Doctoral programmes in the nursing discipline: a scoping review

Abstract Background This study aimed to map and summarise the state of the research regarding doctoral programs in nursing, as well as the issues debated in the context of nursing doctoral education. A Scoping Review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-An...

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Autores principales:	Beata Dobrowolska, Paweł Chruściel, Anna Pilewska-Kozak, Violetta Mianowana, Marta Monist, Alvisa Palese
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Materias:	Doctorate Education Doctorate of nursing practice PhD/doctorate in nursing Nursing Discipline Research Scoping review Nursing RT1-120
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2429382fdcd2421e9ff0dfa46adaba152021-11-21T12:05:56ZDoctoral programmes in the nursing discipline: a scoping review10.1186/s12912-021-00753-61472-6955https://doaj.org/article/2429382fdcd2421e9ff0dfa46adaba152021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00753-6https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6955Abstract Background This study aimed to map and summarise the state of the research regarding doctoral programs in nursing, as well as the issues debated in the context of nursing doctoral education. A Scoping Review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis extension scoping reviews statement (PRISMA-ScR) was conducted. Three electronic bibliographic data bases were searched: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature Complete, Medline (on EBSCO Host) and SCOPUS to identify empirical studies published between January 2009 and December 2019. The review process was based on framework identified by Arksey and O’Malley and further revised by Levac and colleagues. Analysis was performed with the use of the Donabedian framework regarding the structure of the doctorate programmes, the process, and the outcomes. Results The review included 41 articles, mostly originating in the United States (n=26) and Europe (n=8), mainly by collecting the perceptions of students and faculty members with descriptive studies. The following issues were investigated at the (a) structure level: Prerequisite for doctoral candidates, Qualifications of faculty members, Mission of doctoral programs; (b) process level: Doctoral programs contents, Doctoral programs resources and quality, Mentoring and supervision, Doing doctorate abroad; and (c) outcome level: Academic performance outcomes in doctoral programs, Doctoral graduates’ competences, Doctoral students/graduates’ satisfaction, Doctoral graduates’ challenges. Conclusions Doctoral programs have mainly been investigated to date with descriptive studies, suggesting more robust research investigating the effectiveness of strategies to prepare future scientists in the nursing discipline. Doctorates are different across countries, and there is no visible cooperation of scholars internationally; their structure and processes have been reported to be stable over the years, thus not following the research development in nursing, discipline and practice expectations. Moreover, no clear framework of outcomes in the short- and long-term have been established to date to measure the quality and effectiveness of doctorate education. National and global strategies might establish common structure, process and outcome frameworks, as well as promote robust studies that are capable of assessing the effectiveness of this field of education.Beata DobrowolskaPaweł ChruścielAnna Pilewska-KozakVioletta MianowanaMarta MonistAlvisa PaleseBMCarticleDoctorate EducationDoctorate of nursing practicePhD/doctorate in nursingNursing DisciplineResearchScoping reviewNursingRT1-120ENBMC Nursing, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-24 (2021)
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topic	Doctorate Education Doctorate of nursing practice PhD/doctorate in nursing Nursing Discipline Research Scoping review Nursing RT1-120
spellingShingle	Doctorate Education Doctorate of nursing practice PhD/doctorate in nursing Nursing Discipline Research Scoping review Nursing RT1-120 Beata Dobrowolska Paweł Chruściel Anna Pilewska-Kozak Violetta Mianowana Marta Monist Alvisa Palese Doctoral programmes in the nursing discipline: a scoping review
description	Abstract Background This study aimed to map and summarise the state of the research regarding doctoral programs in nursing, as well as the issues debated in the context of nursing doctoral education. A Scoping Review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis extension scoping reviews statement (PRISMA-ScR) was conducted. Three electronic bibliographic data bases were searched: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature Complete, Medline (on EBSCO Host) and SCOPUS to identify empirical studies published between January 2009 and December 2019. The review process was based on framework identified by Arksey and O’Malley and further revised by Levac and colleagues. Analysis was performed with the use of the Donabedian framework regarding the structure of the doctorate programmes, the process, and the outcomes. Results The review included 41 articles, mostly originating in the United States (n=26) and Europe (n=8), mainly by collecting the perceptions of students and faculty members with descriptive studies. The following issues were investigated at the (a) structure level: Prerequisite for doctoral candidates, Qualifications of faculty members, Mission of doctoral programs; (b) process level: Doctoral programs contents, Doctoral programs resources and quality, Mentoring and supervision, Doing doctorate abroad; and (c) outcome level: Academic performance outcomes in doctoral programs, Doctoral graduates’ competences, Doctoral students/graduates’ satisfaction, Doctoral graduates’ challenges. Conclusions Doctoral programs have mainly been investigated to date with descriptive studies, suggesting more robust research investigating the effectiveness of strategies to prepare future scientists in the nursing discipline. Doctorates are different across countries, and there is no visible cooperation of scholars internationally; their structure and processes have been reported to be stable over the years, thus not following the research development in nursing, discipline and practice expectations. Moreover, no clear framework of outcomes in the short- and long-term have been established to date to measure the quality and effectiveness of doctorate education. National and global strategies might establish common structure, process and outcome frameworks, as well as promote robust studies that are capable of assessing the effectiveness of this field of education.
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author	Beata Dobrowolska Paweł Chruściel Anna Pilewska-Kozak Violetta Mianowana Marta Monist Alvisa Palese
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title	Doctoral programmes in the nursing discipline: a scoping review
title_short	Doctoral programmes in the nursing discipline: a scoping review
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Doctoral programmes in the nursing discipline: a scoping review

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