Overview
The Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences invites applications from suitably qualified students for a number of three-year full-time PhD studentships, starting in October 2010. The funding provided will cover the payment of tuition fees plus financial support of up to £15,000 per year.
The PhD studentships are offered for study in the following topics and further information about each topic can be found here http://www.healthcare.ac.uk/news-and-events/more-news/2010/april/phd-studentships/
Evaluation of clinical and cost-effectiveness of Expert Patient Programme (EPP) for specific long-term conditions, including process evaluation and patients' perspectives
Lead supervisor: Professor Ann Bowling, Chair in Healthcare of Older Adults
This project offers an opportunity to work within a proposed evaluation of the EPP in relation to defined conditions, including, for example, stroke.
A critical study of the barriers to participation after stroke
Lead supervisor: Dr Fiona Jones
This PhD research will focus on the development of a conceptual model of participation after stroke and the development and validation of a new measure of barriers to participation.
Exploring multiple perspectives on multisystem teams
Lead supervisor: Professor Fiona Ross
The purpose of this study is to explore multiple perspectives on multi-team systems in the context of the stroke care pathway.
Black detainees and the use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act: using detainee, police and professional discourse to improve practice
Lead supervisor: Professor Mary Chambers
The aims and objectives of this project are
•To elicit black detainee, police and mental health professional accounts of a set of specific incidents of the use of Section 136 at a Mental Health NHS Trust Place of Safety
•To explore police, professional and detainee discourse on the use of Section 136 at a Mental Health NHS Trust Place of Safety
•To investigate, through the exploration of tensions and convergence between police, professional and detainee discourse, the potential for interprofessional learning on the appropriate use of Section 136 at a Mental Health NHS Trust Place of Safety.
The development of nursing ethics through the history of nursing practice
Lead supervisor: Professor Paul Wainwright
This project will involve the study of nurses' stories to develop an understanding of the way in which nursing ethics and nursing values are depicted in these oral history accounts.
Eligible Candidates
Applicants should have at least an upper-second class degree at bachelors level. A taught masters degree will be an added advantage.
How to apply
Please email your application to Denise Postings, Research Office Manager, d.postings@sgul.kingston.ac.uk. The subject (title) of your email must be 'PhD Studentships' and your email should include:
•a curriculum vitae
•a supporting statement summarising your reasons for wishing to undertake PhD studies in the specific project area that you are interested in
•contact details of two referees who have direct knowledge of your academic/work ability (one of the referees should be your current/last supervisor).
The application deadline is 5pm on Friday 7 May 2010. It is expected that interviews will be held during the week beginning 24th May 2010.
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity
The Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences invites applications from suitably qualified students for a number of three-year full-time PhD studentships, starting in October 2010. The funding provided will cover the payment of tuition fees plus financial support of up to £15,000 per year.
The PhD studentships are offered for study in the following topics and further information about each topic can be found here http://www.healthcare.ac.uk/news-and-events/more-news/2010/april/phd-studentships/
Evaluation of clinical and cost-effectiveness of Expert Patient Programme (EPP) for specific long-term conditions, including process evaluation and patients' perspectives
Lead supervisor: Professor Ann Bowling, Chair in Healthcare of Older Adults
This project offers an opportunity to work within a proposed evaluation of the EPP in relation to defined conditions, including, for example, stroke.
A critical study of the barriers to participation after stroke
Lead supervisor: Dr Fiona Jones
This PhD research will focus on the development of a conceptual model of participation after stroke and the development and validation of a new measure of barriers to participation.
Exploring multiple perspectives on multisystem teams
Lead supervisor: Professor Fiona Ross
The purpose of this study is to explore multiple perspectives on multi-team systems in the context of the stroke care pathway.
Black detainees and the use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act: using detainee, police and professional discourse to improve practice
Lead supervisor: Professor Mary Chambers
The aims and objectives of this project are
•To elicit black detainee, police and mental health professional accounts of a set of specific incidents of the use of Section 136 at a Mental Health NHS Trust Place of Safety
•To explore police, professional and detainee discourse on the use of Section 136 at a Mental Health NHS Trust Place of Safety
•To investigate, through the exploration of tensions and convergence between police, professional and detainee discourse, the potential for interprofessional learning on the appropriate use of Section 136 at a Mental Health NHS Trust Place of Safety.
The development of nursing ethics through the history of nursing practice
Lead supervisor: Professor Paul Wainwright
This project will involve the study of nurses' stories to develop an understanding of the way in which nursing ethics and nursing values are depicted in these oral history accounts.
Eligible Candidates
Applicants should have at least an upper-second class degree at bachelors level. A taught masters degree will be an added advantage.
How to apply
Please email your application to Denise Postings, Research Office Manager, d.postings@sgul.kingston.ac.uk. The subject (title) of your email must be 'PhD Studentships' and your email should include:
•a curriculum vitae
•a supporting statement summarising your reasons for wishing to undertake PhD studies in the specific project area that you are interested in
•contact details of two referees who have direct knowledge of your academic/work ability (one of the referees should be your current/last supervisor).
The application deadline is 5pm on Friday 7 May 2010. It is expected that interviews will be held during the week beginning 24th May 2010.
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity
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