Ten Simple Rules for Finishing Your PhD

Marino, Jacopo; Stefan, Melanie I.; Blackford, Sarah

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003954

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“…), a doctoral candidate, was in the role of project manager and enabled communication between all individuals. PhD candidates are increasingly expected to be work ready upon graduation, and there are many skills that universities and the workplace expect of them (Marino, Stefan, & Blackford, ; Mowbray & Halse, ). These include research and technical skills, production of research publications, project management and leadership skills, and effectiveness as a team player and autonomous self‐manager (Horta & Santos, ; Mowbray & Halse, ).…”

Section: Implications For Qualitative Nursingmentioning

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The Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Qualitative Data Collection Application for Pregnant Women

Keedle

Schmied

Burns

et al. 2017

J of Nursing Scholarship

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Purpose: This article explores the development and evaluation of a smartphone mobile software application (app) to collect qualitative data. The app was specifically designed to capture real-time qualitative data from women planning a vaginal birth after caesarean delivery. This article outlines the design and development of the app to include funding, ethics, and the recruitment of an app developer, as well as the evaluation of using the app by seven participants. Organizing Construct: Data collection methods used in qualitative research include interviews and focus groups (either online, face-to-face, or by phone), participant diaries, or observations of interactions. This article identifies an alternative data collection methodology using a smartphone app to collect realtime data.

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Section: Implications For Qualitative Nursingmentioning

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The Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Qualitative Data Collection Application for Pregnant Women

Keedle

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Burns

et al. 2017

J of Nursing Scholarship

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“…There are many tasks to complete, research articles to review, findings to analyze, and conclusions to be drawn during the writing of a dissertation. Also, there are institutional and departmental requirements to address, manuscripts to publish, classmates with whom to collaborate, and positions to apply for during the dissertation process (Marino, Stefan, & Blackford, 2014).…”

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“…By failing to complete the dissertation a candidate forfeits attainment of the doctoral degree and is relegated to the "ABD" (all-but-the-dissertation) club (Blum, 2010, p. 75). Consequently, in their article Marino et al (2014) suggested that candidates should consider recruiting others for support while writing the dissertation. Marino et al (2014) further suggested that candidates consider recruiting those who are admired and dependable.…”

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“…Consequently, in their article Marino et al (2014) suggested that candidates should consider recruiting others for support while writing the dissertation. Marino et al (2014) further suggested that candidates consider recruiting those who are admired and dependable. Communicating with others about doubts, areas of concern, and just talking through issues can be productive.…”

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“…There are numerous resources in the library, department, and institution that are available to assist candidates with the writing of a dissertation. Furthermore, chairs, committees, faculty, classmates, and other researchers can provide much needed encouragement and ideas during the writing stage (Marino, Stefan, & Blackford, 2014). Tweedie et al (2013) recommended communities of practice for support during the solitude of writing a dissertation.…”

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Socialization: A Requisite for Writing the Doctoral Dissertation?

Caruth¹

2017

AJE

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Low completion rates for doctorates presents a problem for higher education in the United States. Successful completion is essential and maintaining a pool of doctorates guarantees a sufficient number of educators and researchers. The purpose of this paper was twofold: to determine the number of doctoral degrees awarded during the 2012-2013 academic year at public, private and for-profit universities in the United States and, also to share these findings with the academic community. This study is significant because identifying where doctoral degrees are awarded is important to higher education because colleges and universities need to know where the doctoral graduates are before administrators can begin working to eliminate the barriers to completion of the degree. This research study was an archival quantitative, data mining study using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This study identified the number of doctoral degrees awarded. The findings from the review of the literature and the study suggested that approximately 175,865 doctoral degrees were not awarded during the 2012-2013 academic year in the United States potentially due to insufficient socialization during the dissertation process.

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Commentary: Challenges for PhD students during COVID‐19 pandemic: Turning crisis into an opportunity

Aydemir

Ulusu

2020

Biochem Molecular Bio Educ

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COVID-19 results in the suspension of life all over the world. Universities suspended their academic activities except for online courses for undergrad and grad students. However, PhD students in both biochemistry and molecular biology fields must hold their experiments at the laboratories. Even under these extreme circumstances, the academic journey of a master's or PhD student should not be stopped; on contrary, they need to use these times to improve their knowledge related to their fields. Therefore, they can turn this COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity for themselves.

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Ten Simple Rules for Finishing Your PhD

Cited by 11 publications

References 3 publications

The Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Qualitative Data Collection Application for Pregnant Women

The Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Qualitative Data Collection Application for Pregnant Women

Socialization: A Requisite for Writing the Doctoral Dissertation?

Commentary: Challenges for PhD students during COVID‐19 pandemic: Turning crisis into an opportunity

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