Health Professions Division Dissertation Guide

2 Table of Contents THE DISSERTATION PROCESS ..................................................................................................................................... 7 CANDIDACY REQUIREMENT....................................................................................................................................... 7 GETTING STARTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 IDEA PAPER PROPOSAL.............................................................................................................................................. 8 F ORMAT AND C ONTENT OF THE I DEA P APER P ROPOSAL ............................................................................................................. 8 P ROBLEM S TATEMENT AND G OAL ......................................................................................................................................... 9 R ESEARCH Q UESTION OR H YPOTHESIS .................................................................................................................................... 9 R ELEVANCE AND S IGNIFICANCE ............................................................................................................................................. 9 P RACTICAL A PPLICATIONS OF THE F INDINGS ............................................................................................................................ 9 B ARRIERS AND I SSUES ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 A PPROACH ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 R ESOURCES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9 R EFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................................... 10 DISSERTATION COMMITTEE..................................................................................................................................... 10 C OMPOSITION /F ORMATION OF THE D ISSERTATION C OMMITTEE ............................................................................................... 10 C OMMITTEE M EMBERS ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 O PERATION OF THE C OMMITTEE ......................................................................................................................................... 12 C OMMITTEE AND C ANDIDATE ’ S R ESPONSIBILITIES C HAIR OF THE C OMMITTEE .............................................................................. 12 M EMBERS OF THE C OMMITTEE ........................................................................................................................................... 12 T HE C ANDIDATE ’ S R ESPONSIBILITIES .................................................................................................................................... 12 G OVERNANCE OF S ERVING ON D OCTORAL C OMMITTEES .......................................................................................................... 13 I MPORTANT T IME L IMITS ................................................................................................................................................... 14 D ISSERTATION C OURSE ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 FORMAL DISSERTATION PROPOSAL......................................................................................................................... 14 D ISSERTATION P ROPOSAL D EFENSE (P ER PROGRAM GUIDELINES ) .............................................................................................. 15 D EVELOP A T IMELINE FOR THE D ISSERTATION R ESEARCH .......................................................................................................... 15 OUTLINE AND FORMAT ........................................................................................................................................... 16 FRONT MATTER ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 T HE T EXT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCTION I NTRODUCTION TO THE C HAPTER .................................................................................................. 16 B ACKGROUND TO THE P ROBLEM ......................................................................................................................................... 17 S TATEMENT OF THE P ROBLEM ............................................................................................................................................ 17 R ELEVANCE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 E LEMENTS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17 D ESCRIPTION OF V ARIABLES ............................................................................................................................................... 17 R ATIONALE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 A SSUMPTIONS ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 S UMMARY OF THE C HAPTER ............................................................................................................................................... 17 CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ............................................................................................................... 17 C HAPTER 2: R EVIEW OF THE L ITERATURE I NTRODUCTION TO THE C HAPTER .................................................................................. 18 H ISTORICAL O VERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 R ELEVANT T HEORY ........................................................................................................................................................... 18 R ELEVANT C ONCEPTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 R ELEVANT C ONTEXTS 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