The PhD in Medicine (PhDMED) is targeted at doctors (both residents and specialists). Its goal is to provide research skills in medicine and health sciences for the development of independent biomedical and clinical research within academic, industrial and/or
healthcare institutions based environments.
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Key learning outcomes |
| | Holders of the doctoral degree in health sciences should be able to: |
| | 1. | To design and carry out scientific research, at the
doctoral level, respecting the requirements imposed by the standards
of academic quality and integrity; |
| | 2. | Critically analyze, evaluate and synthesize new and
complex ideas; |
| | 3. | Integrate research teams and to develop teamwork
skills; |
| | 4. | Communicate with peers, the academic and scientific
community and the society, about subjects in which they are
specialized, demonstrating deep and critical knowledge about them; |
| | 5. | Publish research results in international
peer-reviewed journals; |
| | 6. | Present the results of the research in congresses
and scientific meetings of the specialty; |
| | 7. | Contribute to the preparation of new projects
arising from their research and / or their scientific competences; |
| | 8. | Promote, in an academic and / or professional
context, technological, social and cultural progress. |
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Access to higher education |
| | The conclusion of this Doctoral degree allows the realization of research activity at post-doctoral level. |
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Careers |
| | - | Academia. |
| | - | Industry: in the areas of health care, biotechnology and pharmaceutical. |
| | - | Health care units. |
