration fee.
STUDENTS RECEPTION
Thursday, April 25, 20:00 – 22:00
Organised by EMTRAIN. On invitation only. Hotel Modrá Růže (Blue Rose)
Rytířská 16, Prague 1
LOCATION MAP
LOCATION MAP 1) Conference venue ‐ Institute of J.E. Purkyne 2) Opening ceremony ‐ Aula Magna of the Karolinum 3) Conference dinner – Novoměstský pivovar 4) Students reception – Hotel Modrá Růže 1 3 2 41) Conference venue – Institute of J.E. Purkyne
2) Opening ceremony – Aula Magna of the Karolinum
3) Conference dinner – Novoměstský pivovar
4) Students reception – Hotel Modrá Růže
LOCATION MAP 1) Conference venue ‐ Institute of J.E. Purkyne 2) Opening ceremony ‐ Aula Magna of the Karolinum 3) Conference dinner – Novoměstský pivovar 4) Students reception – Hotel Modrá Růže 1 3 2 4
FLOOR MAP
SECOND FLOOR 1) Lecture hall A 2) Lecture hall B 3) Lecture hall C 4) Lecture hall DB
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ABSTRACT BOOK
Both lectures and posters are sorted by sections and by the surname of the first author.
Texts of abstracts have not undergone neither linguistic nor editorial correction.
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PHD EXCELLENCE: THE LEAGUE OF EUROPEAN RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
(LERU) VISION FOR TRAINING TALENTED RESEARCHERS FOR SOCIETY
D. Bogle
Head of the Graduate School, University College London, U.K., Chair of Doctoral Studies Community, League of European Research Universities
The League of European Research Universities consists of 21 European research intensive Universities. Training doctoral students is at the heart of our mission.
Our doctoral programmes aim to train researchers to the highest skill levels to become creative, critical, and autonomous intellectual risk takers in pushing the boundaries of frontier research. At its core the modern doctorate is an interplay between professional research experience and personal development producing a trained researcher with a unique set of high level skills preparing them for a wide range of careers where deep rigorous analysis is required. The experience is increasingly international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral.
The talk will set out our vision published in 2010, present some of the provision in our institutions, and discuss the challenges confronting Universities to deliver the vision.
MEDICAL RESEARCH EDUCATION IN EUROPE
V. Campo-Ruiz, G. Pacini
European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France
MDPhD programmes in Europe are heterogeneous and are undergoing different degrees of reform, all of which increases the variability of the final outcomes and hampers mobility and mutual accreditation. The ESF will present their latest survey and policy report on the status quo of medical research education across Europe. This analysis highlights current challenges and provides recommendations for public and private stakeholders to overcome them, focusing on recruitment and career development; curriculum design; harmonisation, overarching quality control and common standards; research infrastructures and allocation of resources; geographical and trans-disciplinary mobility; and cooperation between universities, research organisations, healthcare centres and other players. The report includes a survey of 11 countries and 5 case reports.
TOWARD EXCELLENCE IN SMALLER SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES
M. Červinka, Z. Červinková
Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Quality Assurance of PhD education is based on assessment of cohesion of given educational programme with accepted international standards. Assessment, both monitoring and evaluation, of PhD training very much depends on peer reviewing. Therefore the independence of the assessment requires specific attention in small scientific communities. The best solution of this problem is the “openness” of the education programme. It means that both students and tutors should be regularly confronted with leading schools in the world. In our lecture we will discuss our experience with this approach. Namely with organizing competitive International PhD students conferences, long- term stays abroad, and open database of all relevant documents including PhD thesis.
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OUTCOMES OF THE PHD EDUCATION IN NORWAY
R. Jonsson
Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Norway
Compared to many other countries in the current economic climate, the PhD education system in Norway is well-funded, well-organised and offers good working and learning conditions for PhD candidates, as well as good career prospects for PhD graduates. Although the PhD education system has many qualities, it also faces persistent challenges and emerging issues that need to be addressed. One area where almost all higher education institutions have a way to go concerns explicating the relevance of the competencies acquired during the PhD period, for different labour markets and occupations. The general picture of the labour market for people with a doctoral degree is positive: there is virtually no unemployment and the large majority of PhD graduates find relevant work. However, current trends indicates that increasing numbers of PhD holders will work outside the research and higher education sectors, in a range of clinical, advisory and managerial jobs. Due to this, there is a need to strengthen the focus on the increasingly diverse career trajectories of their PhD holders, and consider how PhD qualifications are used in different occupations and sectors. There is a need to acquire more knowledge about the careers and outcomes of the doctoral degree holders and initiatives should be supported to develop better practices in promoting generic/transferrable skills training.
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF DOCTORAL EDUCATION: EUA CDE PERSPECTIVE
M. Kovačević
EUA CDE Steering Committee Chair, Vice Rector for Research and Technology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Doctoral education in Europe has been in the focus of all strategical documents and has been perceived as the core university activity for almost a decade. Research has become well articulated effort globally which requires more collaboration on both levels – national and international. It is clear that research knows no boundaries. From 2005 when doctoral education became the topic for higher education policy makers to nowadays when universities are taking more global role, it is clear that investments in education and research offer solutions for societal and economic development.
