Managing your Ph D for applied health research
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Managing your Ph. D for applied health research students Dr Lindsay Pennington
Applied health research Complex questions • • • prevalence, severity and impact of disease acceptability and effectiveness of interventions cost effectiveness, efficiency Aim to inform policy makers, healthcare providers, patients and public
Multiple methods Mixed methods, synthesis of evidence Multiple supervisors: Topic expert Quantitative expert Qualitative expert
Planning Objectives determine plan 3 months to develop project proposal (signed off by Christmas break) • • • Your training Project plan Gantt chart
Managing your project Aims Objectives Methods Design Timing – prioritisation, duration Resources – cost, personnel
Managing others Supervisors Identification and recruitment of participants Clinicians Voluntary sector Local authority Participants
Get to know them Understand their priorities Work with them – give them something in return Agree timescales Keep them invested Agree methods of communication Update them
Research governance Ethics approval University? NHS Trust approval – research sites, governance
Lab books Issue Decisions Justification Evidence from previous research Actions Results Personnel involved Property of the University
Data collection You may be out of the University for some time Risk assessment Regular communication with supervisors: Deal with issues as they arise Use time wisely: Write methods section whilst involved in ‘doing it’ Make notes for Discussion – strengths and limitations, impact of methods and design
Writing Start now! Learned skill, takes practice Figures and tables can be slotted into thesis Agree the papers that will come from thesis Agree when papers will be written and submitted
Disseminating your work Start now! Learned skill, takes practice Who do you want to influence? Best medium? When? Internal seminars, Conferences, External meetings Travel fund
Challenges Complex methods, complex projects NHS Trust approval – research sites, governance Project management essential Juggling Networking Negotiation Loneliness
Support for students Supervisors PGR team – PGRSC and administrators Assessors Grad School Research Student Development Programme GOOD LUCK!
- Definition of scope in research
- Contrast applied research and basic research
- Example of applied research
- Basic research vs applied research
- Serve as your guide in managing your enterprise
- Your health your responsibility
- Research comes from the word
- Conceptual vs empirical
- Applied vs fundamental research
- Basic and applied research
- Research findings example
- Marketing research definition
- Midterm exam for applied research methods
- Review of applied socio-economic research
- Scope and delimitation
- Research methodology in applied economics