IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v19y2022i20p13361-d943947.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

What Is the Value of a Global Health Research School for PhD Students?

Author

Listed:
  • Elisabeth Darj

    (Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology—NTNU, 7034 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Irene Bisasso Hoem

    (Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology—NTNU, 7034 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Elin Yli Dvergsdal

    (MH Administration, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology—NTNU, 7034 Trondheim, Norway)

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate previous PhD students’ views on the Norwegian Research School of Global Health and its activities. Of the research schools for PhD students, few focus on global health and even fewer have evaluated the students’ perspectives of the schools. In this study, a questionnaire including quantitative and qualitative questions were sent to alumni PhD students. Demographic status was investigated, along with the alumni’s views on activities offered at the research school, suggestions for improvement, views on his or her social life as a student and as a member of the school. A total of 60 alumni were contacted by email and invited to participate in an anonymous online survey. The response rate was 65%; 90% were in employment and a few were seeking employment. All research school activities were evaluated as useful. Content analysis of qualitative questions generated three categories of the alumni’s reflections on their involvement in the research school: valued activities, challenges, and future. The alumni expressed a wish for continued contact with the school. The findings indicated that a research school for PhD students with similar interests should be continued; although modifications should be considered, based on the specific challenges revealed in the evaluation.

Suggested Citation

  • Elisabeth Darj & Irene Bisasso Hoem & Elin Yli Dvergsdal, 2022. "What Is the Value of a Global Health Research School for PhD Students?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-10, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:20:p:13361-:d:943947
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/20/13361/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/20/13361/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    alumni; PhD; education; global health;
    All these keywords.

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:20:p:13361-:d:943947. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.