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Research
Center
Groningen
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Graduate School of Medical Sciences
(GSMS)

2. GSMS PhD conference
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Welcome
Nationalities of Attendees
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Malaysian
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Norwegian
Polish
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Turkish
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4. GSMS PhD conference
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UMCG has a focus on talent

5. The promotor
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“only allowed to enter
my office with data”
“make an appointment
when you have no data”

6. GSMS PhD conference
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Program
› Valuable skills of PhDs
› Mechanics of Career planning
› Translating Science

7. GSMS PhD conference
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› 2 days for in depth information for you
› no experiments valuable time

8. GSMS PhD conference
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GSMS and what matters for you
› Goals
› Organisation
› Ongoing actions

9. GSMS
› Goals:
• concept of graduate schools
• optimal work and learning environment
• supervising the progress
• reducing the drop-out rate
• realising the aim of 180 PhD graduations
• reducing the length of time it takes to complete a PhD
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
(GSMS)

10. Graduate School of Medical Sciences
(GSMS)
challenge

11. GSMS
Graduate School as part of the research profile
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
(GSMS)

12. • The Groningen Graduate Schools are guided by a Dean of
Graduate Schools (Prof. Lou de Leij)
The Groningen Graduate Schools (GGS)
were founded in 2009

13. • Goal: high number of high quality PhD theses and
an excellent education in a variety of generic skills.
Groningen Graduate Schools (GGS): nine
faculty based Graduate Schools
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14. 5 institutes:
› BCN – Neuro; the human brain
› GUIDE – chronic diseases and drug innovation
› Kolff – Biomaterials
› CRCG – Cancer Research Center Groningen
› SHARE – Quality of Life; health research
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15. 1 Graduate School of Medical
Sciences (GSMS) Cancer
Research
Center
Groningen
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16. Oncology
Institute
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
(GSMS)
› Institutes are embedded in the
GSMS structure
› GSMS office provides services to
institutes and budget
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17. GSMS PhD conference
The GSMS Office
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Maaike Bansema, Gerda Bakker, Mathilde Pekelaer, Evelyn Kuiper
Riekje Banus, Desiree Jansen, Diane Koopmans, Janine Wieringa

18. GSMS PhD conference
The GSMS Office
Riekje Banus
- coordinator
- confidentiality person
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19. Data 2012!
PhD students total number 884
Thesis defences (UMCG part) 172
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(GSMS)
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20. GSMS
› Goals:
• realising an optimal work and learning environment for MSc
and PhD students
• supervising the progress of MSc and PhD students and
enabling them to achieve their goals
• reducing the drop-out rate
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
(GSMS)

21. › PhD education program
• General competences (19)
• Research specific techniques (33)
• Field specific & interdisciplinary subjects (20)
• Seminars, Symposia, Master classes
• External courses
• Research stay abroad
• Exchange programs international partners
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
(GSMS)
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22. Financial Support
› For (registered) PhD students GSMS:
GSMS courses free of charge
External courses 600/yr
Conferences 600/yr
Printing costs criteria
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(GSMS)

23. PhD student representatives
› Institute Education Committees
› GSMS Education Committee
› PhD council
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(GSMS)

24. Actions:
Guidance of PhD students
› Mentoring system for all PhD students
› Implementation of ‘Hora Finita’ database
• Monitoring of progress
• Monitoring supervisors
› Training supervisors
› UMCG PhD survey 2013
› UMCG PhD conference 2013
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(GSMS)
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25. GSMS
› Goals:
• reducing the length of time it takes to complete a PhD:
50% completed in the nominal period of 4 years, 75% within 5
years, 85% within 6 years
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(GSMS)

26. Points for improvement:
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27. GSMS PhD conference
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Numbers of PhD graduations and international
environment

28. Country/LA Partners
Argentina Universidad Nacional del Sur
Brazil Universidade de São Paulo
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul
Chile Universidad de Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Universidad Andrés Bello
Colombia Universidad de Antioquia
Universidad de Los Andes (to be developed)
Mexico Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Universidad de Las Américas Puebla
Preferred partners
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29. Country/China Partner
China Peking University
China Chinese Scholarship Council
China Tianjin Medical University
China Shantou Medical University Center
China Fudan University Shanghai
Preferred partners
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30. › Influx GSMS 33 countries
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31. Healthy Ageing
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32. Chronic disorder 1
Chronic disorder 2
Complication…
Age
Birth
Health
QoL
Wellbeing
etc.
Well-being perspective
Preconception
“Obstetrics””
CHC
Intervention
Ageing is on-going process
“Ageing starts at fertilization”
Healthy Ageing
Prevention

33. Healthy Ageing
Campus Netherlands
Knowledge Valorization
Mei / Juni 2013
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36. Nationalities of Attendees
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5 Albanian
American
Argentinan
Belgian
Bosnian
Canadian
Chinese
Colombian
Danish
Dutch
Ethiopian
German
Greek
Indian
Indonesian
Iranian
Japanese
Lithuanian
Malaysian
Mexican
Norwegian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Turkish
Ukrainian
No nationality listed