eiasm academic council meeting 21 september 2009 hanken school of economics, helsinki
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EIASM Academic Council Meeting 21 September 2009 Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki. ORPHEUS - case study in building a network. Organization for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System. Michael J. Mulvany, professor of cardiovascular pharmacology - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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EIASM Academic Council Meeting 21 September 2009
Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki
ORPHEUS - case study in building a network
Michael J. Mulvany, professor of cardiovascular pharmacologyHead, Aarhus Graduate School of Health Sciences
Organization for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System
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PhD is an international degree• does it have the same meaning in all countries?
Governments are promoting the PhD at huge cost• what do they get for their money?
Mobility• how can applicants be compared, if the PhD has
different standards?
Programme development• the opportunity to learn from each other
Why is there a need for standards?
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Professor Zdravko Lackovic, MD, PhDDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Zagreb
The founder of ORPHEUS
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Apart from being a symbol of music, and leading an untimely
death, the mythical Orpheus is revered as a pioneer of
civilization who taught the arts of writing, agriculture, and
even medicine.
ORganization for
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First meeting, 2004
European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences was held
in Zagreb.
53 delegates, 25 universities, 16 European countries
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The Zagreb Declaration
"The PhD thesis should consist of a review and the equivalent of three international articles"
First meeting, 2004
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Second meeting, 2005
The Second European Conference held in Zagreb
71 delegates, 33 universities, 21 European countries
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Guidelines for Organisation of PhD Programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences’
Second meeting, 2005
"PhD programmes should
• be structured,
• last 3-4 yr
• be based on original research
• have course work not exceeding 6 months"
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Third meeting, 2007
Third ORPHEUS 2007 conference held in Helsinki.
80 delegates, 43 universities, 26 European countries
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Helsinki Consensus Statement on PhD Training in Clinical Research
"The PhD in clinical medicine should have the same standard as PhDs in other biomedical fields"
Third meeting, 2007
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Fourth meeting, 2009
Fourth ORPHEUS conference held in Aarhus, Denmark
165 delegates from 72 universities from 33 European countries
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The position paper
Fourth meeting, 2009
Towards Standards for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences
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Content:
• status
• points of consensus
• recommendations
• standards not standardization!
Basis:
• previous ORPHEUS documents
• 72 faculties, 33 countries were involved
• deans, graduate school heads, students
• extensive discussion before, during and after conference
• PhD degree
• Requirements of the PhD programme
• Admission criteria
• Supervision
• Evaluation of theses
The position paper
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The way forward: giving ORPHEUS political influence
• ORPHEUS is now a member of the European Universities
Association − Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE)
• Chairman of EUA-CDE and the European Commission participated
in ORPHEUS2009.
• AMSE and WFME have endorsed the position paper
• ORPHEUS should meet with national organizations regarding
implementation of the position paper
• ORPHEUS should lead the way in establishing networks to
improve quality of PhD programmes in lesser developed countries
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ORganization for
ORPHEUS - case study in building a network
delegates universities countries2004 Zagreb 53 25 162005 Zagreb 71 33 212007 Helsinki 80 43 262009 Aarhus 165 72 332010 Vienna