The frontiers of knowledge are stimulated through excellence in research and good quality of doctoral education. The question is how to address challenges and risks in order to nurture the concept of the global research community. How can internationalization of doctoral education help such an endeavour? We recognize along with a high quality of research, the importance of inclusion and access to be considered priorities as well as interuniversity engagement in collaboration for common development. If the objective is to develop worldwide research community as a prerequisite for the knowledge society, there is a need to converge global system of doctoral education, while respecting divergence of different social and academic contexts.
MARIE CURIE ACTIONS EXPERIENCE
A. Luchetti
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Initial Training Network (ITN), one of the Marie Curie Actions (MCA), is significantly contributing to doctoral training in Europe and beyond. ITN focuses on Early Stage Researchers and in majority of cases supports doctoral trainings across all disciplines. The excellence of doctoral training within MCA is ensured in several ways, e.g. through competitive selection process, transparent recruitment
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DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING COMPETENCIES IN DOCTORAL EDUCATION
J. Metcalfe
Vitae, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Research training and employability are not mutually exclusive. Empowering researchers to take ownership of their personal and professional development is entirely consistent with the aims of research degree programmes to develop independent, autonomous researchers who are capable of producing original research.’ This presentation will introduce the Vitae Researcher Development Framework, which describes the knowledge, attributes and behaviours of successful researchers at all stages of their career. The Framework was developed in collaboration with UK institutions and has been piloted in six European countries, the US and Australia. It will explore how institutions can use the Framework to review their professional development strategy and associated provision, and enable doctoral candidates to take ownership of their career and professional development.
HOW TO MAKE ORPHEUS EVALUATION AND LABELLING SIMPLE AND RELIABLE
M. J. Mulvany
Vice-president ORPHEUS, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Denmark
ORPHEUS together with Association of Medical Schools in Europe and World Federation for Medical Education recently published “Standards for PhD education in biomedicine and health sciences in the Europe” (Aarhus University Press, 2012, ISBN 9788779346000). This document provides concise information about what should be expected for European biomedical and health science PhD programmes. At the ORPHEUS annual conference in Bergen, April 2012, it was decided that institutions should have the opportunity to apply for an ORPHEUS label if they consider they comply with the PhD standards document. It was a condition that the process should, consistent with stringency, be simple and with minimal costs. This process will now be initiated and the proposed procedure will be presented in this lecture.
BRAIN DRAIN, BRAIN GAIN OR BRAIN CIRCULATION
R. Nilsen
University of Bergen, Norway
Knowledge societies are central political goals in the modern societies, and are becoming an important element in several emerging and developing economies world wide. “Globalization” opens for an enhanced flow and drain of brains from developing countries in particular to USA, Europe and Australia; and less than 10% of the global research funds is devoted to research into the health problems in poor countries that account for 90% of the global disease burden. Ways ahead: Global partnerships on reforms on research training and higher education; Real partnership in research and research training; Real “Brain sharing” including young researches from developing countries in long term partnerships; Increased fund for research on the 90% agenda of the 10/90 dilemma; Open Access to research literature, research data and learning material.
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20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE INTEGRATED PHD PROGRAMME FOR
THEORETICAL AND CLINICAL DISCIPLINES
B. Ošťádal, R. Rokyta, J. Herget
Centre for doctoral studies in biomedicine, Charles University and Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Foundation of the Prague centre for doctoral studies in biomedicine in 1992 was driven by the effort to provide for graduate students the highest level of scientific education. For this purpose, Charles University and the Academy of Sciences concluded the agreement, ensuring the participation of the best experts in the process of scientific training. This arrangement allows graduates to select the research programme from 18 biomedical basic research areas. Training in basic science is obligatory also for MD graduates. The essential precondition for submission of PhD theses are two primary papers published in journals with an impact factor. The number of accepted students each year is 320 – 360.
EURODOC HELPING TO DEFINE YOUNG RESEARCHER CAREER DEVELOPMENT
AND DOCTORAL EDUCATION
M. Pesl1,2,3, Z. N. L. Hansen1
1Eurodoc – European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers, 2Dep. of Biology,
Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Czech Republic, 3Dep. of Cardiology St. Ann's University
hospital – ICRC, Brno, Czech Republic
The international standardization is necessary for the visibility of knowledge, science and innovation markets. Simplification and expansion created rapid structural transformations, innovation and creation of a knowledge society have become the key elements of the future social mutations. Desired is relative coherence in the training of future elites, offering a great diversity in career perspectives. EURODOC is at the heart of this question. Our motions and policy papers on career development reflect hidden aspects, strengthened by diversity of case studies, data shared and elaborated by the Council.
A STUDENT'S VIEW
T.R. Reksten
Broegelmann Research Laboratory, University of Bergen, Norway
Ideally, the contents and value of a PhD is universial, leading to a title and a qualification. However, in countries where funding is scarce, the only way of obtaining a specialisation is doing a PhD with clinical training but no research. Some countries offer PhD programmes of different lengths and outcomes, all leading towards the same title. Comparing internationally published papers per PhD student in Europe show huge differences. The ORPHEUS standards define basic components of training, supervision and outcomes; implementing these will enhance the quality of training and supervision and define the rights and duties of PhD students. International standards would benefit the students as well as the prospective employers wanting to know what level of training the applicant's had, though they should not be an obstacle reducing the national institutions’ possibility to run effective PhD programmes meeting the national needs.
