Doctorate: Finding your Way as a Healthcare Professional in Research
- 1st Edition - October 15, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Janet Deane
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 9 2 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 1 6 3 - 0
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Request a sales quoteAre 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.
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.
- 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
Healthcare professionals, including post registration nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
- Cover Image
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Section 1 Finding Your Way in Doctoral Research
- CHAPTER 1 A Personal Journey
- First Research Experience
- Who Am I?
- How to Use This Book
- CHAPTER 2 The Doctoral Process
- Doctoral Whispers
- What Is a Doctorate?
- Doctoral Assessment
- Flexible Work
- Entry Requirements
- Doctoral Phases
- Doctoral Progress Review
- Doctoral Support
- CHAPTER 3 Funding Your Way
- Funding Support
- Preparation for a Funding Application
- The Right Person
- The Right Place
- Choosing the Right Place
- Project
- Be Aware of the Road Blocks
- Funding Highs and Lows
- Funding Success
- Grant Expectations
- Back to the Future
- CHAPTER 4 Project Management
- Plan From the Beginning
- Break It Down
- When Plans Don’t Go to Plan
- Taking Charge
- Don’t Sink When You Can Swim
- Share Your Problems With Potential Solutions
- Consider Yourself
- CHAPTER 5 Supervision and Mentorship
- Make the Most of It
- Keep Your Focus
- Great Expectations
- Managing Your Supervision and Your Supervisors
- Pastoral Care
- Adult Learners
- When Supervision Goes Wrong
- Mentorship
- Peer Support
- Rising From the Ashes
- Supervisors and Mentors for Life
- CHAPTER 6 Personal Development and Career Planning
- Get Out of Your Own Way
- Finding Your ‘Why’
- Identifying Gaps
- Converse to Crystallise
- Career Curiosity
- Project, Place and Person
- Frameworks
- Finding Your ‘How’
- Thinking Bigger
- Schedule It
- Think SMART
- Leaping
- Balance
- One Leap and Then Another?
- Leap Failure
- Beyond the Doctorate
- Attributes Uncovered
- Fellowships
- Post-Doctoral Posts
- Returning to Clinical Practice
- Moving On
- CHAPTER 7 Health and Well-Being
- Hold On to Your Scaffolding
- Sometimes It’s the Simple Things
- Exercise
- Flow State Activities
- Give Yourself a Break!
- Connect With Your Community
- Talk About It
- Your Blank Page
- Step Away From Your Energy Drains
- When It’s Time to Go Home
- Working From Home
- Be the Change You Wish to See
- All Shall Be Well
- CHAPTER 8 The Doctoral Parent and Caregiver
- General Tips
- Childcare
- Dealing With Judgement
- Challenging Times
- Take Care of Yourself
- Meeting With Myself
- It’s Good Enough
- Partnership
- No-Responsibility Nights
- Final-Year Frankness
- Pay It Forward
- Ask for the Flexibility You Need
- Boundaries and Goals
- Finding Your Way Now and in the Future
- CHAPTER 9 Academic Writing
- Writing Habits
- Writing Support
- Learning Needs
- Difficult Writing Days
- Step Away from the Writing
- Remembering Your ‘Why’
- CHAPTER 10 Thesis Writing
- Read a Thesis
- Start Writing Early
- Writing Wins
- Writing by Publication
- Feedback Is Your Friend
- Thesis Requirements
- Thesis Submission
- CHAPTER 11 Viva Voce
- Viva Preparation
- Discussion With Peers
- Viva Plan
- Sticky Notes and Highlights
- Organise a Practice Viva
- You Are Not Alone
- The Viva Process
- Post Viva
- CHAPTER 12 Celebrating Success
- Celebrate Each Win Along the Way
- Celebrating Success on Difficult Days
- Share Your Success Your Way
- Dealing With Negativity
- Sharing Failures
- CHAPTER 13 Paying It Forward
- Everyone Needs a Champion
- Values
- Celebrating and Supporting the Next Generation in Clinical Research
- Boundaries
- Becoming a Supervisor or Mentor
- Pay It Forward
- Section 2 Interviews With Experienced Healthcare Professionals Involved in Research
- CHAPTER 14 Overview of Interviews With Experienced Healthcare Professionals in Research
- CHAPTER 15 Undertaking a Professional Doctorate
- CHAPTER 16 Applying for Doctoral Funding and Learning From Experience
- CHAPTER 17 The Reality of Doctoral Project Management
- CHAPTER 18 Reflections From an Experienced Doctoral Supervisor and Mentor
- CHAPTER 19 Doctoral Development and Career Planning
- CHAPTER 20 Health and Well-Being From the Perspective of a Doctoral Student
- CHAPTER 21 Experience of Being a Doctoral Parent
- CHAPTER 22 Writing Your Way
- CHAPTER 23 Writing a Doctoral Thesis From the Perspective of an Experienced Examiner
- CHAPTER 24 The Viva Voce Is Your Time to Shine
- CHAPTER 25 Celebrate Your Impact and Success
- CHAPTER 26 Share Your Privilege
- Reference
- Section 3 Conclusions
- Section 4 Resources
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 15, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323879286
- eBook ISBN: 9780323881630
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Janet Deane
Associate Professor Janet Deane works in the Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy, School of Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at University of Birmingham, Birmingham.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy, School of Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK