Pedagogy for doctoral supervisors

Purpose

The aim of the course is to strengthen participants’ ability to create a teaching/learning process that promotes doctoral students’ growth into independent researchers.

Course content

Pedagogy for doctoral supervisors is a continuation of the obligatory introductory course in doctoral supervision and focuses on learning processes and supervisory pedagogy.

The course includes pedagogical theory and research on learning and their application in doctoral education. The course focuses on a supervisors responsibilities and interactions in a variety of learning situations, and discusses the meaning of progression and how the process of independence and intended learning outcomes can be achieved.

The course provides a deeper understanding of supervising the doctoral learning process at an individual and group level. Participants learn to identify learning situations, formulate intended learning outcomes, encourage meaningful learning and use questions and reflection in their supervision. They are also made familiar with different research environments in medical science in order to gain the perspective they need to be able to decide for themselves how doctoral education is related to the values and conditions that exist in the research environment.

Course themes:

• The good research supervisor
• Professionalism in the role of a supervisor
• Supporting the writing process through feedback
• Supervision in particular contexts

Intended learning outcomes

1. Be able to reflect on your own doctoral supervision in relation to literature and educational concepts.
2. Be able to present a development project in relation to your own supervision 

Teaching and learning activities 

Reading and writing assignments are required before each seminar. The seminars are interactive and involve various learning activities carried out individually as well as in groups. Work on a personal development project focusing on an aspect of one's own supervision is a central assignment throughout the course. Course participants are expected to participate in all seminars. Absences are compensated in agreement with the instructors.

Scope

The duration of the course corresponds to two weeks of full-time study, comprising one full day and four half days of scheduled teaching. In between the scheduled course days, participants are expected to work with course assignments and a personal development project focusing on an aspect of one's own supervision.  Participants need tobe able to dedicate the necessary time for these activities during the course. The project will be presented at the final seminar.

Eligibility and selection

The course is for active researchers and supervisors at KI (or one of its partner universities) who have taken the introductory course in doctoral supervision and the web course for supervisors.

If the number of eligible applicants exceeds the number of places available, a selection process will take place, in which priority will be given to active supervisors. Course places will be allocated in a way that creates a good group dynamic with respect to supervisory experience between clinical and preclinical participants and departmental affiliation.

Language

The course is taught through English