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THE PhD IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
P. van der Hijden
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
The PhD in the knowledge society – The position of the European Commission Speaker will present Horizon 2020, the new framework programme for research and innovation, envisaged for the period 2014-2020. He will explain how Horizon 2020 will contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and help build an ‘Innovation Union’, capable of tackling big societal challenges such as health, food security, transport, climate change and inclusiveness. Particular attention will be given to the measures aimed at establishing a ‘European Research Area’, with an open labour market for researchers. Speaker will present the ‘Principles for Innovative Doctoral training’ and the actions taken to promote these principles among Member States, funders and research organisations, in particular as regards the work of Orpheus on standards.
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THE OUTCOME OF THE FIRST “SITT” WORKSHOP: A CONSENSUS DOCUMENT
PROPOSAL TO “ORPHEUS”
F. S. Ambesi-Impiombato, A. Nieoullon, A. Olschewski, T. Simic, I. van der Ploeg, P. Zanovello
1University of Udine, Italy, 2Aix-Marseille University, France, 3University of Gratz, Austria, 4University
of Belgrade, Serbia, 5Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden, 6University of Padua, Italy
A SITT (Selection Improvement Topical team) Workshop was held at the University of Udine
on 1st February 2013, under the auspices of ORPHEUS. The following three items are proposed to
ORPHEUS in the occasion of the 2013 Conference, to improve the Admission/Selection process in, Ph.D. Programs throughout Europe. I. A Better Definition of Student’ Selection and Strategies. II. Quality control strategies applicable for the selection process. III. Possible strategies to increase the number of the applicants as a way to improve quality.
AFTER MARMARA UNIVERSITY PHD WORKSHOP IN ISTANBUL
F. Aricioglu
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
The harmonization of all PhD training programs with the Bologna system is an important initiative of the Turkish Higher Education Council. Dokuz Eylül, Hacettepe and Kocaeli Universities are institutional members of ORPHEUS. In addition, Marmara University is a strong candidate for ORPHEUS membership, of which the preparative steps have been successfully initiated. The Orpheus Workshop entitled “Vision of ORPHEUS in PhD Education: Towards European Standards” was organized, in May 30th,2012 by the Institute of Health Sciences of Marmara University. Invited guests were Professor Gul Guner, ORPEHUS EC member and Professor Zdravko Lackovic ORPHEUS President. There were 61 participants from Marmara and 39 from other Universities in Istanbul. This workshop has been very productive, innovative and caused promotion of PhD training in Marmara University.
REPORTS FROM ORPHEUS WORKSHOP IN MARTIN
P. Galajda
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia
ORPHEUS Workshop “PhD Study from the Student Views“ organised by the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Slovakia held on October 11-13, 2012, was focussed on characterisation of problems of PhD study in preclinical and particularly in clinical disciplines at medical faculties and looking for ways how to improve quality of the process and the outcomes. PhD education in clinical disciplines needs to be carried out together with deepening of the knowledge in relevant clinical specialization discipline. The participants of the Workshop recommend to look for appropriate integrative methods of the education to research and specialization. Workshop recommends to ORPHEUS to organise more intensive discussions about PhD/internship programmes. Exchange of best practice from all over Europe might have profound influence.
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF PHD STUDENTS: RESEARCH TRAINING
FOR THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY – CONCLUSIONS OF THE ORPHEUS
WORKSHOP IN COLOGNE
D. Kruschel, D. Grosskopf-Kroiher
Program Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Program Moleculare Medicine, Univ. Cologne, Germany
As only a small number of PhD holders will be appointed to permanent academic positions, PhD education must be seen not only as a preparation for an academic career, but also as basis to be able to make a valuable contribution to the knowledge society. At a workshop held in Cologne, Nov 2012, career developmental structures in graduate programs were discussed.
The workshop concluded that
– High quality PhD thesis according to the ORPHEUS standards is fundamental – Early information should be provided about different career pathways
– There should be increased development of the PhD students’ skills for – Different career dev. courses should be provided in PhD programs
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PhD PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION IN KYRGYZ REPUBLIC:
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
A. Aidaraliev
International University of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
In April 2012, International Higher School of Medicine of International University of Kyrgyzstan received grant from European Union Tempus program in the amount of 800 thousand euro on the topic of “Development of scientific potential in the field of public health and implementation of PhD programs in Kyrgyzstan”. The coordination of the PhD training program in medicine with European universities partners of the International Higher School of Medicine – University of Milan (Italy), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), University of Tartu (Estonia) is planned in the frame works of project realization. It is significant for us to have the contact with the Organization for PhD education in Biomedicine and Health Science in European System (ORPHEUS) for the realization of the project.
