Overview

Public Health Doctoral Programmes and Research Capacities

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The working group published the "Reccommendations for PhD programmes in public health" in May 2013, at the ASPHER Deans & Directors meeting. The formulation of practical guidelines for setting up and implementing PhD programmes aims to help school of public health by establishing a common criteria.

These criteria integrated aspects of the ORPHEUS (Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System) report centred on the harmonization of doctoral training in medicine, with specific amendments unique for public health. Other aims include encouraging cooperation among ASPHER members, stimulating quality assurance for doctoral programmes and harmonising doctoral programmes in public heath.