scholarly journals The path ahead for MD/PhD programs in Canada Commentary on Jones et al.

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Norman D Rosenblum

The paper by Jones and colleagues, published in this edition of Clinical Investigative Medicine, contributes to our understanding of Canadian MD/PhD Programs. While there has been little published on this subject by the Canadian programs, themselves, this paper is the most recent in a series by leaders of the Clinical Investigator Trainee Association of Canada (CITAC). The authors are to be commended for their efforts and productivity.

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Roland-Lévy

Abstract: The aim of doctoral programs in psychology is to help students become competent psychologists, capable of conducting research and of finding suitable employment. Starting with a brief description of the basic organization of the French university system, this paper presents an overview of how the psychology doctoral training is organized in France. Since October 2000, the requisites and the training of PhD students are the same in all French universities, but what now differs is the openness to other disciplines according to the size and location of the university. Three main groups of doctoral programs are distinguished in this paper. The first group refers to small universities in which the Doctoral Schools are constructed around multidisciplinary seminars that combine various themes, sometimes rather distant from psychology. The second group covers larger universities, with a PhD program that includes psychology as well as other social sciences. The third group contains a few major universities that have doctoral programs that are clearly centered on psychology (clinical, social, and/or cognitive psychology). These descriptions are followed by comments on how PhD programs are presently structured and organized. In the third section, I suggest some concrete ways of improving this doctoral training in order to give French psychologists a more European dimension.


1985 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 854-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Nichols
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2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Donato ◽  
Thomas R. Gibson

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-114
Author(s):  
Martin Milkman ◽  
Riza Marjadi

This article presents an analysis of the mathematics course requirements and recommendations for prospective students seeking entry into economics PhD programs in the United States. We find that applicants must complete seven mathematics courses to safely assume that they have enough math credits for admission to most programs. Using National Research Council (NRC) rankings of economics departments according to the level of research activity, we find no strong evidence that the mathematics courses required and recommended are dependent upon the level of academic research conducted by the faculty in the respective PhD programs. JEL Classifications: A22, A23


2014 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 55-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina Hale ◽  
Tali Regev
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Author(s):  
Philip Enros

An effort to establish programs of study in the history of science took place at the University of Toronto in the 1960s. Initial discussions began in 1963. Four years later, the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology was created. By the end of 1969 the Institute was enrolling students in new MA and PhD programs. This activity involved the interaction of the newly emerging discipline of the history of science, the practices of the University, and the perspectives of Toronto’s faculty. The story of its origins adds to our understanding of how the discipline of the history of science was institutionalized in the 1960s, as well as how new programs were formed at that time at the University of Toronto.


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