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European PhD Programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences Editors: Zdravko Lacković and Jadranka Božikov Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences - Final version - Zagreb, Croatia, April 22–24, 2005 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) Sponsored by: National Foundation for Science, Higher Ministry of Science, Education and Education and Technological Development Sports of the Republic of Croatia of the Republic of Croatia Zagreb, June 21, 2005 PREFACE This monograph represents proceedings of the Second European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes in Medicine and Health Sciences held in Zagreb, April 22-24, 2005. The monograph was published prior to the Conference and the underlying final version includes “Guidelines for Organisation of PhD Programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences” convened during the Conference as well as the letter, both sent to the Ministerial Conference in Bergen immediately after the Conference. We would like to thank all the contributors including those who sent us their contributions although they were not able to attend the Conference in Zagreb. Editors: Professor Zdravko Lacković, MD, PhD Assoc. Professor Jadranka Božikov, PhD Zagreb, June 17, 2005 C O N T E N T S SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANISING COMMITTEE.......................................................................I INVITED SPEAKERS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC & ORGANIZING COMMITTEE..................................................................................................... II PRELIMINARY PROGRAM .....................................................................................................IV PARTICIPANTS ...................................................................................................................... VIII INSTRUCTION FOR PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT TO BE PUBLISHED IN EXTENSO IN EXTENDED MONOGRAPH: EUROPEAN PhD PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES.......................................................................... XIV GUIDELINES FOR ORGANISATION OF PHD PROGRAMMES IN BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES..................................................................................................... XVI Letter1: TO THE MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ATTENDING MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN BERGEN 19-20 MAY 2005................... XX Letter 2: TO THE MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ATTENDING BERGEN CONFERENCE (19-20 MAY 2005)..............................................XXII INTRODUCTION (Prof. Z. Lacković) .............................................................................................. 1 Accreditation and mutual recognition of medical diplomas in the European Union and beyond (Dr.C. C. Leibbrandt) ........................................................................................................................ 7 EUA Project on Doctoral Programmes (Network 4): The Impact on Restructuring of Doctoral Programme Biomedicine at University of Ljubljana (Prof. K. Breskvar, Prof. V. Starc)................ 10 The Current Status of PhD Studies at the Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine in Prague, Czech Republic (Doc. MUDr. P. Hach, Prof. S. Štípek). ................................................... 12 PhD Programmes at at the Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic (Prof. RNDr J. Ulrichová) ............................................................................................................... 14 PhD Study at Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava (Prof. M. Bernadič, prof. P. Traubner) ......................................................................................................................................... 19 PhD Programs in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania (Prof. I. Misevičienė, Dr. I. Ulozienė) ............................................................................. 22 PhD Studies at the Medical Faculty, Vilnius University, Lithuania (Prof.J. Tutkoviene, Z. Aušrelė Kučinskienė)........................................................................................................................ 27 The PhD-degree in Denmark, in particular the PhD-degree in health sciences at the University of Aarhus (Prof. M. J. Mulvany)...................................................................................................... 32 Postgraduate Studies in Helsinki, Finland (Prepared by Prof. S. Meri) ......................................... 36 PhD Programme at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland (Prof. H. M. Ögmundsdóttir). 38 PhD Programmes at National O. Bohomolets Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine (Prof. O. Hulchiy)............................................................................................................................................ 40 PhD Programs in Medicine and Pharmacy at Lviv National Medical University (M. Servetnyk, E.Varyvoda, A. Lutsyk, Irene Nechyporenko) .................................................................................. 42 PhD Programme at University of Hamburg Graduate School (Prof. H.J. Seitz) ............................. 44 PhD Programmes at the Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany (Dr. Thorsten Liebers) ...................................................................................... 48 Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Eeducation at the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje, Macedonia (Prof. D. Donev, Prof. V. Maleska-Ivanovska, Prof.M. Žanteva-Naumoska,Prof.L. Georgievska- Ismail)...............................................................................................................................................50 PhD Programes at the University of Medicine - Pleven, Bulgaria (Prof. M. Simeonova)................55 Current State of PhD Programs at School of Medicine, University of Belgrade (Prof. D. Micić, prof. B. Djuričić, prof. V. Bošnjak-Petrović, prof. V. Bumbaširević, prof.T. Jovanović, prof. N. Lalić, prof.P. Peško).........................................................................................................................58 The Procedure of Earning PhD Degree at University of Niš Medical School (Prof. M. Višnjić) ....61 PhD Program at the Faculty of Medicine Novi Sad (Prof. N. Sečen)...............................................63 Organisation of PhD Programme in Medical School, University of Tuzla (Prof. O. Sinanović).....64 PhD programmes at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden (R. Öckinger).............................65 The Declaration of the European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes in Medicine and Health Sciences..........................................................................................................68 SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANISING COMMITTEE President Professor Zdravko Lacković, MD, PhD – PhD Program Director, University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia Secretaries: Professor Jadranka Božikov, PhD – PhD Program Deputy Director, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia Professor Irena Misevičienė, MD, PhD – Vice-Rector, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania INTERNATIONAL Professor Margarita Barón-Maldonado, MD, PhD – President of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) and University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain Vincenzo Costigliola, MD – President, European Medical Association (EMEA), Bruxelles, Belgium Professor David Gordon, MA, FRCP, F MedSci - President of the Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE), Dean and Vice-President of the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, UK Professor Petr Hach, MD, PhD - past President (-2004) of the Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE) and Emeritus Dean and Vice-Dean of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Dr. Guy Haugh - Expert on the European Higher Education Area (“Bologna process”), Brussels, Belgium Dr. Cees C. Leibbrandt, MD – past Secretary General (1999-2002) of the European Union of Medical Specialist (UEMS), Nijmegen, The Netherlands Professor Seppo Meri, MD, PhD – Head of the Committee for Postgraduate Scientific Studies in Medicine, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Finland Professor Jadwiga Mirecka, MD, PhD – Member of the Executive Committee of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) and Head of the Department of Medical Education in Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków Professor Charles Normand, PhD – President of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) and Edward Kennedy Professor of Health Policy and Management, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Professor Hans Joachim Seitz, MD – German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), South-Eastern-European-Cooperation, Curriculum Reform in Medicine and University Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany Professor Osman Sinanović, MD, PhD – PhD Programme Director, Medical School, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Professor László Vécsei, MD, PhD, DSc – Director of Neuroscience PhD Programme, University of Szeged, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Centre and Head