Doctorate: Finding your Way as a Healthcare Professional in Research,
Edition 1Editors: By Janet Deane, PhD, MSc, BSc, MCSP
Publication Date:
20 Jan 2025
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Description
Are you thinking about embarking on postgraduate qualifications? Are you unsure how to juggle the challenges of a doctorate alongside your clinical workload and personal responsibilities? Then this new book from academic and health professional Dr Janet Deane is for you.Written from personal experience, Doctorate: Finding your Way as a Healthcare Professional in Research will help you navigate the entire process of your PhD journey, from choosing your research topic to undertaking the course and assessment, obtaining funding, managing your time, and optimising your health and wellbeing. The book is packed full of tips and advice from other health professionals who have successfully completed their doctorates.
This book will be especially useful for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who are considering doctoral research with a view to becoming future research leaders in their field.
Key Features
- The only title on the market written from the perspective of healthcare professionals rather than those already embedded in academia – provides real-life insights and advice
- Written in a personal, conversational style – easy to read for busy healthcare professionals
- Encourages self-reflection – how your values and background can inform your future research career
- Tips for grant and fellowship applications, and how to persist beyond failure
- Advice on time management, supervision and mentorship, work-life balance and how to meet your goals
- Support for maintaining your physical and mental health from those who have been through it too
- Interviews with a diverse range of UK nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who are either currently on or have successfully navigated the journey
About the author
By Janet Deane, PhD, MSc, BSc, MCSP, Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy, School of Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
SECTION 1 Finding Your Way in Doctoral Research
1. A Personal Journey
2. The Doctoral Process
3. Funding Your Way
4. Project Management
5. Supervision and Mentorship
6. Personal Development and Career Planning
7. Health and Well-Being
8. The Doctoral Parent and Caregiver
9. Academic Writing
10. Thesis Writing
11. Viva Voce
12. Celebrating Success
13. Paying It Forward
SECTION 2 Interviews With Experienced Healthcare Professionals Involved in Research
14. Overview of Interviews With Experienced Healthcare Professionals in Research
15. Undertaking a Professional Doctorate
16. Applying for Doctoral Funding and Learning From Experience
17. The Reality of Doctoral Project Management
18. Reflections From an Experienced Doctoral Supervisor and Mentor
19. Doctoral Development and Career Planning
20. Health and Well-Being From the Perspective of a Doctoral Student
21. Experience of Being a Doctoral Parent
22. Writing Your Way
23. Writing a Doctoral Thesis From the Perspective of an Experienced Examiner
24. The Viva Voce Is Your Time to Shine
25. Celebrate Your Impact and Success
26. Share Your Privilege
SECTION 3 Conclusions
SECTION 4 Resources
1. A Personal Journey
2. The Doctoral Process
3. Funding Your Way
4. Project Management
5. Supervision and Mentorship
6. Personal Development and Career Planning
7. Health and Well-Being
8. The Doctoral Parent and Caregiver
9. Academic Writing
10. Thesis Writing
11. Viva Voce
12. Celebrating Success
13. Paying It Forward
SECTION 2 Interviews With Experienced Healthcare Professionals Involved in Research
14. Overview of Interviews With Experienced Healthcare Professionals in Research
15. Undertaking a Professional Doctorate
16. Applying for Doctoral Funding and Learning From Experience
17. The Reality of Doctoral Project Management
18. Reflections From an Experienced Doctoral Supervisor and Mentor
19. Doctoral Development and Career Planning
20. Health and Well-Being From the Perspective of a Doctoral Student
21. Experience of Being a Doctoral Parent
22. Writing Your Way
23. Writing a Doctoral Thesis From the Perspective of an Experienced Examiner
24. The Viva Voce Is Your Time to Shine
25. Celebrate Your Impact and Success
26. Share Your Privilege
SECTION 3 Conclusions
SECTION 4 Resources
ISBN:
9780323879286
Page Count:
200
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Healthcare professionals, including post registration nurses, midwives and allied health professionals