Health Professions Division Dissertation Guide

32 Dissertation Final Report Details of Back Matter References All works cited in the dissertation must appear in the reference list. Every entry in the reference list needs to have a corresponding in-text citation. Refer to the appropriate style manual for procedures and formats for reference citations. Appendices Appendices are used to present material that supplements the text but is too detailed or distracting for inclusion in it. They should be included if they help the reader replicate, assess, or understand the investigation. The programs discourage the attachment of lengthy program listings and other lengthy documents as appendices unless their content is critically relevant to the contribution the dissertation makes to the advancement of knowledge. Just because a program or data collection is a necessary part of the work does not mean that it must be published with the dissertation. Items that may be appropriate for inclusion in an appendix are correspondence from individuals involved in the study, such as letters from officials granting permission to use facilities or supervisors granting permission to conduct the investigation; questionnaires; evaluation instruments; critical original data; complicated mathematical tables; novel algorithms; and data collection forms. The candidate should consult his or her advisor regarding the suitability of inclusion of any lengthy material. Each appendix should be listed by letter and title in the table of contents for APA style and number and title for AMA style. The appendix identifier and the title of the appendix are centered and not bold. FORMAT FOR QUALITATIVE DISSERTATION STUDY The outline for the qualitative dissertation is outlined here for the final dissertation report. The qualitative dissertation proposal is composed of the first three of the five chapters that make up the final dissertation report. Front Matter These pages are not numbered 1. Title Page 2. Signature Page 3. Abstract 4. Table of Contents 5. List of Tables 6. List of Figures The Text Start the page numbering with the first page of Chapter 1, according to APA or AMA style. Each chapter starts on a new page. The candidate should refer to himself/herself as “the investigator” and refer to his/her study as the “dissertation study” to be clear in distinguishing the dissertation study from studies in the literature used to support points made.