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DOKUZ EYLÜL UNIVERSITY PHD MODEL
G. Akdogan Güner
Orpheus and EUA-CDE Coordinator of Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
Dokuz Eylül University, which is an institutional member of Orpheus, has restructured its PhD programmes. Some aspects are: PhD training starts with the thesis and the courses are reduced in number. PhD supervision is possible only if the supervisor has an approved research project. The supervisor and the student are matched before the admission of the student. The courses are carried out in blocks of one, two, or three weeks. The Graduate School coordinates a multitude of interdisciplinary courses, among;which are the generic courses such as, “Research Principles and Methods in Health”, “Planning, Carrying Out, and Evaluation of Experimental Research”, and “Creativity and Innovation”. These issues, to a large extent are in agreement with Orpheus PhD standards.
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ORGANISATION OF DOCTORAL EDUCATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH FIELD
IN KAZAKHSTAN
A. Aringazina
Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Almaty, Kazakhstan
In accordance with the Bologna Declaration Kazakhstan has developed a plan to reach international standards in education, the common goal of which is to adapt the system to the new socio-economic environment. Among CIS countries, only Kazakhstan has introduced a three-tier training system for specialists. Nevertheless, the scientific potential of Kazakhstani universities remains unfulfilled. The weak links between education and other organizations are: cooperation barriers, inadequate funding for university research, excessive bureaucracy, and late adoption of emerging technologies. Unfortunately, compliance of Kazakhstan with the International Standard Classification of Education still lags. This presentation describes efforts to meet the challenges of doctoral education and training in public health in Kazakhstan.
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PhD HOLDERS & QUANTITY OF RESEARCH OUTPUT
K.D. Jamani1, F. Awartani2
1University of Jordan, Faculty of Dentistry, Jordan, 2King Saud University, Dental College,
Saudi Arabia
The study aims to find out whether there is relationship between the number of faculty with PhD degree and the research output in two Arabic dental schools. Staff at King Saud University KSDS &The University of Jordan JDS has been divided according to qualifications into 2 groups, PhD holders & others. Publication for the 2 groups in the past 5 years was used Proportional t test was used to test the significant &P-value was set =0. 05. Results showed that KSDS has 140 faculty, 44 PhD holders published 473., Ph.D. holder group published 238. There is a significant difference with P-value = 0.000.JDS has 46 faculties, 30 PhD holder published 316.PhD holders group published 220. There is no significant difference between them P-value = 0.496 it is concluded that PhD holder resulted in more research output.
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AN OVERVIEW OF PHD PROGRAM IN RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH
SCIENCES, INDIA
K. S. Nagesh
Consultant Public Health, Research and International Collaboration, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences was established in the year 1996 at Bangalore, India, with about 600 institutions imparting education in health & allied sciences. With the aim of promoting interdisciplinary & intra-disciplinary research activities in various health sciences the university has begun PhD degrees. It has set guidelines for selection of PhD guides & for study centre recognition. Candidate who has obtained a relevant Master's or any equivalent degree is eligible to register for the degree. The degree is awarded after a duration ranging from 3-5 years, which includes successful completion of pre PhD exams, publication of 3 papers from original research work, thesis submission, viva-voce & public defence of the thesis.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORPHEUS STANDARDS IN KARAGANDA STATE
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
A. Turmukhambetova, R. Dosmagambetova, B. Kosherova, N. Tankibaeva, L. Asenova Karaganda State Medical University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
The PhD program became the basic form of research training in Kazakhstan higher education. Supervisor acts as active scholar of the high ranking foreign University. This fact is necessary for broad internationalization of science; historically we have long cooperated with Russian scientific area which “not visible” for wide world scientific society. The implementation of ORPHEUS recommendations is mechanism to be closer to European standards.
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EXPERIENCES WITH PHD PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH ‘BIOMEDICINE AND
HEALTH SCIENCES’ AT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB
A. Borovečki, Z. Lacković, R. Likić, M. Jakopović, A. Tvrdeić, D. Batinić University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Croatia
School of Medicine University of Zagreb has a 50-year-long track record in organizing PhD studies in Croatian language. From the academic year 2005/2006 the newly reformed PhD studies ‘Biomedicine and Health Sciences’ were introduced. It was in the academic year 2007/2008 that the Zagreb School of Medicine decided to enroll the first generation of PhD students in English. In total 47 part time foreign students have been enrolled in the studies mostly according to so called ‘sandwich model’. The enrolment criteria and the types of studies are the same as for the Croatian students. So far two part-time students have completed their PhD thesis, cca 10 students are regularly fulfilling their study and research assignments. In this paper we will provide structure of students and full description of the ‘sandwich’ program. This type of program enables the students to return to their country of origin after the PhD completion. Thus the program stimulates the cooperation and brain circulation.
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MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA PHD PROGRAM
M.C. Brueggen
Department of Immunodermatology, Vienna, Austria
At the Medical University of Vienna more than 400 PhD students can choose from 13 thematic fields within the PhD program ranging from basic biomedical to translational science and clinical research. So-called ‘open’ programs, which – in contrast to ‘self-contained’ programs – do not require personal application, include Molecular Signal Transduction, Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Biology, Medical Physics, Neuroscience, Malignant Diseases, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vascular Biology, Immunology and Medical Informatics. Personal experience After completion of my medical studies at the Medical University of Geneva, Switzerland, I started my PhD in the lab of Prof Georg Stingl (Department of Immunodermatology) in January 2012. I experienced it as a major advantage to be enrolled in a thematic PhD program – “Immunology” in my case.
