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

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