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European PhD Programmes in Health Sciences

Creation of Europe as a knowledge based society is dependent on high education especially doctoral education on the "third cycle" of Bologna process. The "third cycle" is essentially different from the other two, because its core component is research. Enormous differences in the development of science among European countries make goals like harmonisation and mobility almost unrealistic. To increase its scientific achievements Europe needs highly competitive projects, with place for less developed countries. In spontaneous scenario leading research institutions will be become even more competitive. However, the gap between different countries can only increase and idea of mobility will turns to uncreased brain drain only. Demand to increase the number PhD holders might end up in decreasing the criteria only. Even more: increasing the number of PhDs in less developed universities can lead only to poor scientific performance even as more permanent. Is there a solution out of this grim anticipation of spontaneous development? We in ORPHEUS believe that with harmonised efforts "third cycle" can prove new opportunities for the advancement of clinical research as well as for strengthening basic research in the area. How to maintain and improve the quality in all parts of Europe obviously is a difficult challenge. New innovative ideas are needed, short-term achievements without contribution from all parts of Europe seem possible. The fourth ORPHEUS 2009 "Setting standards for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences" should be "brain storming" and an effort on the basis of previous ORPHEUS conferences to produce wider consensus about PhD in health sciences. At same time this should be the introduction into joint WFME-ORPHEUS-AMSE project to create missing WFME document in a series "WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement in Medical education".

PhD programme; Doctoral sudies; Europe; Health Sciences

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