MID-TERM EVALUATION
The doctoral student, in consultation with the thesis supervisor(-s), shall develop the individual research plan and submit thereof to the Doctoral School Director within 12 months following the commencement of education.
The implementation of the individual research plan prepared by the doctoral student shall be subject to mid-term evaluation, in a halfway through the education period resulting from the curriculum.
In particular, the evaluation shall comprise the timeliness and quality of the tasks stemming from the schedule for preparing the doctoral dissertation.
The mid-term evaluation shall be carried out by the board for the mid-term evaluation of doctoral students, hereinafter: “Board”, composed of 3 persons, including: the Director or deputy director acting as the Chairperson of the Board; one person holding the title of professor or the post-doctoral degree in the discipline in which the doctoral dissertation is being prepared, employed outside the entity running the Doctoral School; one person for whom the University is the first place of employment, holding the title of professor or the post-doctoral degree in the discipline in which the doctoral dissertation is being prepared.
Neither the thesis supervisor nor the auxiliary thesis supervisor may be members of the Board.
The mid-term evaluation shall be held in two stages, on the dates specified in the announcement of the Doctoral School Director:
1) stage I shall comprise the doctoral student’s presentation of a written summary of the work and achievements to date – submission of the interim evaluation report;
2) stage II shall comprise a practical evaluation in the form of the doctoral student’s summary of accomplishments on the progress of work on the preparation of the doctoral dissertation and a discussion during which the doctoral student shall be asked certain questions.
The mid-term evaluation shall with either a positive or negative result. The result of the evaluation along with the justification thereof shall be open.
Should the doctoral student score a negative result in the mid-term evaluation, they shall be removed from the list of doctoral students.
2023
Below we present the procedure for conducting the mid-term evaluation for participants of the doctoral school of the Poznan University of. Medical Sciences in 2023.
Announcement No. 3/2023[attachment 1] Director of the Doctoral School of the Poznan University of Medical Sciences of the 16th of February 2023 on the determination of the procedure for conducting the mid-term evaluation and the templates of the forms used in the conduct of the mid-term evaluation procedure.
PROCEDURE FOR INTERIM EVALUATIONS[attachment 2]
PH.D. STUDENT’S REPORT[attachment 3]
Announcement No. 4/2023[attachment 4] Director of the Doctoral School of the Poznan University of Medical Sciences of the 16th of February 2023 on setting a date for the second stage of the mid-term evaluation in 2023
Dates for the second stage of the mid-term evaluation:
April 3, 2023 / April 4, 2023 – PhD students who started their education on April 1, 2021
The PhD student must prepare and submit a report on implementing an individual research plan to the Office of the Doctoral School by March 7, 2023.
RESULTS OF THE MID-TERM EVALUATION[attachment 5]
September 25, 2023 / September 26, 2023 / September 27, 2023 / September 28, 2023 – PhD students who started their education on October 1, 2021
The PhD student must prepare and submit a report on implementing an individual research plan to the Office of the Doctoral School by July 31, 2023.