Proceedings of the European Conference on Harmonisation of Phd Programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences - Final Version
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European PhD Programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences Editors: Zdravko Lacković and Jadranka Božikov Proceedings of the European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences - Final version - Zagreb, Croatia, April 24 and 25, 2004 http://bio.mef.hr/conference Organised by UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB - MEDICAL SCHOOL With the support of: Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE) Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) European Medical Association (EMA) Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Zagreb, September 2004 PREFACE This monograph represents proceedings of the “European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes in Medicine and Health Sciences” held in Zagreb, April 24-25, 2004. The monograph is a final version of the proceedings slightly different from the one that was printed prior to the Conference. This final version contains contributions that arrived during the Conference and, most importantly, it contains the Declaration on “Harmonisation of PhD Programmes in Medicine and Health Sciences“ which was adopted unanimously at the end of the Conference. We would like to thank all the participants of the Conference for their contributions so far and for those which are going to be done after the Conference. Editors Zagreb, September 2004 C O N T E N T S Scientific and organizing committee ............................................................................................I List of invited lecturers and chairpersons....................................................................................II List of paritcipants (in alphabetic order by country name) ....................................................... III Introduction (Z. Lacković).................................................................................................................... 1 A Survey of PhD programs in European medicine and health sciences: a compilation of answers to a questionnaire (Z. Lacković, J. Božikov, M. Dominis)........................................................................ 4 An Overview of European PhD Programs as Available on the Internet (T. Dušek, A. Kavalírová).. 15 Trends in PhD Programmes in the Context of the Bologna Process and Their Meaning for Medicine/Health Sciences (G. Haug) ................................................................................................ 25 The Role of University of Zagreb in Developing Joint Doctoral Programmes (N. Čikeš, A. Bjeliš, H.J. Mencer) ...................................................................................................................................... 36 PhD program: Biomedicine and Health Sciences at University of Zagreb Medical School (Z. Lacković) ...................................................................................................................................... 40 Public Health Education: Approaching Integrated Public Health Knowledge (T. Vukušić Rukavina, K. Fišter, S. Orešković)...................................................................................................................... 45 Master Programs in Public Health – Dilemmas and Challenges (L. Kovačić, J. Božikov) ................ 52 Mutual recognition of diplomas in the European Union (C.C. Leibbrandt) ...................................... 55 The European Dimension of Continuing Medical Education (C.C. Leibbrandt) .............................. 58 Obtaining a PhD degree in Medicine at the University of Helsinki, Finland - setting the Nordic standards (S. Meri, P. Paqvalin, I. Virtanen) ..................................................................................... 60 The Helsinki Biomedical Graduate School (HBGS) (T. Mäkelä, K. Saukkonen).............................. 64 PhD program in Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Pavia: present status and perspectives (A. Calligaro) ................................................................................................................ 65 DAAD-Stability Pact and University of Hamburg – Engagement in South-East-Europe: Education of Medical Students and Life-Long-learning of Medical Doctors (H.J. Seitz) .................................. 68 Master of Public Health Programme at Bielefeld School of Public Health, Germany (A.K.F. Malsch, C. Hornberg) ........................................................................................................................ 72 The new Doctor of Public Health Programme at the Bielefeld School of Public Health, Germany (A.K.F. Malsch, C. Hornberg) ........................................................................................................... 74 Impact factor, citations, PhD-studies, DSc. - in Hungary (L. Vécsei)................................................ 76 The Procedure of Earning the PhD Degree: General Rules and Regulations at Pécs University Medical School, Hungary (E. Fischer) .............................................................................................. 77 Postgraduate studies at the School of Medicine University of Rijeka (A. Radojčić Badovinac)....... 82 PhD studies in medicine and medical biology at the Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education Warsaw, Poland (Z. Wegrzyn)............................................................................................................ 84 PhD program at Medical Faculty, University of Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro (S. Janković) 86 PhD Programmes at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Martin, Slovakia (K. Javorka) ............................................................................................................................................. 87 PhD Programmes at “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (M. Petru-Adrian)............................................................................................................... 90 New postgraduate university (PhD) study in Biomedicine and Health Sciences at Faculty of Medicine in Osijek – basic information (A. Tvrdeić)......................................................................... 94 Draft consensus statement on the role of master’s degrees in research training in medicine and health sciences (C. Normand) ............................................................................................................ 98 Sorbonne Joint Declaration - Joint declaration on harmonisation of the architecture of the European higher education system.....................................................................................................99 THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA Joint Declaration of the European Ministers of Education Convened in Bologna on the 19th of June 1999..............................................................101 The Declaration of the European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes in Medicine and Health Sciences.................................................................................................105 Deklaration der europäischen Konferenz zur Angleichung des Doktoratsstudiums der medizinischen Wissenschaften und Gesundheitswissenschaften (German translation) .........109 Déclaration de la Conférence européenne sur l’harmonisation des études doctorales dans les domaines de la médecine et de la santé (French translation)..................................................114 Declaración de la Conferencia europea sobre la armonización de los estudios de doctorado en medicina y sanidad (Spanish translation)................................................................................119 Декларация Европейской конференции по вопросам согласования критериев докторских работ в области медицины и здравоохранения (Russian translation)............124 Some photos from the Conference…………..….…………………………………………….129 Scientific and organizing committee President Professor Zdravko Lacković, MD, PhD - PhD Programme Director, Deputy Dean for Postgraduate Studies, University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia Secretaries Professor Jadranka Božikov, PhD - PhD Programme Deputy Director, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia Mr. Julien Goodman - Programme Manager, Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Saint Maurice, France International Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola, MD - President of the European Medical Association (EMA), Bruxelles, Belgium Professor Petr Hach, MD - President of the Asociation of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE), Prague, Czeck Republic Dr. Guy Haug, - Expert on the European Higher Education Area ("Bologna process"), Brussels, Belgium Dr. Cees C. Leibbrandt, MD - Former (1999-2002) Secretary General of the European Union of Medical Specialist (UEMS), Nijmegen, The Netherlands Professor Jadwiga Mirecka, MD, PhD - Member of the Executive Committee of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), Head of the Department of Medical Education in Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland Professor Charles Normand, PhD - President of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Professor Hans Joachim Seitz, MD - German Academic Exchange Service - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), South-Eastern-European-Cooperation, Curriculum Reform in Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin Institut f. Biochemie u. Molekularbiologie Biochemische Endokrinologie Hamburg, Germany Professor László