Outcomes* 1. Incorporate the philosophical foundations of nursing knowledge into research. 2. Complete original research that contributes to nursing knowledge and translation into practice. 3. Synthesize knowledge from nursing and other disciplines within a specific domain, using critical analysis. 4. Integrate relevant knowledge of culture, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation into nursing research. 5. Conduct research that contributes to the reduction of health disparities locally and globally. 6. Use conceptual frameworks and/or theories to guide the research process. 7. Demonstrate scientific and ethical integrity in the design, conduct, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of research. 8. Collaborate with nursing and interdisciplinary scholars in research. 9. Participate in academic, research, practice, or policy initiatives. 10. Engage in activities that promote professional socialization as scholars. 11. Disseminate orally and in writing relevant research findings to the scientific and policy communities. *Approved by PhD 7/1/2013
Systematic Outcomes Assessment Plan (SOAP) # Expected Outcome Indicator Benchmark 1 50% of admitted students are from underrepresented populations Actual Outcome Data Source Time Lines Who is responsible for initiating, collecting, summarizing, and tracking data 71% n = 7 admitted students: 1 Black (1 International) 2 Hispanic 2 Asian or Pacific Islander 2 White (1 International) Brio Student Data Reporting Fall 2012 Who is responsible for analyzing outcome and Action Plan revision Improvement Noted or New Action Plan Needed Improvement over previous AY. Recruitment strategy successful. 2 100% of students will pass candidacy exam on first attempt 1 st attempt: 2/2 100% Candidacy Exam Report Each Spring Improvement noted: changes made regarding feedback process all students will now incorporate committee comments into their papers (revisions). 3 100% of students will disseminate candidacy findings (oral/poster presentation, manuscript 6/7 86% Students who took Candidacy exam (integrative review paper) the previous year. By end of following Spring New Action: None Improvement Noted: New Action: Knowledge appraisal course practice assignment on Page 1 of 6
submission) in some form within a year of the exam. Systematic Outcomes Assessment Plan (SOAP) Advisor and students conducting integrative review; Advisor & mentor continue to encourage students to submit candidacy paper to ENRS or CANS for oral or poster presentations; work with them on selecting and editing manuscript to submit to professional journal 4 100% of eligible students (full time, us citizen, suitable topic) will submit individual NRSA within first 2 years of being in program. 3/3 100% Based on students within first 2 years of being in the program. Advisor and students Within 2 years Improvement Noted. New Action: Continue to work closely with faculty in proposal writing course; work closely with advisor/mentor to refine NRSA application; Mock reviews to further refine application. 5 100% of students will apply for dissertation funding prior to graduation 4/12 33% Based on students academic year. Advisor and students Improvement noted. New Action: Work closely with Cherrelle Evans, scholarship officer NYU CN; Page 2 of 6
Systematic Outcomes Assessment Plan (SOAP) Advisors, mentors and Director of PhD program identify funding opportunities for students. 6 80% of fulltime students will graduate in 4 years. FT: 0/3-0% Based on students past academic year. Matriculation Agreement Form, Graduation Checksheet, SIS database New Action: New plan to include considering increasing PT students to complete by 7 years since course work takes up to years to finish; increase match with faculty research. Metric needs to be evaluated. Previous plan: IRB proposal submitted within 3 months of Proposal review. 7 80% of part time students will graduate in 6 years. PT: 0/9 0% Based on students past academic year. Matriculation Agreement Form, Graduation Checksheet, SIS database New Action: New plan to include considering increasing PT students to complete by 7 years since course work takes up to years to finish; increase match with faculty research. Metric needs to be evaluated. Previous plan: IRB Page 3 of 6
Systematic Outcomes Assessment Plan (SOAP) proposal submitted within 3 months of Proposal review. 8 100% of students will submit 1 paper to a peer reviewed journal and 1 conference presentation prior to graduation Paper - 3/12 25% Presentation 7/12 58% Based on students academic year. Advisor and students New Action: 3- manuscript option will be started Fall 2014; focus in courses to turn class assignments into manuscripts with advisor and faculty support Previous plan: Program provides yearly workshop on scholarly presentations and publishing Post on DSO bulletin board when published 9 100% of students will submit a manuscript based on their dissertation to peer reviewed journal within 1 year of graduation 3/5-60% Based on students who graduated in the previous academic year. Alumni/Graduates Update yearly survey to capture data Slight improvement noted; 3-manuscript option for dissertation should improve this metric Previous plan: Update as part of semi- Page 4 of 6
