Teaching and Research Requirements
RESEARCH RESIDENCY STATEMENT
Every doctoral student will
complete a one semester research residency. The purpose of the research
residency is to enhance socialization to the role of the researcher. The
research residency is a requirement of graduation. Each individual
student, with the help of his or her advisor/chairperson, will identify
the semester during which they wish to complete their research
residency. Individual objectives and ways to meet those objectives will
be submitted to the Doctoral Curriculum Committee of the Graduate Group
in Nursing who will approve the research residency plan. Activities that
may occur during the one semester research residency may include:
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Being a research assistant
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Being a fellow on a T32
grant
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Preparing an individual NRSA
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Working with faculty on faculty
research, including database publications
·
Doctoral and Post Doctoral
Seminars
·
Faculty Seminar Series
·
Seminars throughout the
University that are research based.
TEACHING RESIDENCY STATEMENT
Every doctoral student will
complete a one semester teaching residency. The purpose of the teaching
residency is to enhance socialization to the role of the educator. The
teaching residency is a requirement of graduation. Students, with the
help of their advisor/chairperson, will identify the semester during
which they wish to complete their teaching residency. Objectives and
ways to meet them will be submitted to the Doctoral Curriculum Committee
of the Graduate Group in Nursing who will approve the teaching residency
plan. Activities that may occur during the one semester teaching
residency include:
·
Being a teaching
assistant.
·
Working with faculty on faculty
teaching projects
·
Coursework in teaching such as
Nurs600 or Nurs601
QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
The purpose of
the Qualifying Examination is to determine the student’s potential for
completing doctoral study. The Examination consists of a written and
oral examination that either presents a definition and substantial
discussion of a concept having relevance for the discipline of nursing
or represents a discussion of the state of the science in an area of
relevance to nursing.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
The purpose of
the Preliminary Examination is to demonstrate an understanding of
knowledge in the concentration area that supports the student’s
dissertation research. The Examination consists of two written papers
and an oral examination. The members of the Preliminary Exam committee
should develop two exam questions through consensus and in
collaboration with the student.
The exam questions will be submitted to the student on the Preliminary
Exam Questions form and the student will select the two that will be
addressed through two written papers that will be defended orally. Both
papers will be submitted to the Preliminary Exam Committee at least two
weeks in advance of the scheduled oral defense date and will be reviewed
by all three members.
The oral examination provides the
student with an opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the
content area beyond that revealed by the specific questions addressed in
the written portion of the examination. Although there is no requirement
that the preliminary examination be publishable, students and faculty
are encouraged to consider whether any of this work is suitable for
publication.
DISSERTATION
The preparation
of the dissertation constitutes the final phase of the PhD program. The
dissertation should demonstrate a high-level of analytical and research
competence and represent an original contribution to the field. It is
expected that the research for a topic will begin in the early phases of
study in the program and grow out of study in the clinical specialty
area. It is also expected that the dissertation topic will build on the
research of one or more members of the Graduate Group in Nursing.
Students are
considered Doctoral Candidates when they have completed their course of
study and successfully defended their Qualifying and Preliminary
Examinations and the defense of the dissertation proposal. |
