<p>Dear Colleagues, </p><p>You are kindly invited to attend international Orpheus workshop on joint/collaborative PhD programs (see information bellow). Looking forward to seeing you all this autumn in amber seacoast Klaipeda (Lithuania)!</p><p>Sincerely Prof. Arturas Razbadauskas, MD, PhD Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences Klaipeda University (Lithuania)</p><p>ORPHEUS - Organization for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System </p><p>International ORPHEUS workshop </p><p>How to Achieve Internationalization and Joint PhD Programmes</p><p> in Biomedicine and Health Sciences</p><p>October 8-9th, 2010, Klaipeda University, Faculty of Health Sciences (Lithuania)</p><p>Contact person:</p><p>Assoc. Prof. Birute Strukcinskiene, MD, PhD</p><p>Vice Dean for Development</p><p>Faculty of Health Sciences,</p><p>Klaipeda University,</p><p>H.Manto str. 84 </p><p>Klaipeda LT-92294,</p><p>Lithuania</p><p> e-mail: birutedoctor @hotmail.com Organizing Committee</p><p>Prof. Arturas Razbadauskas (Chair) (Klaipeda, Lithuania) Prof. Jadwiga Mirecka (Orpheus Organization) (Krakow, Poland) Assoc. Prof. Birute Strukcinskiene (Coordinator) (Klaipeda, Lithuania) Assoc. Prof. Anita Villerusa (Riga, Latvia) PhD cand. Natalja Istomina (Turku, Finland)</p><p>International ORPHEUS workshop</p><p>How to Achieve Internationalization and Joint PhD programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences</p><p>October 8-9th, 2010, Klaipeda University (Klaipeda, Lithuania)</p><p>Conference venue: „Studland“ (Conference room, 1st floor), Klaipeda University, Manto str. 84a, Klaipeda </p><p>Programme</p><p>October 8 th , 2010, Friday</p><p>9.30-10.00 Registration 10.00-10.30 Opening</p><p>10.00-10.10 Welcome to workshop delegates Prof. Vladas Žulkus, Rector of Klaipeda University (Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania) 10.10-10.20 From collaboration to joint PhD programmes Prof. Arturas Razbadauskas, Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences (Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania) 10.20-10.30 Welcome from Orpheus organization Prof. Jadwiga Mirecka, ORPHEUS Executive Committee Member (Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland)</p><p>Session1 Moderators: Prof. Jadviga Mirecka, Prof. Arturas Razbadauskas 10.30-10.45 ORPHEUS Standards Prof. Jadwiga Mirecka, ORPHEUS Executive Committee Member (Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland) 10.45-11.05 International cooperation at the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University - the background for joint PhD Programmes in Biomedical and Health Sciences Prof. Janina Tutkuvienė, Prof. Zita Aušrelė Kučinskienė (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania) 11.05-11.25 European PhD programmes in Public-Private Partnership: Preliminary Results of the Ongoing EMTRAIN analysis. Christa Janko (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria) 11.25-11.45 Internationalization of PhD studies in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in Lithuania: challengies and opportunities Prof. Vaiva Lesauskaitė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania) 11.45-12.00 Organisation for PhD Education in Medicine in Riga Stradins University Assoc. Prof. Anita Villerusa (Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia)</p><p>12.00-13.00 Lunch break</p><p>Session 2 Moderators: Prof. Danute Kalibatiene, Assoc. Prof. Birute Strukcinskiene </p><p>13.00-13.20 Experience of collaborative PhD programme in health sciences (Finland-Lithuania) Natalja Istomina (Turku University, Turku, Finland) 13.20-13.40 Approach to collaborative/joint PhD programmes creation at Cross boarder collaboration Prof. Robert Bogačiov, Prof. Sergej Korenev (Immanuel Kant State University of Russia, Kaliningrad, Russia) 13.40-14.00 PhD studies in Nursing at Vilnius University: development tendencies and perspectives of interinstitutional collaboration. Prof. Danute Kalibatiene (Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Rehabilitation, Sport Medicine and Nursing), Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania) 14.00-14.20 On the problem of PhD internationalization in the context of interdisciplinary studies: International experience Prof. Elvyra Aciene (Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania), Brigita Kreivinienė, (Rovaniemi University, Rovaniemi, Finland) 14.20-14.40 Internationalization and Effectiveness of PhD programs in Biomedicine in Medical Academy of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Assoc. Prof. Ingrida Uloziene, Prof. Vaiva Lesauskaite, (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania) 14.40-15.00 Practical aspects of collaborative PhD programme Vida Mockiene (Tampere University, Finland) 15.00-15.15 Joint PhD programmes and degrees: variety of possibilities Assoc. Prof. Birute Strukcinskiene (Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania)</p><p>15.15-16.00 Discussions</p><p>18.00 Dinner (at Hotel Magnisima, Janonio str. 11) October 9 th , 2010, Saturday</p><p>9.00-12.00 Group work, discussions</p><p>Visit to the Hospital</p><p>Visit to the resort city Palanga (Amber Museum etc.)</p><p>Sightseeing tour</p><p>Welcome to Klaipeda!</p>