Course How to design and conduct your PhD study to be family-focused

ECTS: 1.2

Course leader: Karin Piil

Language: English

Graduate school: Faculty of Health

Graduate program: PH

Course fee: 1,440.00 DKK

Status: Course is finished

Semester: Spring 2023

Application deadline: 27/03/2023

Cancellation deadline: 10/04/2023

Course type: Online education

Start date: 24/04/2023

Administrator: Lena Melchior Villadsen

The course P301/03 How to design and conduct your PhD study to be family-focused is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, 2023.

Criteria for participation: University degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or master’s degree in other fields and/or postgraduate research fellows (PhD students and research-year medical students).

Aim: The aim is to introduce, discuss and apply family-focused approaches, methods, and evaluations in health science research.

Learning outcomes: A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

  • Understand the basic characteristics of family-focused approach and dialogue
  • Understand, discuss and argue for the central methodological considerations
  • Identify appropriate family-focused qualitative and quantitative data sources for research
  • Describe and argue for the choice of patient-reported outcome and caregiver-reported outcome
  • Identify strengths and limitations of a family-focused approach in research
  • Understand and apply family-focused values across cultures and in vulnerable families
  • Present the family-focused PhD study in a concise and structured format

A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

  • Understand the basic characteristics of family-focused approach and dialogue
  • Understand, discuss and argue for the central methodological considerations
  • Identify appropriate family-focused qualitative and quantitative data sources for research
  • Describe and argue for the choice of patient-reported outcome and caregiver-reported outcome
  • Identify strengths and limitations of a family-focused approach in research
  • Understand and apply family-focused values across cultures and in vulnerable families
  • Present the family-focused PhD study in a concise and structured format

Preparation and homework

  • Each student submits a 1-page abstract of their Ph.D. study
  • During the course the student will further develop, design and present own family-focused PhD study
  • Each student is expected to do assignments for approximately one hour per day and prepare for the course for 8 hours (abstract and reading).

Workload: The full workload of the course is expected to be 30 hours.

Content: The course takes its starting point in an introduction to family-focused assessment and intervention in health science research. Participants will be introduced to the basic concepts of a family-focused approach and presented for the central methodological considerations. During the course, the students will further develop, design, and present their family-focused Ph.D. study. Thereby, be able to identify appropriate family-focused qualitative and quantitative data sources and the strengths and limitations of a family-focused approach. Moreover, students will learn about family-focused values across culture and in vulnerable families. Finally, each student will present their family-focused Ph.D. study in a concise and structured format.

Instructors: Anne Brødsgaard, Karin Piil, Dorthe Nielsen og Pernille Friis Rønne

Venue: Online on Zoom

Participation in the course is without cost for:

  • PhD students, Health Research Year students and Health Research Honours Programme students from Aarhus University
  • PhD students enrolled at partner universities of the Nordoc collaboration
  • PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses

Course dates:

  • 24 April 2023 09:00 - 16:00
  • 25 April 2023 09:00 - 16:00
  • 26 April 2023 09:00 - 16:00