Smolenice (Slovakia), 12–13 September 2011
With the Slovakian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Programme:
First day:
13.00-13:30 Registration
13:30 -13:50 Introduction to the Workshop
13:50- 14.20 Biochemistry Education in Slovakia — K Mikusova
14.20-14.30 Discussion
Workshop on Post-Graduate Education
14.30–14.40 Introduction.
14.40–15.10 “Quality in Post-Graduate Education”
15.10–15.30 Short coffee break and dividing into groups
15.30 -16.30 Small Group Discussions on 1. Student abilities and supervisor’s skills, 2. Role of the supervisory committee, 3. PhD curriculum, 4. Experimental research-based thesis. 5. Assessment of thesis
16.30–17.15 Presentations of small groups to the whole group
17.15- 18.00 “What abilities are needed by the student and what skills are needed by the supervisor”
18.00–18.30 General Discussion on Post-Graduate Education and Close
Second day:
Workshop on Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
08:45- 09:00 Introduction
09:00-10.30 Talks on Manchester and Izmir PBL experiences
10.30-10:45 Coffee and Dividing into Groups
10:45-11.45 First PBL session
11.45-12.45 Second PBL session
12.45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Designing the curriculum/Facilitation
14.30-15:00 General discussion on PBL
15.00-17.15 What is Quality in Education (Interactive Session with coffee)
