Analysis of PhD study at the Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, in the years 1995–2010
Abstract
Besides teaching, research is one of the main activities of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ljubljana. Since 1995, the PhD study at the Faculty of Medicine has been organized via the Biomedicine university programme. The authors performed the analysis of the quality of Biomedicine PhD study at the Faculty of Medicine between the years 1995 and 2010. The authors were interested in the number of PhD students that started and finished their PhD studies and how successful PhD students were during that period (how many papers they wrote on the topic of the PhD and what was the impact factor of the papers). In the 15-year period from 1995–2010, 702 students started the Biomedicine PhD programme, while 652 students completed it. Most PhD students (70.7 %) have written one SCI paper related to the thesis. Finally, the medium impact factor of the SCI paper related to the PhD thesis was 2.6. We may conclude that the quality of PhD theses evaluated according to the impact factor of the SCI papers related to the theses is solid, however our strength should be aimed toward the continuous increase of quality. In this regard, PhD candidates, mentors as well as the commission for the evaluation of PhD theses must do their homework diligently.Downloads
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