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| Title |
Improving completion rates of students in biomedical PhD programs: an interventional study
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12909-017-0985-1 |
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| Authors |
Marin Viđak, Ružica Tokalić, Matko Marušić, Livia Puljak, Damir Sapunar |
| Abstract |
Analysis of graduation success at the University of Split School of Medicine PhD programs conducted in 2011 revealed that only 11% of students who enrolled and completed their graduate coursework between 1999 and 2011 earned a doctoral degree. In this prospective cohort study we evaluated and compared three PhD programs within the same medical school, where the newest program, called Translational Research in Biomedicine (TRIBE), established in the academic year 2010/11, aimed to increase the graduation rate through an innovative approach. The intervention in the new program was related to three domains: redefined recruitment strategy, strict study regulations, and changes to the curriculum. We compared performance of PhD students between the new and existing programs and analyzed their current status, time to obtain a degree (from enrolment to doctorate), age at doctorate, number of publications on which the thesis was based and the impact factor of journals in which these were published. These improvement strategies were associated with higher thesis completion rate and reduced time to degree for students enrolled in the TRIBE program. There was no change in the impact factor or number of publications that were the basis for the doctoral theses. Our study describes good practices which proved useful in the design or reform of the PhD training program. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 1 | 25% |
| Colombia | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 59 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 59 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 14% |
| Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
| Researcher | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 15% |
| Unknown | 17 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 9 | 15% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 19% |
| Unknown | 18 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 February 2021.
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#12,858,916
of 22,999,744 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Education
#1,479
of 3,363 outputs
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#145,652
of 316,647 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#25
of 67 outputs
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