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Re: Te^.Tra.ng Ba(`ng Ca^'p (DDe^? co' 1 he^. tho^'ng ba(\ng




Hello folks,

	Chuye^.n ba(`ng ca^'p thi` phu+'c ta.p qua'. To^i 
cu~ng confuse ve^` y' kie^'n cu?a o^ng Hua^n hay Ha~n gi` 
ddo'. Ra^'t may la` anh Tua^'n (Japan) va` ca'c ba'c kha'c 
co' kinh nghie^.m la`m vie^.c hai he^. tho^'ng Ta^y va` 
DDo^ng clarify giu`m, chu+' kho^ng thi` ca`ng confuse ho+n. 
To^i xin to'm go.n nhu+~ng gi` to^i bie^'t va` kinh 
nghie^.m cho ca'c ba'c nghe: 

(a)	Ba(`ng bachelor thi` mie^~n ba`n nhie^`u. Be^n U'c 
tho+`i gian ho.c khoa?ng 3 na(m. Ho^`i to^iho.c be^n VN 
(>20 na(m ve^` tru+o+'c) thi` to+'i 4 na(m. Nhu+ng be^n U'c 
va` A(ng le^ co`n co' the^m vu. bachelor (honours), tu+'c 
la` ma^'y anh chi. na`y ho.c kha', the^m 1 na(m nu+~a (4 
na(m) va` pha?i vie^'t lua^.n va(n. Cha(?ng co' gi` dda(.c 
sa('c, nhu+ng coi nhu+ la` mo^.t bu+o+'c dda^`u trong 
research training.

(b)	Co`n master thi` o^i tho^i ddu? thu+'. Tho^ng 
thu+o+`ng thi` pha?i 1-2 na(m (tho+`i to^i hoc. >10 na(m 
ve^` tru+o+'c o+? U'c). Nhu+ng ba^y gio+` to^i tha^'y co' 
lo.ai master, nhu+ MBA cha(?ng ha.n, chi? ca^`n 9 tha'ng! 
co`n la.i pha^`n ddo^ng la` 1 na(m (full-time). Be^n VN 
mi`nh thi` sao ? 
	Co' hai loa.i master: mo^.t loa.i research thi` ca^`n 
vie^'t thesis, co`n mo^.t loa.i thi` course-work thi` chi? 
ca^`n vie^'t lua^.n va(n - essay hay la` "mini-thesis".
 
(c)	To^i kho^ng ra`nh ve^` su+. tu+o+ng ddu+o+ng giu+~a 
PhD be^n My~, U'c, A(ng Le^ (no'i chung la` Ta^y phu+o+ng 
cho tie^.n) va` Candidate Doctor of science be^n Nga. 
Nhu+ng ba'o chi' o+? dda^y (U'c) va` My~ va`i tha'ng 
tru+o+'c dda^y cho la` ca'i candidate ddo' ho+i tha^'p ho+n 
PhD be^n Ta^y phu+o+ng.

	Thu+.c ra, to^i co' la`m referee cho mo^.t lua^.n a'n 
PTS be^n VN va` tha^'y lua^.n a'n na`y cao ho+n Master be^n 
Ta^y phu+o+ng nhie^`u, nhu+ng ho+i tha^'p ho+n PhD mo^.t 
chu't. 

	PhD be^n na`y thu+o+`ng pha?i to^'i thie^?u 2 na(m 
tro+? le^n (full-time). Publication thi` chu+a ba('t buo^.c 
bao nhie^u. Nhu+ to^i co' no'i, to^i tha^'y va`i (i't 
tho^i) theses ma` cha(?ng co' paper na`o ma` chi? dde^? la` 
"in preparation", "submitted" or "in press". Tho^ng 
thu+o+`ng thi` 1-2 papers la` OK cho PhD ro^`i. Ca'i o^ng 
na`o ma` anh A'i Vie^.t no'i co' dde^'n 10 papers thi` qua? 
la` impressive, nhu+ng chuye^.n na`y hoa`n toa`n co' the^?.


(d)	Thu+.c ra be^n Ta^y phu+o+ng, ba(`ng ScD hay DSc la` 
cao ho+n PhD. O+? U'c va` A(ng Le^ hay Canada, DSc ddu+o+.c 
ca^'p theo kie^?u honour (mie^~n ba`n) va` theo kie^?u 
collection of papers, i.e. to'm go.n khoa?ng 5-10 papers 
tha`nh mo^.t thesis va` tru+o+`ng se~ xe't va` ca^'p cho. 
To^i co' colleague la`m chuye^.n na`y o+? dda^y. Ma^'y 
ngu+o+`i co' ba(`ng na`y cu~ng oai ra phe^'t! O+? My~ cu~ng 
co' ScD, nhu+ng hi`nh nhu+ chi? co' Havard mo+'i ca^'p 
tho^i. Ba'c na`o bie^'t the^m thi` no'i cho bie^'t vo+'i. 

