New Dual Doctorate DNP/PhD Program Welcomes Its First Student
Posted 8/23/10
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Dual doctorate student Eric Baum |
Eric Baum is the first student to take advantage of FPB's new dual doctorate DNP/PhD program, which provides an opportunity to simultaneously pursue both doctoral degrees and take courses concurrently in research and clinical leadership in nursing.
As envisioned by Associate Dean for Doctoral Education and PhD Program Director Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, the dual doctorate program allows students to complete their coursework in three to four years. The DNP and PhD degrees overlap on 11 of the 55 credits required, and after factoring in exams, proposal defenses, and completion of two research studies, the entire program takes about five years.
“It’s ironic that I rebelled against doing what my parents have done, but now I’m pursuing advanced degrees in nursing with an interest in geriatrics--the same area my father practices in as a medical doctor,” Baum says.
Baum started at FPB in the Graduate Entry program to achieve his second degree after graduating from Oberlin College in 2004. His career goal is to teach nursing at the faculty level in an effort to ease the nationwide shortage of nursing educators—and, subsequently, the shortage of practicing nurses.
Source: Case Western Reserve University
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