Naslov
Impact of mobility of mentors and their PhD students on a postgraduate education

Autori
Drenjancevic, I ; Vcev, A ; Barbic, J ; Dobric, I ; Filakovic, P ; Mihalj, M.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
Orpheus conference book / - , 2012

Skup
7th ORPHEUS conference 2012 - Establishing evaluation of PhD training

Mjesto i datum
Bergen, Norveška, 19.04.2012. - 21.04.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
mobility; mentors; quality of PhD training

Sažetak
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of mobility among current PhD program mentors and their students. In addition, we investigated the impact of mentors' personal experience with mobility on their activities as mentors and researchers, and on promoting and encouraging mobility of their PhD students enrolled at postgraduate doctoral program of Biomedicine and Health, Faculty of Medicine University of Osijek, Croatia. Methods: A pilot study-survey was conducted on 24/107 (22%) academic staff employed at Faculty of Medicine Osijek, status from PhD –scientific adviser to full professor. Questions were grouped to general information on status and field of scientific activity, number of PhD student mentored and their success (finished studies) ; mobility of mentor, and mobility of students, sources of financing and reasons for mobility. Results: Among all questioned mentors 70.8% (17) and 65.2% (15) of them have reported previous stay at domestic and foreign institutions, respectively. Mentors who had spent some time abroad were more likely to encourage their PhD students to visit other institutions (66.7% compared to 12.5%, p=0.019). Most of them were users of founding available from bilateral cooperation with other countries 61.5 (8), followed by national founding (NZZ, UKF etc.). Only a minority of their students were users of ERASMUS mobility. Mentors with international experience reported having more PhD students but that had no impact on the number of their students that earned PhD degree at present. Conclusion: International and domestic fluctuation of scientific and academic staff presents a very important part of building research capacities at Medical Faculty Osijek. Visiting foreign research institutions gives the PhD students opportunity to gain new experiences and skills and to establish international research teams. Our study revealed that previous personal experience of mentors has an important impact on the way how they direct their students during PhD studies.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti

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