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Published on: June 21, 2010
Outcome Domains of Professional Doctorates in Nursing: An International Three-Phase Exploratory Study
Karen McBride-Henry1, Dan Butcher2, Jan S Jukema3,4
1School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Practice, Wellington Faculty of Health, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Aim:
Professional Doctorate Programmes (PDP) in nursing continue to develop across many countries. However, there is a lack of evidence demonstrating the impact on nurses who graduate from these programmes and the outcomes they deliver. This exploratory study aims to identify graduate outcome domains that can be applied internationally to evaluate professional doctorate programmes in nursing.
Design And Methods:
Underpinned by Kim's theory of knowledge development in nursing, this innovative exploratory study was carried out in three phases: (1) a scoping review of literature published between 1 January 2000 and 1 July 2023, guided by the methodology developed by Arksey and O'Malley; (2) a document analysis of the graduate outcomes of three different universities' Professional Doctorate Programmes in Nursing and (3) a thematic analysis and coalescence of the findings from the initial two study phases.
Results:
A scoping review revealed three patterns in the literature related to graduate outcomes: personal transformation, critical self-awareness and bridging the theory-practice divide. An analysis of three universities' Professional Doctorate Programmes revealed insights into documented graduate outcomes. The third and final research phase identified five graduate outcome domains: Personal achievement, critical self-awareness and professional identity, professional citizenship, discipline, research and information literacy and community-based academic practice.
Conclusions:
The impact of Professional Doctorate Programmes in nursing has traditionally lacked consensus and clarity. However, this research has led to the identification of graduate outcome domains that offer valuable insights for establishing new professional doctoral programmes and conducting meaningful evaluations of the outcomes of existing PDP and their graduates globally.
Impact:
This exploratory study establishes five graduate outcome domains for evaluating the effectiveness of PDP in nursing internationally. These domains offer valuable benchmarks for the development and assessment of such nursing programmes globally.
Patient Or Public Contribution:
Not applicable.
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