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¿Existe la misma exigencia en la obtención del doctorado (PhD) en todos los departamentos de cirugía de las universidades españolas?

Authors :
Salvador Navarro-Soto
Alvaro Serra-Gomez
Manel Armengol Carrasco
Joan Morote Robles
Xavier Serra-Aracil
Eloy Espin Basany
Natalia Amat-Lefort
Source :
Cirugía Española. 100:496-503
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2022.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION The doctorate is the third cycle of official university studies, which, through the defense of the doctoral thesis leads to the acquisition of the title of doctor or PhD from the Anglo-Saxon countries. Royal Decree law 99/2011 regulates doctoral programs, with a wide margin on quality requirements. The objective of this study is to find out if there is this variation in the requirements of the doctorate programs of the different departments of surgery of the Spanish public universities and to establish a quality scale. METHODS Cross-sectional observational study from 2/22/2021 to 3/3/2021, through a survey sent electronically to the professors of the departments of surgery. RESULTS Thirty-five departments of surgery were consulted, obtaining a response in 29 of them (82.9%). The observed variation regarding requirements has been basically in the quality of the research project, in fact in 25 (86.2%) there are no regulations on this. When it is presented in the form of a compendium of articles, these are required to be original in 15 (51.7%). Regarding the position as author, the doctoral student must be the preferred author, at least in 2 articles in 14 (48.4%) of the programs. In 14 departments (48.4%) there are no regulations on the position of the articles and quartiles of journals. When scoring the different programs according to their requirements, the variability is high, ranging between 2 and 19 points. Funding for the development of the doctorate is meager. CONCLUSIONS There is a wide variability in the requirement of doctoral programs. Homogeneous levels of demand must be defined to promote and protect higher-level doctorates.

Details

ISSN :
0009739X
Volume :
100
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Cirugía Española
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........605f7c27699db9955478cbfb240e3066
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ciresp.2021.04.006