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Informal and formal mentoring by international mentors : the impact on postgraduate education at Faculty of Medicine University J. J. Strossmayer Osijek

The Scientific Postgraduate Study in Biomedicine and Health at the Faculty of Medicine University J.J. Strossmayer (MEFOS) has been established in academic year 2000/2001, 2 years after MEFOS became member of Osijek University. Collaboration with foreign medical higher education institution (in the USA, GB, Germany, Austria, Hungary) was very important for research training of PhD students, from the very beggining of postgraduate studies in Osijek. The aim of this analysis is to determine participation of foreign scientists in study program as professors or head of postgraduate courses and to evaluate the outcomes (in the form of mentoring defended PhD theses) in last 10 years. Ten out of 88 (11%) postgraduate doctoral courses are headed by professors from other Croatian universities and only 4/88 (5%) are led by foreign guest professors. 2 professors from MEFOS had PhD degrees from foreign instutution (USA, Germany). In courses headed by Croatian professors, 6 foreigners participate as teaching staff. In last ten years, as an outcome, there were 67 defended PhD theses, mentored by 44 domicile professors, 19 by professors from other Croatian universities and only 4 mentored by foreign professors. Interestingly, 6/67 (9%) PhD students did part of their disertation research at foreign institutions but defended theses with domicile mentors. At the moment, there are 70 postgraduate student in various stages of PhD work, and 7 of them did part or whole practical part of PhD degree research abroad, but will defend theses with domicile mentor. In conclusion, informal mentoring by foreign guest mentors is important part of postgraduate education in Osijek.

postdoctoral study; mentors; foreign mentors

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