ORPHEUS

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

In 2010, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry registered its membership to ORPHEUS - Organization for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Related Sciences in the European System.

Aims of the organisation

• 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.
  
  

Documents published by ORPHEUS

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.

STANDARDS FOR PHD EDUCATION IN BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH RELATED SCIENCES IN EUROPE
Published 2012, and a result of extensive discussions at all ORPHEUS annual meetings since 2004