Supervisor training at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy
To be approved as a principal supervisor, you must have completed both the Supervisor Information Day and an ethics course. A certificate of completion of both must be attached to the application documents.
Supervisor’s Information Day
The Supervisor’s Information Day is a full day organised twice a year and always given in English. The day is mandatory for principal supervisors of doctoral studies in medical and pharmaceutical sciences. It is also highly recommended for assistant supervisors.
To be approved, complete attendance is required. A certificate of attendance will be issued.
Next Supervisor’s Information Day
Time: 21 November 2024 9:00–16:30.
Place: Blåsenhus, Room 13:136.
The programme is given in English.
Programme
9:00
Welcome and Introduction
Peter Stålberg, Vice-dean for Research Training
9:15
Admission and financing of doctoral students
Peter Stålberg, Vice-dean for Research Training
10:15
Coffee break
10:45
Supervision of clinical doctoral students
Prof. Kevin Mani, Professor at the Department of Surgical Sciences
11:15
Approaching public defence
Elisabet Nielsen, Professor at the Deptartment of Pharmacy
12:00
Lunch
12:45
Residence permits for doctoral students
Tove Lager, International Officer at the Unit for support for fee-paying studies
13:00
Animal trials and courses
Madeleine Le Grevés, Senior Lecturer at the Deptartment of Medical Cell Biology
13:45
Sebastian Barg, Professor and Director of Studies for Doctoral Courses at the Department of Medical Cell Biology
14:15
Research ethics
Stefan Eriksson, Docent at the Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics (CRB)
15:15
Coffee break
15:30
What is sensitive data and how should sensitive personal data be handled within your project?
Tove Fall, Vice-Dean for Research Infrastructure
16:00
Career Support
Carin Eriksson Lindvall, Head of unit for for Career and leadership in academia at Division for Quality Enhancement
16:15
Concluding remarks
16:30
End of programme
Research ethics course
In addition to approved participation in the supervisor information, as a first-time principal supervisors at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy you must have completed the web-based course “Research ethics for medicine and pharmacy”.
The course is developed jointly by the seven faculties of medicine in Sweden and recommended for all researchers employed at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Supervising doctoral students
The course is aimed at post-doctorates (fellowships) with no or less experience of supervising doctoral students, new or senior lecturers holding a doctoral degree, as well as docents with some or lots of doctoral supervising experience.
Find out more and sign up for Supervising Doctoral Students
A deep approach to doctoral supervision
The course is aimed at experienced doctoral supervisors (above all docents and professors), but also at doctoral supervisors who have completed Supervising Doctoral Students or a shorter doctoral supervisor course at faculty level.
The course is given continuously. However, the seminars can be on the English page if the seminar is in English.
Read more and sign up for A Deep Approach to Doctoral Supervision