PhD PROGRAM
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GRADUATE
The typical PhD graduate at FPB possesses the following characteristics:
- Develops, implements and evaluates educational offerings, individually and in collaboration with others, related to research and nursing theory.
- Synthesizes and generates knowledge for the discipline of nursing.
- Identifies health issues amenable to research; disseminates knowledge and evidence to improve health.
- Assumes leadership positions of increasing complexity at the local/state/national and international levels.
- Identifies and analyzes ethical issues and standards related to science and knowledge development.
- Develops systems to establish and promote interdisciplinary teams in the scientific community.
- Uses and promotes the development of effective communication strategies that support scholarship and the dissemination of research findings.
- Generates and disseminates knowledge relevant to health care policy.