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PRACTICE ORIENTED PATHWAYS TO NURSING DOCTORATES
L. A. Büyükgönenç, A. F. Ocakçı
Koç University School of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey
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COMPLIANCE WITH ORPHEUS STANDARDS AT ONE CROATIAN SCHOOL
– STUDENT'S PROSPECTIVE
A. Čosić, M. Mihalj, A. Včev, S. Bilonić, J. Barbić, I. Drenjančević Faculty of Medicine Unversity Josip Juraj Strossmayer of Osijek, Croatia
ORPHEUS 2012 proposed new Standards for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in Europe. In this study we investigated students experience and their perspective on the quality of (1) research environment, (2) outcomes, (3) admission policy and criteria, (4) PhD training programme, and (5) supervision at the Faculty of Medicine Osijek. 46 PhD students were given questionnaire including 34 questions with scaled (1-5, 1 – fully disagree to 5 – fully agree) or yes/no answers. Found average grades (G) for above defined Standards were: (1) G = 4.1; (2) G = 4.6; (3) G = 3.7; (4) G = 4.0 and (5) G = 4. 0. Based on students evaluation, our PhD program complies to the proposed Standards.
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“JANUS” MODEL OF PHD PROGRAMME IN UKRAINE
Y. Dumanskiy, O. Sulaieva, I. Zinkovych
M. Gorky Donetsk National medical university, Ukraine
Implementation of the European standards of PhD programs in Ukraine is complicated by national requirements for postgraduate education. In DonNMU we have focused on paradigm of postgraduate education as a driving force of progress for the new generation of scientists and research stimulation. Being somewhat similar to mythical Janus, the new scheme of DonNMU PhD education should reach the European standards on the one hand and meet the national requirements on the other. This model is based on strict selection of PhD candidates; multilevel interdisciplinary education; focus on the development of transferable skills; implementation of internal quality control. In conclusion, we hope that installation of new scheme of PhD education will improve the quality of scientific research and provide new opportunities for international cooperation.
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THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN MEDICAL SCIENCES AT THE MEDICAL
UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ
A. Farzi1,4, A. Olschewski2,4, A. Berghold3,4
1Institute of Pharmacology, 2Dept. of Anesthesiology, 3Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and
Documentation, 4Doctoral Studies of the Medical University of Graz, Austria
The doctoral program in Medical Sciences was established as a 3-year study in 2008. In contrast to the PhD program, there is no formal selection process and employment as a research associate is not mandatory. It is conducted in German and organized in 8 Doctoral Schools. After completion of required courses (20 semester periods/week), positive assessment of the thesis and a final oral examination, graduates are awarded the academic title “Dr. scient.med”. If the main findings are published as original work in a SCI-listed scientific journal the students additionally receive a “PhD equivalent” in the Diploma Supplement.
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POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND – A NATIONAL REPORT
H. C. Gallagher
University College Dublin, School of Medicine & Medical Science, Belfield, D4, Ireland
There are 6 medical schools in Ireland. All are engaged in research, with hundreds of students currently enrolled for, Msc., PhD and MD degrees. As medical doctors find that quality research is increasingly needed for career progression, the PhD degree is gaining popularity amongst medics & the term ‘Clinician Scientist’ has come into common use. In 2007, a dedicated Clinician Scientist Fellowship Programme (CSFP) was funded which provides systematic PhD training for medical graduates. After completing their PhDs, CSFP fellows will hopefully continue to pursue top-class clinical and translational research & become academic medical leaders. Other recent educational trends here include the introduction of structured thematic PhD Programmes and increased numbers of part-time PhD students.
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PhD REFORM IN DONETSK NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY:
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
K. Gatina, I. Prylutska, V. Delii, O. Sulaieva, I. Zinkovych M. Gorky Donetsk National Medical University (DonNMU), Ukraine
The main weakness of Ukrainian PhD system is poor international cooperation and insufficient recognition of Ukrainian science abroad. In order to achieve international standards a reform in PhD education was initiated in DonNMU in 2012. After evaluating students’ attitude to PhD education in Ukraine new courses in methodology of research, transferable skills and multidisciplinary approach were introduced. An established feedback with the students helps to secure effectiveness of education. A new policy was introduced at DonNMU that encourages international mobility of students. It increased the number of PhD students who participate in international conferences and stimulated them to apply to summer research schools and grant programs.
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LIFE OF THE, Ph.D. STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS.
ROLE OF THE DOCTORAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION
K. Hartung1, D. Gunszt2, Z. Springó3, Á. Koller3
1Faculty of Business and Economy, 2Faculty of Sciences and 3Medical School, University of Pécs,
Hungary
The aim of the presentation is to provide an overall picture of the life of, Ph.D.students at the University of Pécs (U of P), reveal their difficulties and introduce the role of the Doctoral Student Association DSA. The UofP is the first university established in Hungary in 1367, has 10 faculties, 24 clinics with 27,963 students. It hosts 20, Ph.D. and DLA Schools altogether with 1,400 students. There are 7 academic research groups with 18,354 publications representing nearly all scientific fields and has an important R & D activity. The newly formed DSA plays an outstanding role in helping the life of, Ph.D. students and aims to establish a close relationship the ORPHEUS.
