Analysis of the activities of dissertation boards at the Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, EMERCOM of Russia, in 1998-2009
Dissertation boards at the Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, EMERCOM of Russia, have reviewed 132 dissertations in 1998-2009; doctor dissertations comprised 19,7 %. In 1999-2009, (12 ± 1) dissertations were reviewed annually, including (2.0 ± 0.5) doctor dissertations and (9 ± 1) candidate dissertations. On the specialty 05.26.02 «Safety in emergency situations» 81 dissertations were reviewed, including 47 medical, 3 biological, and 28 psychological ones. On the specialty 14.03.10 «Clinical laboratory diagnostics» 51 dissertations were reviewed, including 12 medical, and 39 biological ones. Unreduced number of accidents and disasters necessitates optimization of research studies on safety in emergency situations, extension medical biological and psychological research trends in the passport of the 05.26.02 specialty, restructing dissertation boards that accept for consideration dissertations on the specialty 05.26.02 «Safety in emergency situations», and stimulating interest to field research conduct in candidates for degrees.