Aziz Sina, Khan Maria
Paediatric Unit II, PICU, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
Final Year Student, KMDC & Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2018 Jun;68(6):919-925.
There are only a few Doctors of Philosophy (PhDs) in Biomedical Sciences from Pakistan and there are a number of misconceptions in our country regarding them. This may be due to a lack of knowledge regarding the existence of available programmes or a lack of will or interest in acquiring such a degree. While several PhD programmes exist all over the world, such programmes are lacking in our region even though the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is trying to promote PhD through multiple means and resources. This review discusses the concepts of academicians and clinicians about a PhD, especially in Biomedical Sciences; importance of such a programme; whether Pakistan should have this programme; state of current PhD holders and companies that employ them in well-developed countries e.g. the United States of America. At the same time it also emphasises the need for supervisors to be interested in and promoting availability of PhD programmes, and recognising that there are very few qualified supervisors who have a research experience at an international level.
巴基斯坦仅有少数生物医学科学领域的哲学博士（PhD），而且在我国存在许多关于他们的误解。这可能是由于对现有项目的存在缺乏了解，或者缺乏获得该学位的意愿或兴趣。虽然世界各地都有多个博士项目，但我们所在地区却缺乏此类项目，尽管高等教育委员会（HEC）正试图通过多种手段和资源来推动博士项目。本综述讨论了院士和临床医生对博士学位的看法，特别是在生物医学科学领域；此类项目的重要性；巴基斯坦是否应该有这个项目；当前博士学位持有者的状况以及发达国家（如美利坚合众国）聘用他们的公司。同时，它还强调了导师需要对博士项目感兴趣并促进其普及，并且认识到具有国际研究经验的合格导师非常少。
