Health Professions Division Dissertation Guide

40 Chapter Summary The summary of the chapter is brief. Succinctly review the chapter in no more than two paragraphs. 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. DISSERTATION REPORT MANUSCRIPT FORMAT The manuscript option is a combination of formatting requirements from the standard formatting (chapter format) and new formatting requirements for chapters that have been or will be published. Each candidate following the manuscript option will still need to include (a) dissertation front matter, following the standard formatting guidelines; (b) chapter formatting for all non-publication-related chapters, following the standard formatting guidelines; and (c) a cumulative references section and appendix material (if applicable), following the standard formatting guidelines. So how is the manuscript formatting option different from the standard formatting option? The manuscript formatting option allows that chapters qualifying for the manuscript option can be left in the formatting style used by the journal(s) in which the chapter(s) have been or will be published with two exceptions: page numbers must continue consecutively throughout the thesis/dissertation and the page margin requirements for the standard formatting option must be followed. All dissertations incorporating the manuscript formatting option must meet the following: