The Erasmus MC has 5 graduate schools that offer courses for PhD candidates.
- Erasmus Postgraduate school Molecular Medicine (MolMed)
- Cardiovascular Research School Erasmus University Rotterdam Graduate School (COEUR)
- Neurosciences Amsterdam Rotterdam (ONWAR)
- Medical Genetics Centre South-West Netherlands (MGC)
- Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES)
MolMed has a wide variety of courses which are open to all PhD candidates.
Link: https://www.molmed.nl/
COEUR, ONWAR, and MGC provide some courses mostly focused on the specializations from their graduate school.
COEUR: https://www6.erasmusmc.nl/coeur/education/911627/
ONWAR: https://www.onwar.nl/pages/courses/listofcourses.htm
MGC: http://www.medgencentre.com/MGC-courses/
NIHES provides a wide variety of courses, though not all are available for PhD candidates.
Link: https://www.nihes.com/education/courses/
Course codes that start with “SC” are only available for research master students
The Medical Library also provides some courses:
Systematic literature search (Pubmed, Embase).
Putting together and keeping up publication lists.
Working with Endnote.
Link: https://www.erasmusmc.nl/nl-nl/onderwijs/medische-bibliotheek
Scientific Integrity course (obligatory for PhD-students)
Link: https://www.erasmusmc.nl/en/education/education-opportunities/wetenschappelijke-integriteit-cursus
eBROK (obligatory for PhD-students doing studies subjected to the WMO*)
Link: https://nfu-ebrok.nl/?lang=en (ENG)
https://nfu-ebrok.nl/?lang=nl (NL)
* Wet medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek met mensen / Law for medical-scientific research with humans
Courses in Biomedical English Writing & Communication (highly recommended but not obligatory)
Both NIHES and MolMed offer a course in Biomedical English Writing & Communication. Although the NIHES course is more extensive, it has a long waiting list. A good alternative is the MolMed course. It is recommended to follow one of these courses during your PhD.