Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3990-26-00-02	There are 28 available seats
	Enrollment deadline: 08/07/2026

Date and time	08.09.2026, at: 09:00 - 22.10.2026, at: 16:00
Regular seats	28
Lecturers	Nils Billestrup

Contact person	Mia Dabelsteen E-mail address: mia.dabelsteen@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices is designed specifically for principal PhD supervisors at SUND and affiliated hospitals and research institutions. Objectives The aim of the course is that the participants will: • Understand the complexities involved in PhD supervision • Acquire process-related knowledge about PhD supervision • Be able to transfer knowledge of the course to their own supervisory practices • Be in a position to reflect on their own supervising practices in the future Content The course will address themes such as: • Establishing a PhD position and integration of newcomers • Roles and relationships • Diversity • Feedback and supporting autonomy • Active listening • Aligning expectations • Early warning signs • Motivation and self-efficacy • Stress and burnout among PhD students • Collaboration among PhD supervisors and co-authorships • Careers Structure The course is structured as pre-course activities, three full course days (9-16) and an interim period with individual and group assignments. The workload is estimated to be around 30 hours. Format The course consists of presentations by the course teachers, group work and assignments. We expect you to participate in peer feedback on actual supervision in the interim period, to engage actively in the activities during the course days and to document your competence development. Tools to identify your goals and assess your competences will support this. Target groups and rules for completion • As of 1 January 2021 all new principal PhD supervisors at SUND are required to complete PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices (including PhD supervision: rules and regulations) within the first year of supervising a PhD student. • As of 1 January 2021 all principal PhD supervisors at SUND, who have not enrolled and supervised any PhD students for the past five years as principal supervisors, are required to complete PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices (including PhD supervision: rules and regulations) within the first year of supervising a PhD student. Further, all other PhD supervisors at SUND are welcome to take PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices – and it is also open to assistant professors and others employed elsewhere at an equivalent academic level – if seats are available. Programme The specific course programme will be sent to the participants upon enrolment for each course. Time and dates 8 and 9 September, interim period with individual and group assignments + 22 October 2026 All days 9:00-16:00 Venue TBA. Requirements In order to pass the course you need to be actively involved, be present at least 80% of the time and have passed PhD supervision: rules and regulations (online) before course start (Available online from 1 September 2020). Registration Please register no later than 8 July 2026 Please note, that if you are asked to log-in, then log-in using your UCPH-ID in the top-right corner (Login for PhD students at UCPH). Then find the course.

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