ORPHEUS

Giuseppe Cades: Orpheus Charming the Animals, 1780, Pen, ink, wash; 14.5 x 38 cm, Gallery: Louvre, Paris.

The Faculty of Medicine and Densitry was in 2010 a member of ORPHEUS - Organization for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Related Sciences in the European System.

The aims of ORPHEUS are:

• To give active support and guidance to members of ORPHEUS in enhancing their contributions to medicine and society in general.
• To provide information to members of ORPHEUS and all PhD candidates all over Europe.
• To represent higher education and research in biomedicine and health sciences and to influence policy making at national, European and international level.
• To encourage cooperation among members of the Association and the development of effective bilateral and multilateral networks.
• To promote cooperation in research and development of joint PhD programmes.
• To promote harmonisation of PhD programmes in biomedicine and health sciences
• To encourage mobility of PhD candidates and academic staff through all regions of Europe.
• To stimulate quality assurance of PhD research and education, and in particular to develop an accreditation process of PhD programmes in biomedicine and health sciences.
• To cooperate with other associations with similar goals.

The following documents are published, through five European conferences:

ORPHEUS - DECLARATION OF EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON HARMONISATION OF PhD PROGRAMMES IN BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES («ORPHEUS - ZAGREB DECLARATION») ; recommendations of the (First) European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes in Biomedicine and Health Sciences, held at University of Zagreb – Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia, April 24 - 25, 2004.

ORPHEUS - GUIDELINES FOR ORGANISATION OF PhD PROGRAMMES IN BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES ; recommendations of the Second European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes In Biomedicine And Health Sciences, held at University of Zagreb – Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia, April 22 - 24, 2005

ORPHEUS - HELSINKI CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON PhD TRAINING IN CLINICAL RESEARCH («ORPHEUS - Helsinki Consesus Statement») ; recommendations of “ORPHEUS 2007” the Third European Conference on Harmonisation of PhD Programmes In BioORPHEUS 2009 position paper: Towards Standards for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciencesmedicine And Health Sciences, held at University of Helsinki– Medical Faculty, Helsinki, Finland, September 6-7, 2007

ORPHEUS 2009 POSITION PAPER: TOWARDS STANDARDS FOR PhD EDUCATOIN IN BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES; recommendations of the Fourth Conference on Biomedical and Health Science Doctoral Training in Europe, held in Aarhus, Denmark, April 23-25, 2009.

ORPHEUS VIENNA CONSENSUS ON COLLABORATION AND NETWORKING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EUROPEAN BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCE PhD EDUCATION BY COOPERATIVE NETWORKING; consensus document of the Fifth ORPHEUS 2010 Conference, Vienna Medical University, Austria, April 8-10, 2010.