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Panel 11 – medicine | health sciences
PANEL 11 – MEDICINE | HEALTH SCIENCES
CONTENTS
1. Overall assessment..................................................................................... 299
2. Research infrastructure...............................................................................301
3. Research quality........................................................................................ 303
4. Collaboration.............................................................................................314
5. Research activity and teaching....................................................................315
6. Evaluation of future plans and potentials and possibilities............................316
7. Gender and equal opportunity issues..........................................................319
1. Overall assessment
The Department of Health Sciences was transformed in 2005 to become
one of the six departments within the medical faculty. Its organizational
form is complex, being composed of 6 divisions each consisting of one
or more research groups. In addition there are four educational groups
which started in 2005–2007, and four formal research centres hosted by
the Department. The Department carries out comprehensive research
and teaching activity, and is seen as an important site for research and
education in these subjects in Sweden. There are 1200 full-time students
enrolled in six programmes leading to professional and BSc/MSC/Master
degrees within medicine, midwifery, nursing, radiography, occupational
therapy, and physiotherapy.
A significant decline in staff members has occured during the period of
assessment (2003–2007) from 293 (FTE 213) to 218 (FTE 158). This
includes a reduction in the number of doctoral students paid by the
university from 28 FTE to 14 FTE, which causes some concern even
though the total number of registered doctoral students was 67 in 2007.
However, the number of doctoral examinations increased from 47 in
1998–2002 to 67 in 2003–2007, which is a sign of increased research
activity. The strong PhD programme is also recognized as an important
resource for the strengthening of research in the future.
The number of academic staff remained stable over the assessment period,
being 62 (47 FTE) in 2007 (62 % women, mean age 53), although not
all staff were permanently employed. The description of the size of the
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