Doctoral education and supervision at the Faculty of Medicine: Books and articles

Forskarhandledning i teori och praktik bidrar till utveckling av forskarhandledares kompetens och ger ett fördjupat perspektiv på doktoranders lärande. Med förankring i aktuell forskning behandlar författarna forskarutbildningens organisation, handledarens professionella praktik, doktorandens lärande samt utbildningens kvalitetssystem. Kopplingen mellan teori och praktik utgör en röd tråd genom boken. Med autentiska fall och exempel från olika utbildningsmiljöer tydliggörs hur handledningen villkoras av både individuella och kulturella faktorer. Dessutom bjuder boken på många reflektionsuppgifter som kan hjälpa tänkandet framåt, både enskilt och kollegialt. Boken riktar sig främst till handledare på forskarutbildningsnivå, oavsett ämnesområde och tidigare erfarenhet. Den kan med fördel läsas även av doktorander som är intresserade av att förstå sitt 
lärande och vad som förväntas av dem i utbildningen, samt av utbildningsansvariga som vill stärka utbildningens kvalitet.

This is a long-awaited book that contributes to the professional development of doctoral supervisors and provides an indepth perspective on doctoral students’ learning. Well anchored in current research, the authors discuss the organisation of Swedish doctoral education, the supervisor’s professional practice, doctoral students’ learning, and the quality system of this education in Sweden.

The connection between theory and practice runs throughout the entire book. Using authentic cases and examples from different educational environments, it is demonstrated how supervision is dependent on both individual and cultural factors. In addition, the book offers its readers numerous reflection exercises that can help move thinking forward, both individually and collegially.

The book is aimed primarily at supervisors in doctoral education, regardless of the discipline within which they are active or their previous experience. It can also be useful for doctoral students who are interested in understanding their own learning process and who would like to know what can be expected of them in their education, as well as by educational leaders who wish to improve the quality of doctoral education.

Innehåll:
Forskarubildning för masterexamen och doktorsexamen -- Handledning i olika ämnen -- Hur fungerar handledningen -- Handledning i olika former och i olika faser -- Relationen mellan handledare och student -- Handledningssamtal -- Handledning om skrivande -- Feedback -- Handledning och studenternas ambitioner -- Handledning i med- och motgångar -- Att tala om handledning -- Handledning av studenter som vårt akademiska system inte tar hand om tillräckligt bra -- Handledning i och av grupper -- Handledning via Internet -- Kriser och krishantering -- Handledning och etik -- Glädjen i att handleda.

What criteria are used to assess the scholarly merit of a thesis? What is the level of conceptualization that is expected in doctoral theses? How can you prepare to defend your thesis? What is the most effective route to achieving your doctorate? The starting point to achieving your doctorate is to appreciate how your thesis will be examined. The criteria that examiners use, the questions they ask in vivas and their reports provide templates against which theses are judged. So, why not start from this endpoint as you plan, undertake, write and defend your research? This book focuses specifically on how you, as a doctoral candidate, can raise your level of thinking about your chosen topic. Doing so will improve the quality of your research and ultimately contribute to knowledge. It also explores the nature of conceptualization which is sought by examiners in theses. As a candidate, the book provides those essential characteristics ofdoctoratenessthat examiners expect to find in your thesis. The book will also appeal to supervisors, examiners and those who conduct workshops for doctoral candidates and supervisors. This practical book includes extracts from theses, examiner reports and cameo accounts from doctoral examiners, supervisors and candidates. It also contains numerous visual models that explain relationships and processes for you to apply and use in your doctoral journey. Based upon contemporary practice,Stepping Stones to Achieving your Doctorateis an essential tool for doctoral candidates, supervisors and examiners.

Att skriva medicinsk vetenskap är en praktisk guide för dig som gör ditt första vetenskapliga arbete, såsom examensarbete eller mastersuppsats. Boken vänder sig även till dig som är yngre forskare och vill utveckla ditt skrivande. Den kan användas både som praktisk kokbok och som uppslagsbok att återvända till under framtida forskningsaktiviteter.

Bokens första del består av kapitel om textens byggstenar, meningar, stycken, avsnitt samt vetenskaplig stil och hur dessa sammanfogas till en harmonisk, lättläst, vetenskaplig och tydlig helhet.

I nästa del guidar boken dig stegvis igenom hur de olika delarna i en vetenskaplig artikel/uppsats komponeras och vad de bör innehålla. Vi går även grundläggande igenom hur man kritiskt granskar forskning och genomför en opposition. Dessutom finns användarvänliga checklistor för vetenskapligt skrivande samt tips på hur man kan utveckla sitt författarskap ytterligare. Läsningen illustreras med förtydligande scheman och exempel från internationell vetenskaplig litteratur.

Postgraduate research has undergone unprecedented change in the past ten years, in response to major shifts in the role of the university and the disciplines in knowledge production, and the management of intellectual work.

Despite their and other stakeholders consistent demand for excellence, doctoral programs have rarely, if ever, been assessed in terms of the quality of the dissertations departments produce. Yet dissertations provide the most powerful, objective measure of the success of a department s doctoral program. Indeed, assessment, when done properly, can help departments achieve excellence by providing insight into a program s strengths and weaknesses.This book and the groundbreaking study on which it is based is about making explicit to doctoral students the tacit rules for the assessment of the final of all final educational products the dissertation. The purpose of defining performance expectations is to make them more transparent to graduate students while they are in the researching and writing phases, and thus to help them achieve to higher levels of accomplishment. Lovitts proposes the use of rubrics to clarify performance expectations not to rate dissertations or individual components of dissertations to provide a summary score, but to facilitate formative assessment to support, not substitute for, the advising process. She provides the results of a study in which over 270 faculty from ten major disciplines spanning the sciences, social sciences, and humanities were asked to make explicit their implicit standards or criteria for evaluating dissertations. The book concludes with a summary of the practical and research implications for different stakeholders: faculty, departments, universities, disciplinary associations, accrediting organizations, and doctoral students themselves.The methods described can easily be adapted for the formative assessment of capstone courses, senior and master s theses, comprehensive exams, papers, and journal articles.

This engaging book outlines effective strategies for supervising students on a wide variety of research projects, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It covers each stage of the research journey and provides guidance on working with students to define research topics, select appropriate methodologies, write up theses and prepare for the viva. It also supports supervisors in establishing and maintaining good supervisory practices, and shows how supervisors can help students to help themselves. This will be essential reading for supervisors of undergraduate or postgraduate research projects, dissertations and theses. It is also an ideal resource for student researchers looking to get the most out of their relationship with their supervisor.