Introduction to doctoral education at KI – Expectations, support and opportunities
All students admitted to doctoral/third cycle education at Karolinska Institutet (KI) have to participate in a general and compulsory introduction to doctoral education within the first year.
The compulsory introduction is intended for all newly admitted doctoral students. During the introduction, the process, the organisation, culture, and support for doctoral education at Karolinska Institutet will be presented and discussed, as well as the rights and obligations of a doctoral student.
Please note that the introduction course has a new syllabus (course number 5511) valid from the autumn semester of 2021 with extended content and that will be credit-bearing (1 hp).
Learning outcome
- Be fully familiar with the rules for doctoral education at KI
- Understand how doctoral education is organized at KI
- Know where to obtain more information on doctoral education at KI
- Know how to document and handle their research data in a correct way
- Know the basics about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) principles, and rights related to the processing and movement of personal data
- Know how to use sources in a clear, correct and effective manner
- Know how to avoid plagiarism and understand how unintentional plagiarism may occur
- Be able to identify why sustainable development goals (SDGs) are important and relevant
- Describe how KI impacts and can contribute to the SDGs
- Be able to give examples of some targets and indicators for selected SDGs
- Describe core pedagogical concepts of teaching and learning in higher education
- Recognize general aspects of how to facilitate student learning in different teaching contexts
Compulsory web modules
The introduction course consists of six different web modules in Canvas and a half day seminar via Zoom. Please reserve approximately 3 days for finishing the web tasks and half day for the Zoom-seminar.
The online quizzes must be completed and passed before attendance of the scheduled presentations and discussions. In order to pass the course, all Canvas modules have to be completed and the doctoral student needs to have attended the scheduled half-day seminar within the first year after having been admitted to doctoral education.
Once all the modules and zoom-occasion are completed, the course administrator will be able to see that in Canvas and register the course credits in Ladok.
How to register to the course?
Please note that the registration is binding. If you cannot attend to the course on registered day, you must notify the course administrator nora.espahbodi@ki.se to cancel your registration. Last day for registration is one week before the course day.
Course days Autumn 2023
- 2023-09-13 at 9:00-12:30 via Zoom; Link to the registration will be available in the middle of August 2023
- 2023-10-25 at 9:00-12:30 via Zoom; Link to the registration will be available in the middle of August 2023
- 2023-12-06 at 9:00-12:30 via Zoom; Link to the registration will be available in the middle of August 2023
Completing the introduction course (passing the web-courses and full participation in the half-day seminar via Zoom) will be registered in the study administrative system LADOK.
Schedule
Tülay Lindberg, course leader
Robert Harris, Academic vice president of Doctoral Education
- Doctoral Students’ Association (DSA) (10 min)
- Doctoral Student Ombudspersons (10 min)
- KI Career service (10 min)
- Quiz arranged by DSA (15 min)
- KI Health Promotion (10 min)
- KI University Library (KIB) (15 min)
- Data Management (15 min)
- A clinical PhD student (10 min)
- A pre-clinical PhD student (10 min)
Contact
For more information and late registration, please contact:
Course administrator: Nora Espahbodi
Course leader: Tülay Lindberg