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ANALYSIS OF REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS TO AN ACADEMIC DEGREE
OF CANDIDATE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES BASED ON EXAMPLE OF HIGH
VALIDATION COMMITTEE (HVC) OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND A PHD DEGREE
OF BOLONSKY AGREEMENT WITHIN EU
K. Matosyan, K. Gurevich
Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russian Federation
The field of medical services in Russia undergoes a permanent phase of changes and modernization. The actual target of innovations is timely providing to citizens a high quality, complete medical care. In order to achieve the goal medical institutions are supplied with latest diagnostics equipment, modern medicaments, etc. For the same purpose there are high level requirements for the medical staff as well as for the research associates. The European science community is an example and standard for many other countries and Russian Federation is among them. We believe it is relevant to compare requirements of HVC to postgraduates in Russia and ORPHEUS.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF ORPHEUS STANDARDS IN PHD PROGRAM OF
BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH AT THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE OSIJEK, CROATIA
M. Mihalj, A. Ćosić, I. Drenjančević, S. Bilonić, A. Včev
Faculty of Medicine University Josip Juraj Strossmayer of Osijek, Croatia
In order to evaluate the compliance of PhD program at the Faculty of Medicine Osijek to ORPHEUS2012 proposed new Standards for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in Europe, we investigated mentors’ and postdocs’ opinions on the quality of (1) research environment, (2) outcomes, (3) admission policy and criteria, (4) PhD training program, and (5) supervision in the PhD program. 21 postdoc and 21 mentor were given questionnaire including 34 questions with scaled (1-5, 1 – fully disagree to 5 – fully agree), or yes/no answers. Results: For (1) average grade (G) = 4.1; (2) G = 4.5; (3) G = 3.7; (4) G = 3.9 and (5) G = 4. 5. Based on results, our PhD program complies with the proposed standards.
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MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA PHD PROGRAM
J. Mueller
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Medical University of Vienna PhD Program Jan Müller Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria Medical University of Vienna, Austria Description The Medical University of Vienna is a major European Medical School, where more than 400 PhD students, who can choose from 13 thematic fields within the PhD program ranging from basic biomedical to translational science and clinical research, are currently enrolled. Students take a minimum of three years to conduct their research, write up their thesis and attend the required courses (Lectures, Journal Clubs, Thesis Seminars and Propedeutics). After successful completion of all courses, the thesis and the doctoral viva, graduates are awarded the Doctor of Philosophy, in short PhD. Personal experience Positives: The flexibility of the MUW PhD
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DOCTORAL EDUCATION IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
B. Ozkan
Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Career planning is a long-term and continuing endeavour, and when aligned to strength and passions, can provide the professional momentum to achieve desired career goals. Increasingly, doctoral qualifications are necessary for career trajectory, and such a qualification opens and expands career possibilities for psychiatric nurses. Doctoral education of psychiatric nurses has traditionally been a milieu in which nurse leaders are nurtured and developed in clinical practice, research, policy and management. To maximize the potential of doctoral programs to develop leaders, they need to provide candidates with an eclectic, dynamic and responsive set of skills, not only in research, but also in advocacy, mentorship and leadership.
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THE LUXEMBOURG DOCTORAL SCHOOL IN SYSTEMS AND MOLECULAR
BIOMEDICINE
T. Sauter
University of Luxembourg, Life Sciences Research Unit & Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, Luxembourg
Bringing together in the heart of Europe- biologists, physicians, computer scientists, and mathematicians, the programme aims at federating efforts to offer early stage researchers training tailored to their specific needs, building on two pillars: Molecular Biomedicine, offering doctoral education in modern biosciences with relevance to human health and disease; Systems Biomedicine, offering doctoral education in experimental, high throughput technologies and computational approaches to biological systems and disease processes. The programme is part of the University of Luxembourg's long-term strategy and, more generally, Luxembourg's recent Health Research initiative, involving e.g. the public research centre CRP-Santé and the Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg.
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PHD STUDY – WHAT IS THE OPINION OF PHD STUDENTS?
J. Siváková1, I. Švecová1, I. Kapustová1, J. Sokol2
1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comenius University, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine,
Martin, Slovakia, 2Department of Hematology and Transfusiology, Comenius University, Jessenius
Faculty of Medicine, Martin, Slovakia
Authors of this study created a questionnaire focused on PhD student's opinions about many aspects of PhD study at the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Slovakia. The most frequently asked topics in our questionnaire were as follows: PhD supervision, equipment access, foundation sources, scholarships and their availability, educational responsibilities, clinical practice and its influence on research work. Very important part of the questionnaire includes questions focused on the future of PhD students, mainly their chances of being more successful in the labour market.
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THE BENEFIT OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND IN DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC
WORK AT JESSENIUS FACULTY OF MEDICINE, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY
J. Stasko, K. Javorka, P. Galajda, A. Calkovska, J. Hanacek, J. Mokry, J. Danko Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia
The PhD training and scientific work at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University (JFM CU) have been supported by the European Social Fund (ESF) project (06/2010 – 05/2013). This project reinforced motivation of pregraduate students to scientific work and the PhD training was intensified through activities popularizing the science, e.g. by PhD research and travel grants, by annual awards for the best PhD trainees, discussions in brainstormings of PhD trainees, publishing in the faculty scientific journal “Acta Medica Martiniana“ etc. Relatively weak aspects of the ESF project implementation at JFM CU seem to be its short duration and limited sources of support.
