Study plan

REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE DOCTORAL EXAM:
Answering questions from the areas of teaching methodology (high-fidelity, low-fidelity simulation, virtual patients, Team-Based Leaning - TBL, Problem-Based Learning - PBL), evaluation, technology. Detailed knowledge of parts of the field according to the topic of the dissertation.
One of the conditions for permitting the doctoral student to defend the dissertation is at least one first-author publication in a journal with an IF value above the median of the field or two first-author publications in a journal with an IF value in the 3rd quartile of the dissertation field (Q3). The WoS category corresponds with the dissertation topic.
Another condition for applying for State Doctoral Exam is fulfilling all obligations set by the Doctoral Board. In case they are required by the decision of the Doctoral Board, the student must submit the main arguments of the dissertation at the latest together with the application. The State Doctoral Exam takes place within a year since the submission of the application. A discussion of the main arguments of the dissertation is usually a part of the State Doctoral Exam unless the Doctoral Board makes a different decision.
The state doctoral examination and the defense of the doctoral thesis are carried out according to the MU SZŘ, Articles 31, 32 and 33.
FORMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DISSERTATION:
Doctoral studies are completed by writing the dissertation thesis and its defense. The following study and research duties must be fulfilled before defense of the dissertation.
The preparation of the dissertation includes especially participation in educational events, literature studies, preparation of an own project, work on an own project, data collection, sample processing, lecture presentation and clinical practice.
Partial results of the dissertation are presented in clinical seminars.
The standards of dissertation theses at LF MU are regulated by the Dean's Directive No. 5/2021 "Guidelines on the formal requirements of dissertation theses prepared at the MU Faculty of Medicine"

The basis of the doctoral studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the MU is the procedural pursuit of preparation of the doctoral thesis in close and regular interaction with the tutor and supplemented by the faculty-wide applicable terms for completing the postgraduate studies.
Before the defence of the doctoral thesis is performed, the following conditions need to be met:
- fulfil the requirements of the given individual study plan
- complete at least 4 courses of a common basis
- complete at least 4 subject-area courses (within the competence of the doctoral board)
- meet the publication activity requirements at least in the specified range (see below)
- undergo an internship abroad (with the duration of at least one month)
- present original data at an international conference
- submit the doctoral thesis
- pass the final state doctoral examination
- acquire the total amount of 240 credits over the course of studies (in case the MU study and examination regulations change, the credit system may be bypassed at the discretion of the doctoral board).
The participation in teaching can then only reach the maximum of 150 hours/4 years
The common courses encompass the stated fields of scientific knowledge and capabilities. They can be completed as a part of the organised courses at the MU (with cooperation with CEITEC, Faculty of Science, etc.).
Every doctoral student enrolled at LF MU after 1 September 2023 is required to take an online course FR_p2023 FRESHERS: Skills for Research Careers.
Completion of the course DSEBRa Ethics of Biomedical Research is highly recommended for all Ph.D. candidates of the Faculty of Medicine.
THE FIELDS OF STUDY COURSES OF A COMMON BASIS:
1. Scientific Information, medicine based on evidence
2. Ethical and legal aspects of research
3. Organisation of research projects and clinical trials
4. Data analysis (e.g. the Analysis of Clinical Data courses)
5. Publication, presentation and grant-related skills
6. Computer Network User
CURRICULUM-SPECIFIC COURSES:
- Debriefing in simulation medicine I
- Debriefing in simulation medicine II
- Possibilities of using virtual patients for undergraduate teaching
- Introduction to the creation of virtual patients for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- The creation and use of OSCE (objective structured clinical examination)
- Introduction to TBL
- Low-fidelity simulation in teaching
- High-fidelity simulation in teaching
- Lecturer of a postgraduate simulation course