Promoties in de geneeskunde ; The Dutch PhD-factory:pivotal or research waste
This commentary discusses the increase of the number of finished PhD-theses in the Netherlands among young medical doctors. I discuss their motivation, engagement, the lack of mentoring and the mental health symptoms that are highly prevalent among Dutch PhD students in university medical centers. As a consequence, the abovementioned factors may have a detrimental impact on the validity and integrity of research results. Furthermore, I discuss how the current academic hierarchy is shaping academic careers and dictating publication practices. PhD students are pivotal in fulfilling academic drea... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Tijdink , J K 2020 , ' Promoties in de geneeskunde ' , Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde , vol. 164 , no. 41 , D5490 , pp. 1-3 . < https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/promoties-de-geneeskunde > |
Sprache: | Niederländisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26686671 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/4c9b295e-eaa4-4515-95f3-03f643bb0fc2 |
This commentary discusses the increase of the number of finished PhD-theses in the Netherlands among young medical doctors. I discuss their motivation, engagement, the lack of mentoring and the mental health symptoms that are highly prevalent among Dutch PhD students in university medical centers. As a consequence, the abovementioned factors may have a detrimental impact on the validity and integrity of research results. Furthermore, I discuss how the current academic hierarchy is shaping academic careers and dictating publication practices. PhD students are pivotal in fulfilling academic dreams of seniors by writing a considerable number of publications that help senior researchers increase their scientific output, advance their careers and help them to get tenured. I suggest that we should invest in sufficient, effective and responsible supervision and mentoring and should train our supervisors to become a responsible role model for their PhD students. For this we need different performance indicators, and more time and skills for seniors to invest in PhD students. As a result, supervisors will become more equipped and engaged in responsible supervision.