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Rachel Knott & Hector Williams
The professional doctorate: a marriage of theory and practice
Institute for Health &
Wellbeing Research
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland:
Graduate School
Nursing and
Midwifery
Pharmacy & Life
Sciences
Health Sciences
Applied Social
Studies
Aberdeen Centre for
Trauma Research
CORE
Graduate School:
• 55 – 60 research students
MSc MRES PhD DPP
Summary:
• Doctorate of Professional Practice (DPP)• Development and implementation• Challenges faced
Tension between theory and practice• Current status and future development
Development and implementation:
Programme outline:
• 5 years part time – Year 1: 2 X 30 credit modules– Year 2: 2 X 30 credit module– Years 3 – 5: 420 credit research project
• Facilitate progress within a busy work environment
Course characteristics: Aligned with existing professional practice Engage with work-based supervisor Utilisation of virtual learning environment Blended learning (4 modules within 2 years) Opportunity to engage with wider research student
community Equivalence to PhD Recognisable within respective professions Include ‘transfer’ stage Build in exit routes
applied research methodsSCQF 30 level 11
creating impact in professional practiceSCQF 30 level 11
Research skills or other subject specific module or APLSCQF 30 level 11
research process and critical analysisSCQF 30 level 11
PgCert Applied Res Meth
PgDip Applied Res Meth
Doctoral research projectSCQF 420 level 12
Doctorate of professional
practice
MRES Applied Res Meth
Masters level research projectSCQF 60 level 11
Course structure:
Equivalence to PhD:
applied research methods
creating impact in professional practice
Research skills or other subject specific module or APL
research process and critical analysis
conduct research independently, contribute to knowledge, communicate, command a body of knowledge, demonstrate competencies in generic and subject specific skills
Doctoral thesis
Comparison with other professional doctorates:
medica
l and hea
lth sc
iences
archite
cture
art an
d design
business
and finan
ce
earth
and en
vironmen
t
engin
eerin
g
humanities
Langu
age,
lingu
istics
law an
d crim
inology
life an
d chem
ical sc
iences
Medica
l and M
edicin
e
business
and finan
ce
physical
scien
ce, m
aths a
nd computing
profes
sional
andvo
cational
studies
socia
l scien
ce0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
14.00
16.00
18.00
20.00
subject area
num
ber o
f pro
gram
mes
Comparison with other professional doctorates:
Module options with supported e-learning Project within professional field Accreditation of prior learning Duration (2-6 years) Specificity of name Emphasis on theoretical underpinning
Example• Problem with communicating with young
diabetes patients about glucose control and general support from the diabetic nurses.
• Can an alternate communication strategy be defined within this region and how can we determine clinical effectiveness?
• Student – senior nurse with vast experience of clinical practice
Theory and practice:
13
Practice
Modified Practice
Professional led research process
All professional practice is set within a wider societal context.Essential therefore to engage in psychosocial or related theory to develop praxis.
Inductive Theory
14
Adapted from Lartey, E., 2000, Practical Theology as Thoelogical Form, in Woodward, J., & Pattison, S., 2000, The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology, Blackwell, Oxford.
Practice
Mutual Critical Correlation
Review
of
LiteratureTheory grounded in
Practice
Practice’sAnalysis of Theory
New PRAXIS
Empirical DataThemes/Hypotheses/Concepts/Narratives,
……
Theoretical positioning
Theory’s Analysis of Practice
THEORY
Socio-Psycho perspectives
THEORY
Organisational perspectives
THEORYAny other relevant perspective (e.g.
Economic)
Practice
New praxis PracticeNew praxis
Current status and future development:
• Steep learning curve;• Students now at later stages;• “I have no doubt that the outcome of my research will not only
benefit policing within the UK, but also law enforcement globally.”
• Evidence-based Practice;• Practice-led Evidence PRAXIS;