Vargas Nikoletta, Romanos Georgios E
Department of Dentistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA.
Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Dent J (Basel). 2022 Jun 2;10(6):98. doi: 10.3390/dj10060098.
There are different avenues for obtaining postgraduate doctoral/Ph.D. degrees in Germany and abroad. Depending on their interests and career plans, candidates can choose a postgraduate doctorate/Ph.D. that focuses on a career in academia or a doctorate that does not involve all elements of a Ph.D. and is obtained for the title's sake. Germany offers this type of diversity and flexibility, whereas the USA postgraduate doctorate model presents a more structured doctorate. The current article provides insight regarding various and more flexible pathways for obtaining a postgraduate doctorate by comparing the German and the American model. The diversity of academic degrees in dentistry and medicine, such as postgraduate doctoral degrees and the higher postdoctoral degrees available in Germany for graduates interested in academia, makes educational evaluation processes and credentials recognition challenging. The lack of transparency and a systematic approach for the academic acknowledgment of the different scientific values of each doctorate type is creating confusion, primarily when German postgraduate doctorate holders pursue academic careers internationally. The current article aims to enhance the knowledge about the different academic degrees and facilitate the educational evaluations, specialty applications, and employment processes. Understanding the additional scientific value of each doctorate type offered in Germany is imperative for their credential recognition internationally.
在德国及其他国家，获得研究生博士学位有不同的途径。根据自身兴趣和职业规划，候选人可以选择专注于学术生涯的研究生博士学位，或者选择一种并非包含博士学位所有要素、只是为了获得该头衔的博士学位。德国提供了这种多样性和灵活性，而美国的研究生博士模式则呈现出一种更为结构化的博士学位。本文通过比较德国和美国的模式，深入探讨了获得研究生博士学位的各种更为灵活的途径。牙医学和医学中学术学位的多样性，比如德国为有志于学术的毕业生提供的研究生博士学位和更高的博士后学位，使得教育评估过程和学历认证颇具挑战性。对于每种博士学位类型的不同科学价值，缺乏透明度和系统的学术认可方式正在造成混乱，尤其是当德国研究生博士学位持有者在国际上谋求学术职业时。本文旨在增进对不同学术学位的了解，并促进教育评估、专业申请和就业过程。了解德国提供 的每种博士学位类型的额外科学价值，对于其在国际上的学历认证至关重要。
