Institution

Faculty of Nursing, Burapha University

Curriculum accreditation

1. The curriculum is approved by Burapha University Council since Febbruary 22nd, 2018

2. The curriculum is approved by Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council since December 15th, 2017

Name of Curriculum

Doctor of Philosophy Program in Nursing Science (International Program)

Name of Degree

Full degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing Science)

Degree in abbreviation: Ph.D. (Nursing Science)

Objectives of the curriculum

Graduates will have the following competences at the end of this program's teaching and learning:

1. The ability of using critical analysis to design research issues that are congruent with health problems/situations or nursing

2. Be able to generate new information through research and create new approaches to managing complicated health problems and increasing the quality of health and nursing care systems

3. Be able to generate and share new information based on worldwide research standards.

4. Having knowledge of digital technologies and cultural sensitivity

5. Having academic and professional leadership capable of pointing out errors and creatively leading change connected to health and the nursing profession

6. Moral, ethical, and capable of dealing with complicated ethical issues both academically and globally profession

7. Commit to the advancement of the nursing profession and society

Curriculum Structure and Credits

    Number of credit requirements

Plan 1.1 Research-based study and may study additional course work without counting credits

Total credits throughout the curriculum not less than

48 credits

Plan 2.1 Research and coursework study

Total credits throughout the curriculum not less than

52 credits

    Curriculum Structure

Plan 1.1

Dissertation

48 credits

Nursing Research Practicum

240 hours

Plan 2.1

Core courses

14 credits

Elective courses not less than

2 credits

Dissertation

36 credits

Nursing Research Practicum

180 hours

    Courses in the curriculum

Plan 1.1

11299861

Nursing Theory and Concepts

2(2-0-4)

10750265

Doctoral Dissertation

48(0-0-144)

Nursing Research Practicum

240 hours

Plan 2.1

Core courses

14 credits

11280161

Philosophy of Nursing Science

2(2-0-4)

11280261

Nursing Theory Development

2(2-0-4)

11280361

Advanced Quantitative Research in Nursing

3(3-0-6)

11280461

Advanced Qualitative Research in Nursing

2(2-0-4)

11280561

Advanced Statistics for Nursing Research

3(3-0-6)

11280661

Health Policy Development and Leadership

2(2-0-4)

Elective courses not less than

2 credits

        Students can select the other courses at the graduate level which offered in Burapha University or other institutions under the approval of the committee of the program

11280761

Mix-method Research

2(2-0-4)

11280861

Nursing Intervention Research

2(2-0-4)

11280961

Measurement in Nursing Research

2(2-0-4)

11281061

Outcome Research in Nursing

2(2-0-4)

11281161

Ethnographic Study

2(2-0-4)

11281261

Interpretive Phenomenology

2(2-0-4)

11281361

Grounded Theory Methodology

2(2-0-4)

11281461

Independent Nursing Inquiry

2(2-0-4)

Doctoral Dissertation

11299961

Doctoral Dissertation

36(0-0-108)

Nursing Research Practicum

Nursing Research Practicum

180 hours

Day and Time of Instruction

Instructions are operated during regular business hours and after hours

Qualifications of the Intakes

1. Graduate with a master’s degree in nursing or health science (health science graduates are required to take additional nursing science/theory courses plus nursing in specific area at a master level in both theoretical and practical parts).

In the case that a student has experience working or teaching in a clinic, only taking theoretical courses is required.

2. Have a grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 or above

3. Hold a license for professional nursing or nurse-midwifery (except for candidates from countries with no system of professional licensing)

4. The results of English proficiency test scores according to the Burapha University’s requirement

5. In the case that the qualification is not in accordance with 1 to 4, admission is at the discretion of the curriculum board.

Scholarships

1. Thesis research scholarship

2. Scholarship as the lecturers of Faculty of Nursing, Burapha University

Facilities

1. There are suitable educational facilities and classrooms for graduate studies, as well as adequate and ready-to-use audio-visual equipment.

2. Students get access to an adequate office or study space. It is appropriate and beneficial to student learning.

3. There is a teacher's office that is appropriate, proportionate, and favorable to working and advising students.

4. In accordance with the curriculum, there are specialized nursing laboratories. With sufficient equipment to practice advanced skills

4.1 Laboratory of Science and Health Sciences

4.2 Advanced Simulation Laboratory

5. There are enough computers for all students to conduct particular research.

6. Burapha Univesity’s library provides current books in nursing, health sciences, and other curriculum-related courses as well as electronic books in nursing profession, Thai and English journals, electronic databases of scientific, medical, and nursing publications, and domestically and globally research database which can be searched at any time

7. There is a source of nursing practice for master's degree students based on their field of study and related disciplines, and there are enough patients/service receivers for practice