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THE MEDICAL STUDENT RESEARCH PROGRAMME
– REFLECTIONS AFTER 10 YEARS
M. H. Stien1, Borghild M. Arntsen2, Susanne F. How3, May Karin Dyrendahl4
1Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Norway, 2Faculty of Medicine, University
of Oslo, 3Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, 4Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology
The universities in Norway have offered student research “The Medical Student Research Programme (MSRP)” since 2002. This is a national education and grant scheme for a group of students in medicine (up to 10 %) who wish to carry out research in parallel with their studies. The purpose of the programme is to increase recruitment of people with a standard medical degree to medical research. Students who follow the MSRP and complete a PhD are almost 10 years younger than other PhD graduates, and they complete their PhD in shorter time. 50 % proceed to take a PhD-degree.
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IMPACT OF BRAIN DRAIN UPON STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE EDUCATION
POLICY IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
O. Stojceva-Taneva, N. Jankulovski, S. Alabakovska, D. Miladinova, B. Stefanovski Medical Faculty of Skopje, University “Sts. Cyril and Methodius”, Macedonia
Brain drain is a crucial problem in the past two decades in Macedonia. Most recent data report that 29% of the tertiary educated people left the country, and another 85% intend to leave the country. Last two years, around 700 medical doctors from Macedonia applied for a job in Western Europe. In 2003 there were 80 macedonian researchers in the S & T sector in the USA, which is 6.5% out of 1147 researchers at home. The reforms in the law for higher education impose an obligation for doctors who specialize in public institution up to 4 years, to work at least 10 years in that institution, and beyond 4 years, to work at least 15 years, or to pay back 10 times more the amount of the cost.
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MOLECULAR MEDICINE PHD PROGRAMME IN DOKUZ EYLÜL UNIVERSITY,
IZMIR - A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE
G. Akdogan Güner, D. Harmancı, Z. Erbayraktar, R. Safari
Dokuz Eylül University, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Department of Molecular Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Dokuz Eylül University Graduate School of Health Sciences is an institutional member of Orpheus since 2007 and the philosophy as well as the implementation of its PhD programmes are in conformity with Orpheus Standards. A multidisciplinary PhD programme in Molecular Medicine was designed and planned, first of all, to educate competent, dependable contemporary scientists capable of independent research, displaying high-level scientific standards. In addition, specific strategies for the “interdisciplinary perspective” were developed, with an emphasis on integration, to support, as outcome, high-quality, high-impact results in the cutting-edge lines of molecular medicine.
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STUDENTS EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF NURSING PHD EDUCATION,
IN İZMİR
B. Akpınar Söylemez, F. Şengün İnan, G. Akdogan Güner Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Nursing, Izmir, Turkey
Background: To investigate students’ evaluation on quality indicators of nursing PhD education. Methods: Descriptive methods were used. The participants were comprised of 27 PhD students who are still taking their PhD education at DEU. Data were collected by the questionnaire (28 items), each of items were evaluated in two dimensions (current condition (CC) and expected condition (EC). Results: All of the participants were female and their mean of age, 30.11 ± 3. 06. The mean of “EC” was found to be 4,96; however, the “CC” was found as 3,42 in the competency subtheme. For the qualifications subtheme, “EC” was found as 4,92; however, the “CC” was found to be 3,70. Conclusions: Expectations of students on PhD education is higher than the current situation.
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COOPERATIVE PHD EDUCATION PROJECT IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
O. Almăşan, R. Badea, V. Cozma, R. Oprean, C. Cătoi, P. Mircea, I. Neagoe UMF “Iuliu Hatieganu” & USAMV, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Background: From 2005 PhD organizing in Romania is in change. Methods: Since 2011 common support themes, specific to biomedical research are offered to human and veterinary medicine PhD students: research methodology, ethics, biostatistics, laboratory and clinic research techniques, drafting, scientific publishing. Results: The project introduces a collaborative interdisciplinary education system, shown by the increasing number of interdisciplinary PhD publications. Expectations concern common research projects, PhD thesis in co-tutorship and co-operative doctoral schools. In future, the project will organize workshops and thematic courses on top interdisciplinary research. Conclusion: Strategies of PhD training and research are a promising component providing opportunities for national and international collaboration.
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EVALUATION OF DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Ph.D EDUCATION: EMPLOYEMENT IN POSTDOC POSITIONS,
IS IT SATISFACTORY
İ. Astarcioğlu, A. H. Baskin
Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Health Sciences, Inciralti – 35340, Balcova, Izmir, Turkey
In Ph.D educations, it is very important to be a center of attraction for the students of bachelor's level of qualified faculties. In order to “attract” succesful students, it is important to show them a way of living in their private future. According to our data between 2010-2013, graduates of DEU Institute of Health Sciences, had only 1 position in private sector, 30 academic positions, 3 management positions, and 5 technician positions in various University laboratories, which is below 30% totally.
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EVALUATION OF DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Ph.D EDUCATION: RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS, IS IT SATISFACTORY?
