ArticleBMC medical education2017
Improving completion rates of students in biomedical PhD programs: an interventional study.
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- Non-cognitive Support for Postgraduate Studies: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
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- Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia.Acta medica academica · 2024Article
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- Perception of Organizational Ethical Climate by University Staff and Students in Medicine and Humanities: A Cross Sectional Study.Science and engineering ethics · 2020Article
- Burnout and Mental Health Problems in Biomedical Doctoral Students.CBE life sciences education · 2019Article
- Bologna Model of Education-MD/PhD Program: Observation of PhD students in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnalysis of graduation success at the University of Split School of Medicine PhD programs conducted in 2011 revealed that only 11% of students who enrolled and completed their graduate coursework between 1999 and 2011 earned a doctoral degree. In this prospective cohort study we evaluated and compared three PhD programs within the same medical school, where the newest program, called Translational Research in Biomedicine (TRIBE), established in the academic year 2010/11, aimed to increase the graduation rate through an innovative approach.
methodsThe intervention in the new program was related to three domains: redefined recruitment strategy, strict study regulations, and changes to the curriculum. We compared performance of PhD students between the new and existing programs and analyzed their current status, time to obtain a degree (from enrolment to doctorate), age at doctorate, number of publications on which the thesis was based and the impact factor of journals in which these were published.
resultsThese improvement strategies were associated with higher thesis completion rate and reduced time to degree for students enrolled in the TRIBE program. There was no change in the impact factor or number of publications that were the basis for the doctoral theses.
conclusionOur study describes good practices which proved useful in the design or reform of the PhD training program.
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