Overview
- Offers practical tips on how to excel and succeed in your PhD studies
- Guides readers on how to construct a proposal, obtain funding, execute a research design, turn results into publishable material, and write the thesis
- Shares author's personal experience on how to prepare for the oral examination or defence
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health (BRIEFSPUBLIC)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Keywords
- guidance to a successful PhD
- tips on how to succeed with a PhD
- how to write a research proposal
- how to apply for research grants and funding
- how to publish my PhD results
- format and sub-sections of thesis
- guidance on how to formulate a scientific manuscript
- how to write a scientific paper
- how to write a PhD thesis
- chapters of a PhD dissertation
- research designs
- how to prepare for a PhD viva
- how to analyze data
- graduate education
- doctoral degree
- research methodology
- fieldwork
- publishing in peer-reviewed journals
- defending your dissertation
About this book
Using an informal style, the author provides a step-wise guide, from chapter to chapter, on the various essential aspects thatneed to be considered, including:
- The initial steps towards a PhD
- Proposal, permissions and funding
- The fieldwork
- The art of data analysis
- The hurdles along the way – a personal experience
- What comes after the completion of a PhD?
Intended to be a compact go-to guide for students throughout their PhD journey, both from an academic and personal perspective, To Do or Not to Do a PhD? engages readers who are about to enroll in or who already have started a PhD, especially in public health, epidemiology, and health/medical fields of study. The brief also would appeal to postgraduate and undergraduate students who are interested in learning about how to write a research proposal, draft a scientific paper for publication in a journal, or prepare a thesis.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: To Do or Not to Do a PhD?
Book Subtitle: Insight and Guidance from a Public Health PhD Graduate
Authors: Sarah Cuschieri
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64671-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64670-7Published: 05 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-64671-4Published: 04 January 2021
Series ISSN: 2192-3698
Series E-ISSN: 2192-3701
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 66
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Health, Professional & Vocational Education, Research Skills, Thesis and Dissertation, Career Skills