Midway Evaluation PhD Department of Clinical Medicine

Ph.D. -course

Course description

Course content

Before the evaluation, candidates must submit a report on the project's status and progress on

  • Scientific acctivities and results
  • Publications
  • The training component
  • Plan for completion and estimated submission date
  • Any problems or other comments

The evaluation starts with a public presentation by the candidate. After the presentation, the candidate, supervisors and evalation committee withdraw for a discussion.

Additional information will be supplied by the department.

Learning outcomes

In science it is of vital importance that a candidate can present his and hers project in a convincing way. As the session has a structure as a scientific audit, the information provided by the evaluators will provide the candidate new knowledge related to:

1. The quality of the presentation.

2. How they should handle critics related to project.

3. The status of the project according to the project plan.

This will give the candidate more insight with his/her own project.

Credits (ECTS)

1
Course registration and deadlines
Sign up via StudentWeb (studentweb.uib.no) by no later than February 1/September 1.
Course overlap
A candidate can only have one midway evaluation in his/her training component. This is normally done at the institute where the candidate's principal supervisor is employed.
Who may participate

All PhD candidates admitted to the PhD programme at the Faculty of Medicine must have a midway evaluation. MEK1900 is the code for the midway evaluation for candidates affiliated with the Department of Clinical Medicine.