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“PhD study and program: from ex-student to student - A LESSON LEARNED“: A PhD course proposal

The Postgraduate Doctoral Study in Biomedicine and Health Sciences at the Medical Faculty of Osijek is established five years ago. The purpose of this PhD study is to qualify the student for independent scientific, research and academic work at university, scientific and health institutes as well as at university hospitals. According to the experience of PhD students, that PhD program has its “childhood diseases” and some of them, like pressure of Clinics and Academia ‘hungry’ for PhDs on Institution providing PhD program, PhD students not really interested in research, and lack of devoted supervisors/mentors, are identified and discussed. We find that institutional effort on overcoming common PhD students’ pitfalls should be made and the introduction of a course about PhD study would improve quality of PhD program. For that reason, an outline of the PhD course about PhD study and program is presented. We project that presented course would lead to improved PhD program and, if not more satisfied, than at least more prepared PhD candidates. In many instances knowing what to expect is impossible, however, other lessons can be taught ahead.

postgraduate doctoral study; biomedicine and health sciences; PhD course proposal; PhD student

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