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Articulating your research focus via a capability statement: professional development for early career researchers
Amy-Louise Byrne1, Shannon Dhollande2, Pauline Calleja3
1Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Research Coordinator, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, CQUniversity, Sydney, Australia.
Background:
A programme of research (PoR) is a cohesive and succinct expression of a researcher's area of interest, capturing their passions and commitments, as well as their capabilities. A PoR takes the form of a series of related research projects with a specific focus on a knowledge gap, related to the researcher's discipline. One way in which a PoR can be supported is through the articulation of a clear research aim and capability statement.
Aims:
This paper aims to provide early career researchers (ECRs) with a process to develop their own capability statements, providing examples from a professional development activity undertaken by the authors.
Results:
This paper provides a five-step process for researchers to develop their own capability statement and gives examples and prompts to support this.
Conclusion And Contribution To Nursing:
Reflections on the value of this process are provided, demonstrating a gap in current ECR processes in articulating their own capabilities.
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