“Orpheus and PhD Training in Dokuz Eylül University” Gül Güner ...

“Orpheus and PhD Training in
Dokuz Eylül University”
Gül Güner- Akdoğan
Member, Orpheus Executive Committee
Chair, FEBS Education Committee
Department of Medical Biochemistry
School of Medicine and
Dept. Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of
Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylül University- Izmir

Kurt Vonnegut
Died 2007
“New knowledge is
the most valuable
commodity on earth.
The more truth we
have to work with,
the richer we become.”
Breakfast of Champions

“INFORMATION-BASED SOCIETY”
RESEARCH
TRIANGLE :
INNOVATION
EDUCATION…
(PhD Training)

EXPERIENCE in PhD EDUCATION
• Supervision and Coordination in PhD education
• 2008: “2023 Turkish Vision - Post-Graduate Education in
Health Sciences”, Turkish Medical and Health Council (2008)
• 2000-2010 Director, Graduate School of Health Sciences
• 2007- Co-Chairship of Supervisory Committee
• 2008- Chair, FEBS Education Committee (European
perspective- Undergraduate and Graduate Education)
• 2009- Member of EX-COM, ORPHEUS
• 2009- Coordinator of DEU for ORPHEUS and EUA-CDE
• 2011 ORPHEUS (İzmir) Congress,
President of Organising Committee

PhD’s –
New- Generation Scientists
Independent Researchers
Scientists nurturing Innovative ıdeas

PhD training is an important investment in Europe
• 0.1% of Europe population is undergoing PhD training
= More than 500,000 doctoral candidates
• 2008- 110,535 PhD graduates
• Yearly increase: 4%
Reference:: "Innovation Union Competitiveness Report 2011"
Table I.4.2
European Commission

S Powell, H Green, eds.
Open University Press, McGraw-Hill, 2007
M Nerad & M Heggelund, editors.
University of Washington Press, 2008

EUA , focused on PhD :
cde@eua.be.
Founded in 2008
Founding Chair: Jean Chambaz (Paris)
Present Chair: Melita Kovacevic (Zagreb)
www.eua.be

2010
PhD training (research degree):
• Research based
• Individual and innovative
• Builds up the research
“mind-set”
www.eua.be

ORPHEUS project
2004-Founded
Prof. Zdravko Lackovic, MD, PhD
Department of Pharmacology
University of Zagreb
www.orpheus-med.org

ORPHEUS
European Congresses
number
delegates institutions countries
2004, Zagreb 53 25 16
2005, Zagreb 71 33 21
2007, Helsinki 80 43 26
2009, Aarhus 165 72 33
2010, Vienna 201 114 39
2011, Izmir 310 105 40

İzmir Orpheus Supported By
• ORPHEUS-2010
• Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE)
• World Federation of Medical Education (WFME)
• Association of Schools of Public Health in the European
Region (ASPHER)
• European Universities Association - Council for Doctoral
Education (EUA-CDE)
• European Institute for Advanced Scientific Management
• EU- Marie Curie
• IUBMB/ FEBS/ IFCC/ TBD/ TÜBA/TÜBİTAK
• Karolinska Institute
• British Pharmacological Society

99 UNIVERSITIES FROM 40
COUNTRIES

2011 Izmir Orpheus Consensus Document
“Quality Indicators for PhD Training in
Biomedicine and Health Sciences”
1- Research Environment (Sine Qua Non)
2- PhD Programmes
3- PhD Supervision
4- PhD Thesis
5- Student Perspectives
http://www.orpheus-med.org

2011 Izmir Orpheus Consensus Document
“Quality Indicators for PhD Training in
Biomedicine and Health Sciences”
• 1- Research Environment (Sine Qua Non)
Quality Indicators of the Institution
Quantitative: number of researchers, number of supervisors and PhD
students, number of technical personnelle, number of PhD degrees
granted, number of publications (PubMed, SCI, etc) and impact factors
of the journals
Qualitative: laboratory and electronic infrastructure, library, access to online
journals, financial resources, collaboration with industry,
technology transfer ofice , value attributed to scientific ethics, clinical and
laboratory procedures, student support structures, editorial and
statistical support, scientific activities and internationalization

2011 Izmir Orpheus Consensus Document
• 2-Research Environment of the Supervisor’s
Research Group- Quality Indicators:
• Quantitative: Time allocated to supervision, publications, publications
with national or international co-authorship, number of PhD candidates
and PhD thesis terminated, number of research associates in the group,
number of national or international visiting researchers in the group
• Qualitative: Research activities of the group and the techniques used,
available funding, networking with national or international networks
(e.g. ESFRI, NENS, EMTRAIN), collaboration with the industry, journal
hours, weekly group meetings, “career development” opportunities and
social activities of the group

THANKING THE ORGANISERS-
DEU University

WHY THE INTEREST FOR ORPHEUS ?
• Mostly recommendations- not imposed
• Sharing of experiences
• Intensive discussion platforms with delegates
Suggesting “Standards”- NOT “standardization”

DOKUZ EYLÜL UNIVERSITY
MODEL FOR PhD TRAINING

IMPORTANT POINTS-DEU PhD TRAINING
1. Focus of PhD training “Quality of Thesis”
2. Supervision criterias and prerequisite of a
confirmed-funded “ research project”
3. Emphasis on “publications”
4. Opportunity for “Transferable Skills”
5. Interdisciplinary PhD Programmes
6. Internationalization

THANK-YOU………………..
25-27 April, 2013,
8th Orpheus Conference,
Prague, Czech republic