	O+? My~ co`n co' Ed.D (tru+o+`ng Boston), tu+o+ng 
ddu+o+ng vo+'i PhD ve^` education; Dr Public Health 
(Havard), tu+o+ng ddu+o+ng vo+'i PhD ve^` epidemiology; vv 
va` vv Ro^`i ba^y gio+` nursing cu~ng co' PhD, nhu+ ba'c 
Die^~m Quy`nh no'i. Lo^.n xo^.n tha^.t! Ho. cu+' ba`y ra 
dde^? ro^`i ai cu~ng tha`nh Dr he^'t cho oai! :)


(e) 	Be^n y khoa thi` ho+i lo^.n xo^.n mo^.t chu't. 

	(i) Be^n U'c va` A(ng Le^: khi sinh vie^n ra 
tru+o+`ng sau 5-6 na(m ho.c + thu+.c ta^.p thi` ddu+o+.c 
ca^'p MB BS (bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery) - 
double degrees nhe . Sau ddo', ho.c the^m va` la`m research 
va`i na(m (3-4) thi` ddu+o+.c PhD (thie^n ve^` science) hay 
la` MD (thie^n ve^` medicine). In other words, MD va` PhD 
la` ba(`ng ca^'p loa.i post-graduate.

	(ii) O+? be^n My~, sau khi xong cu`ng tho+`i gian 
training thi` la.i ddu+o+.c MD (undergraduate degree). Tuy 
nhie^n be^n My~, sinh vie^n y khoa pha?i ho.c science ba 
bo^'n na(m gi` ddo' tru+o+'c khi ho.c medicine. Ne^n MD 
cu~ng co' the^? coi la` post-graduate degree.

	Nhu+ng la. la` khi co' MD ro^`i ho. ho.c/research 
va`i na(m thi` ddu+o+.c PhD, cu~ng la` post-graduate 
degree! Co' pha?i va^.y kho^ng ca'c ba'c o+? My~ ?


(f)	Co`n ba'c Anonymous no'i la` 

>O cho toi lam, tu assistant prof len associate prof can phai co' 6 bai (tat
>nhien la bai loai co+~), tu associate len full can 20 bai (khong chinh xac
>lam!).

	thi` to^i tha^'y ho+i la. . Muo^'n la`m assist prof 
thi` cu~ng ca^`n i't nha^'t 5-6 ba`i chu+'. Theo "lua^.t 
giang ho^`" (unspoken rule) thi` assoc prof pha?i co' tu+` 
15 ba`i tro+? le^n va` prof thi` 50 tro+? le^n. Be^n U'c 
thi` assoc prof pha?i >40 va` prof pha?i >70, thu+o+`ng 
thi` 100, nhu+ng cu~ng tu`y nga`nh. Ma^'y o^ng assoc prof 
thu+o+`ng kie^'m nhie^`u ho.c sinh va` postdoc (slaves thi` 
ddu'ng ho+n) vie^'t ba'o cho ma^'y o^?ng, chu+' thi` gio+` 
va` na(ng lu+.c dda^u ma` vie^'t to+'i 100?  :))

	Le^n dde^'n ha`ng prof thi` chuye^.n ba(`ng ca^'p 
kho^ng co`n quan tro.ng ma^'y nu+~a (theo to^i), ma` la` 
ca'i danh tie^'ng. Di~ nhie^n ngoa`i chuye^.n so^' lu+o+.ng 
va` cha^'t lu+o+.ng cu?a papers, ca^`n pha?i co' nhie^`u 
citations va referrals mo+'i ddu+o+.c tie^'ng chu+'. Ca'i 
na`y thi` pha?i tha`nh tha^.t ma` no'i la` prof VN mi`nh 
thie^'u. Ca^`n gi` pha?i la` prof hay assoc prof, va^'n 
dde^` quan tro.ng la` peers cu?a anh co' respect anh 
kho^ng? Co' ai mo+`i anh ddi lecture kho^ng? Co' ai mo+`i 
anh vie^'t book chapter hay review kho^ng? vv ddo' mo+'i 
la` quan tro.ng, co`n PhD, DSc, MSc, blah blah blah thi` 
irrelevant.

	Va`i ha`ng la`m ca'c ba'c confuse ho+n!!!! :)

	Tua^'n