As a part of their teaching responsibilities, PhD-students sometimes act as co-supervisors for undergraduate students’ bachelor projects, written assignments, master thesis, or research year assignments. In doing so, the PhD-students play an important role as a near-peer-supervisor guiding the students in their learning. This course aims to prepare PhD-students for their role as co-supervisors on undergraduate students’ assignments and/or learning processes. The course is relevant for all PhD students who wish to improve the quality of their supervision of undergraduate students.
By the end of the course, the participants can:
Before the first day of the course, participants read 1-2 articles and prepare a few online learning activities about their current experiences with the supervision of undergraduate students.
Between the two course days, participants conduct an interview with a student and write a short paper about supervision. In addition, participants read 2-4 articles.
The main themes of the two course days are:
This course is relevant for all PhD students who wish to improve their quality of supervision. It is not crucial that the student has regular supervision with undergraduate students. However, participants will probably benefit the most if they already supervise or have supervision experience.
Participation in the course is without cost for:
Criteria for participation: University degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or Master’s degree in other fields and/or postgraduate research fellows (PhD students and research-year medical students).
Requirements for participation: The course is designed for participants who undertake co-supervision of undergraduate students. It is recommended that the PhD students attending this course are co-supervising undergraduate students during the course period.
For the full course description, dates and registration please see the Course Calendar of the Graduate School of Health.