Doctorate Nursing
PhD
In Colchester
Description
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Type
PhD
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
7 Years
About the course
A Professional Doctorate is a specialist qualification that is appropriate if you are in, or are aspiring to, a senior professional appointment in practice, education or management in health or social care
It demonstrates your ability to perform at the level of 'expert' within your area of specialisation
The aim of the course is to provide a unified approach to theory and practice within a professional context, so your learning is structured to allow you to develop your skills both in the workplace and within the university environment
Depending on your individual circumstances, your study can be undertaken over the course of between 4 and 7 years
During this time, you will prepare two portfolios which chronical your development of expert practice in your workplace
In tandem, you also study taught modules at the University of Essex which provide you with the expertise in qualitative, statistical and other research methods required for researching healthcare
Your own interests, experiences, and needs determine a great deal about how your course is structured, and what areas you focus on
A key part of demonstrating your expertise in your specialist area is the development of a 40,000-word dissertation on a relevant topic
Within the School we offer guidance and supervision in a wide range of areas which include amongst others:
Approaches to pain management
Child and adolescent mental health
Clinical decision making
Cross-cultural mental health
Health services research
Mental health services
Nursing theory and practice
Post-trauma responses/stress disorder/growth
Professional/clinical education and practice
Service evaluation and development
Social epidemiology and health inequalities
Social inequality and health
Understanding and application of research in health settings
You will have regular one-to-one meetings with your supervisor to develop your research topics and plan, and to discuss progress on your research
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Subjects
- Mental Health
- University
Course programme
You can study our Professional Doctorates flexibly between four and seven years. Decisions about the duration of the study period are based on individual need, professional commitments and funded support.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Postgraduate Research Methods
Professional Portfolio 1
Year 2
Professional Portfolio 2
Theory and Method in Health Research
Final year
Health and Human Sciences - Research
Year 4
Health and Human Sciences - Research
Year 5
Health and Human Sciences - Research
Teaching
Taught modules underpin your research activities and meet identified deficits within your knowledge base
Create two portfolios of learning chronicling the development of expert practice
Portfolios are constructed from the specialist application of generic outcomes in areas such as risk and diagnostic reasoning
Portfolios are submitted at the end of year one and year two
Dissertation
Undertake a dissertation of 40,000 words on a subject relevant to your specialist area of practice
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Doctorate Nursing