ECTS
From January 2009, the PhD portfolio summary is obligatory in each Erasmus MC PhD thesis.
This implies that all Erasmus MC PhD students include a PhD portfolio summary as last page in their PhD thesis.
The PhD portfolio summary gives an overview of two types of activities:
1. PhD training
2. Teaching
PhD training includes all activities (e.g. courses, workshops, seminars, conferences) that support the development into an academic researcher. MDs in residency (opleiding tot medisch specialist)
are allowed to include activities from their medical training provided that they are relevant for their PhD research.
Teaching implies all activities that are carried out in the MD or other curricula. All PhD students have their individual PhD portfolio. Some activities may be applicable, others not. One ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) equals a study workload of approximately 28 hours.
Many courses and workshops award ECTS for succesful completion. In 2009, there is no requirement for a minimum amount of courses, hours or ECTS. The PhD committee Erasmus MC recommends an average of 30 ECTS PhD teaching and training during your PhD Period.
The PhD student, promotor(s) and supervisor have the shared responsibility for the type and amount of PhD training and teaching.
Download the PhD portfolio summary on www.coeur.nl.
Approval:
The PhD committee Erasmus MC monitors all PhD portfolio's. The PhD committee has the reight to verify the correctness of individual portfolio's. Please make sure that all training and teaching activities are adequately documented (e.g. by course certificates, papers, conference proceedings).
(see template registration ECTS)