Overview

Public Health Doctoral Programmes and Research Capacities

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Future plans focuse on improving the quality of supervision of PhD students in public health, for example by organizing workshops of supervisors; this initiative is related to the central role of supervisors in the quality of PhD theses. Developing recommendations for a professional doctorate in Public Health, i.e., the doctoral programmes offered to students seeking a leadership position in public health institutions. Developing a formal process of quality assurance of PhD programmes in Europe, in close collaboration with APHEA (Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation). Developing and implementing structures to encourage exchanges between PhD programmes and between PhD students in public health. One possible form of exchange is to set up “PhD days” as a part of regular professional or research meeting, such as the Young Researchers Forum at the annual European Public Health conference.