Dear all,
Apologies for an off topic. I am curious to know if someone wants to pursue a second PhD in order to switch into a closely related field from his/her first PhD, would that be considered as post PhD experience ? The person may want to get into such situation when he/she wants to get trained into that field as most of lab doesn't consider if that background is lacking. It is the matter of interest of the candidate to move into that closely related field. Please give your inputs and suggestions in this regard. Thank you in advance.
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Well, if it is a sufficiently closely related field, in which the background from the first PhD is at least somewhat useful, I would really try to negotiate for a Postdoc position in the second field, rather than a second PhD. Even if you stay within the same general field, a PostDoc is an opportunity to greatly expand your experience and to learn as many new techniques as possible, while gaining more focused insight into your field of interest.
Of course, this will give you more responsibility for your own training - less formal training, but you need to actively approach collaborators to explain to you how things are done in the new lab, and start acquiring new methods from literature and other sources.
Es divergente, por cuestiones que para uno es pos doctoral porque aplicas tu experiencia en la investigación, pero para la institucional no lo consideran así, en el conteo de pontaje lo consideran como actualización, y en algunos países como México, España existen el pos doctoral cursos de 1 año. Los pos doctorales son las investigaciones, aportes, trabajos que realizas, tus publicaciones en revistas de prestigio, responsabilidad social universitario, tus contactos a nivel internacional, ser parte de pares ( prácticamente es el rendimiento después de graduarse como doctor, es una responsabilidad).
Juan Carlos Apaza Paucara Dear Juan, Can you please translate it into English, i am unable to read your response. I am sorry, and I really appreciate your response.
Well, if it is a sufficiently closely related field, in which the background from the first PhD is at least somewhat useful, I would really try to negotiate for a Postdoc position in the second field, rather than a second PhD. Even if you stay within the same general field, a PostDoc is an opportunity to greatly expand your experience and to learn as many new techniques as possible, while gaining more focused insight into your field of interest.
Of course, this will give you more responsibility for your own training - less formal training, but you need to actively approach collaborators to explain to you how things are done in the new lab, and start acquiring new methods from literature and other sources.
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