İ. Astarcioğlu, A. H. Baskin
Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Health Sciences, Inciralti – 35340, Balcova, Izmir, Turkey
Essentials of Ph.D education may be summarized as having the universal knowledge, applying, disseminating, producing the knowledge by way of research and development studies. Under the umbrella of Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Health Sciences, there are 78 programs (29 Ph.D; 49, Msc. programs) in 26 departments, which 8 of them are multidisciplinary. According to 2013 data, in the structure of our institute totally 506 students are having education, which 178 of them are for, Ph.D. and 328 of them are for, Msc. education, and 40 Ph.D and 8, Msc. students are in research assistant position, which are totally 48. The percentage of positions is very low: 6.2% of the students.
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WHAT ARE THE QUALITY INDICATORS OF PHD SUPERVISION?
Z. Bahar, B. Üstün
Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Nursing İzmir, Turkey
In the Quality Indicators of Nursing PhD Education Symposium which was held at the Dokuz Eylül University Nursing Faculty, Izmir, in 28-30 November of 2012, one workshop's topic was about the qualification and responsibilities of PhD supervisors. PhD supervisionis one of the quality indicators of doctoral education. At the end of the discussion, the following consensus standards were determined by symposium members. Qualifications of a PhD Supervisor: To have appropriate skills and subject knowledge to support, to have expertise in the field of study, to have good time management skills. Responsibilities of a PhD supervisor: Provides and serve as an academic role model, available for the student when advice is needed, encourages the student to publish,helps the student to interact with others working in the field.
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PHD DOCTORAL PROGRAMS AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ
V. M. Berghold1,4, A. Olschewski2,4, P. Holzer3,4
1Institute of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, 2Department of Anesthesiology, 3Institute of Pharmacology, 4Doctoral Programs, Medical University of Graz, Austria
The Medical University of Graz offers four high-quality three-year PhD doctoral programs, accredited by ACQUIN. After passing an international selection process, PhD students are employed as research associates. The thesis projects are funded by peer-reviewed external grants or the university. Besides conducting a high-level thesis project, the students complete an educational program of 28 semester periods per week, which includes seminars and practical training courses. All studies are conducted in English. Between 2007 and 2012, the PhD students published > 150 high-rank papers which accounts for 10 % of the research output of the university.
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PHD PROGRAM IN HEALTH SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY OF BASEL
C. Consonni1, S. De Geest1, S. Henrichs2, C. Braun2, A. Schmidt3
1INS, 2SwissTPH, 3ISSW, University of Basel, Switzerland
The PhD Program in Health Sciences (PPHS) is an Educational Infrastructure which aims at offering students the maximum opportunities to achieve a career at an advance level. The PPHS focuses on the student's personal and academic development and defines a set of Core Competencies to acquire during the PhD training. A comprehensive list of courses offered at Universities in Switzerland is available on a web-based tool which helps students and supervisors to identify the competencies to develop and to easily find the appropriate courses. To maintain excellent PhD supervision standards, PPHS offers refreshment courses on scientific issues as well as training courses for new and experienced supervisors. Also, the PPHS offers a career service for students to find their most fulfilling career path.
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TOWARDS QUALITY AND INTERNALIZATION OF THE PHD MOLECULAR
BIOSCIENCE PROGRAM IN THE UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID
J. Diaz-Nido, M. Fernández, M. Cervera, F. Mayor
Dpto Biología Molecular, Facultad Ciencias & Dpto Bioquímica, Facultad Medicina. UAM
The PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences, included in the Official Postgraduate Program of the same name, is designed for highly qualified students with health science background. It offers quality, internationalization and fellowships to acquire the skills to enable them to conduct their scientific work as well as the ability to transfer that knowledge to the society. In this Program, also participates, other research Centers like CNIO, CNB, CBM, IIB and Hospitals. PhD students will focus on the completion of their doctoral thesis. In parallel, they will be trained in complementary and formative activities. This Program was recognized as one of the UAM International Excellence Posgraduate Programs.
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JOINT PHDS AND FELLOWSHIPS THROUGH STRUCTURAL FUNDS IN ROMANIA
S. Dragan, A. Bucur, C. Muntean, M. Raica
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, Romania
Between 2009 – 2012 we were beneficiaries of three POSDRU projects on structural funds offering fellowships for 60 PhD students from our university, in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. The fellowship included expenses covered for an international mobility of 3 – 8 months to an EU institution which could offer training in the scientific topic of a given PhD thesis. The international mobilities contributed to aquiring skills and know-how for most of the students, as well as the opportunity to publish with prestigious international teams and earn awards at conferences. A total of 7 Joint international PhDs were developed to the present, representing 10 % of the total of fellowships. The funding will go on until end 2013 and the results in terms of publications will be made public by 2014.
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PH.D. EDUCATION AT THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES,
UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS, HUNGARY – 2006 – 2013
K. Füge1, V. Premusz1, M. Figler2
1Health Sciences Doctoral School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, 2Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
PhD education at the Faculty of Health Sciences of University of Pécs dates back to 2006 when the Health Sciences Doctoral School was founded. Since then, altogether 37 researcher gained, Ph.D. degree, and another 21 researchers completed the habilitation – at
