M.PHIL. AND PH.D PROGRAM

ME

BY:- FIROZ QURESHIDEPT. PSYCHIATRIC

NURSING

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY Nursing shares with the whole

university a main focus of preparing its student for service, and assisting them to achieve a meaningful philosophy of life. The student is encouraged to develop judgement and wisdom is handling knowledge, skills and achieves mastery of problem solving and creative thinking.

Commitment to life-long learning is the mark of truly professional person. In order to maintain clinical competencies and enhance professional practice, the students must stay abreast of the new developments, and contribute to the advancement of nursing knowledge.

OBJECTIVES The objectives of the M.Phil degree

course in nursing are: To strengthen the research foundations

of the nurses for encouraging research attitudes and problem-solving capabilities.

To provide basic training required for research in undertaking doctoral work.

ELIGIBILITY Duration: 2 years Citizenship: Indian nationals. Qualification: The candidate must

have passed M.Sc Nursing recognised by Indian Nursing Council with at least 60% marks in aggregate.

ADMISSION(SELECTION TEST)

ATTENDANCE A student admitted to the M.Phil

programme will be required to attend

not less than 2/3rd of the total number of

lecturers, seminars and practical’s

separately in each course of part-1.

COURSE OF STUDY

The M.Phil studies will be in two distinct

parts;

Part - 1: consists of 3 courses

Part -2: a dissertation

PART-1: It consists of 3 courses, one course to be selected from each of the three major groups A, B and C.

Group-A: Courses on research methods in nursing.

Survey research Experimental research

Group-B: Courses on major aspects of nursing.

Planning of nursing curriculum Continuing education in nursing Group-C: Courses of allied disciplines. Patho-physiologic mechanisms Psychodynamic of human behaviour Attitudes and attitudinal change.

PART-2: After passing the part-1 examination, a student shall be required to write a dissertation. The topic and the nature of the dissertation of each candidate will be determined by the advisory committee consisting of 3 members setup by the M.Phil committee including the project supervisory.

EVALUATION CRITERIA OF M.PHIL.

CLASSIFICATION OF RESULTS

DOCTORATE OF

PHILOSOPHY

INTRODUCTION Ph.D. Nursing or Doctor of Philosophy in

Nursing is a Doctorate Nursing course. It is subjective in nature and undertakes the research work in depth. On the completion of doctorate degree scholars have to submit their “thesis” and then they deserve the respective degree. Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death.

The duration of the program is minimum two years from the date of registration (three years for external candidates) and maximum five to six years.

The minimum qualifications and other eligibility criteria for admission are the same as for regular full time students. Ph.D. is a broad based course involving a minimum course credit requirement and research thesis.

SUITIBILITY FOR PH.D IN NURSING COURSE:

Students those who interested or desirous in nursing and have well interpersonal and communication skills are most suitable for this course.

If one who needs a Ph.D. for promotion in academics career, hike in salary, or stable job in academics then they can join this course. Such candidates should take admission in State run Universities and part time Ph.D.'s courses.

Those who want to go for detailed and deep research work in the respective subject also are good suit for it.

They should have the ability to answer questions and offer advice to patients.

BENEFIT OF PH.D IN NURSING

This degree course enables the students to go for various nursing and its related jobs along with their own private clinic and hospitals.

Doctorate Degree enables one to keep pace with the expanding frontiers of knowledge and also provides research training relevant to the present social and economic objectives of the country.

It learns to write a good research report

and acquires the skill of presenting data in

graphical form.

They can also go for industrial nursing and

occupational health nursing management

jobs.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS

CRITERIA ICN MCON

DURATION

2years(regular students)3-5 years(non-attending students)

3-5 years

LEVEL

TYPE

Doctorat-e Degree

Doctorat-e Degree

ELIGIBI-LITY

Students have completed their M.Phil. nursing with 55% marks.

Nursing professionals who

have complete

d their M.Phil. Degree

with 55 % marks from a

recognized

University or an

equivalent grade (50 per cent for

SC and ST candidate

s).

CONTI…

Nursing professionals having

M.Sc. Nursing, with 55 %marks and five years of

teaching/ industry/

administration/

professional/ clinical experience

. 

Students having M.Sc nursing with 55%.Having 3-5 years experience after M.Sc Nursing

CONTI….

Should have

research

background.

Have resear

ch background.

SUBJEC-TS

Nursing leadership in Health Care delivery system Philosophy of Nursing Science and Theoretical Perspectives.

Nursing leadership in Health Care delivery system Philosophy of Nursing Science and Theoretical Perspectives.

CONTI…

Nursing Theories and Theory DevelopmentResearch Methodology and Applied Statistics.

Nursing Theories and Theory DevelopmentResearch Methodology and Applied Statistics.