Systematic Outcomes Assessment Plan (SOAP) annual review in PhD Chair assists student in identifying potential venue for paper and conference presentation; reviews abstract and manuscript. Program provides yearly workshop on scholarly presentations and publishing Maintain library of previous papers and listing of funding opportunities 10 80% of graduates will take a position as a research focused nurse scientist (60% as academic faculty, 20% as other); 20% of graduates will take a post-doc position Post-doc 3/12 25% Acad Fac 2/12 17% Res Scien 1/12 8% Based on students past academic year. Alumni/Graduates Post on DSO bulletin board when published Need to update metric and new action plan. Previous plan: Faculty Advisors to work with students in job search PhD program to list job opportunities on Page 5 of 6
Systematic Outcomes Assessment Plan (SOAP) Intranet/or send out to students PhD/Pless to warehouse post-doc opportunities Focus on expectation from time of admission advisor, classes, recruiting Hold seminar during final year on job and post-doc application and interviewing Hold panel discussion with representatives from different clinical research positions Page 6 of 6
NYU College of Nursing Full-Time Curriculum Total Program: 45 credits Research methodology (NURSE-GN 3351, NURSE-GN 3352, methods elective by advisement 9 credits Dissertation Related Elective courses - (fulfilled with 5 or 6 courses as needed) 16 credits Departmental content seminar (NURSE-GN 3350, NURSE-GN 3353, NURSE-GN 3325, NURSE-GN 3355 (twice)) 11 credits Dissertation proposal seminar NURSE-GN 3313 3 credits Statistics (NURSE-GN 3501, NURSE-GN 3502) 6 credits First Fall Semester 12 credits First Spring Semester 12 credits NURSE-GN 3501 Biostatistics I or equivalent (3) NURSE-GN 3502 Biostatistics II or equivalent (3) NURSE-GN 3350 Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives of Nursing (3) NURSE-GN 3353 Knowledge Appraisal and Development (3) NURSE-GN 3325 Health Disparities-Theory, Research and Methods (3) NURSE-GN 3351 Contemporary Design and Methods I (3) NURSE-GN 3352 Contemporary Design and Methods II (3) Dissertation Related Elective (3) Candidacy Examination Second Fall Semester 10 credits Second Spring Semester 8 credits Research Residency (100 hours) NC Research Residency (100 hours) NC Teaching Residency (60 hours) NC NURSE-GN 3355 PhD Forum (1) * NURSE-GN 3355 PhD Forum (1) * Methods Elective by Advisement (3) Dissertation Related Elective (4) ** Dissertation Related Elective (3) Dissertation Related Elective (3) Dissertation Related Elective (3) Third Fall Semester 3 credits NURSE-GN 3313 Dissertation Proposal Seminar (3) Third Spring Semester Dissertation Proposal Review NURSE-GN 3400 PhD Advisement *** Students must have the equivalent of three years of full time study to earn a PhD in New York State. This requirement can be met by course load, course load and equivalencies, or by maintenance of matriculation after finishing course work and working at least 40 hours per week on dissertation. See PhD handbook for rules and explanations of Full-time and Half-time status. NC no course credit * Students are required to take NURSE-GN 3355 PhD Forum twice for a total of 2 credits. ** Sixteen credits in electives are required. Either one of the required 5 Dissertation Related Electives will need to be for 4 credits or an additional 6 th elective of one credit or more will need to be taken. *** Students who have finished coursework, but have not passed Final Dissertation Defense must register either for the one credit PhD Advisement course or for another course at NYU with a minimum of one credit each semester until they have passed final defense of their dissertation. Credits for NURSE-GN 3400 do not count towards your degree. PhD_Handbook v34 8-23-13tt 16
NYU College of Nursing Part-Time Curriculum Total Program: 45 credits Research methodology (NURSE-GN 3351, NURSE-GN 3352, methods elective by advisement 9 credits Dissertation Related Elective courses - (fulfilled with 5 or 6 courses as needed) 16 credits Departmental content seminar (NURSE-GN 3350, NURSE-GN 3353, NURSE-GN 3325, NURSE-GN 3355 (twice)) 11 credits Dissertation proposal seminar NURSE-GN 3313 3 credits Statistics (NURSE-GN 3501, NURSE-GN 3502) 6 credits 1 st Fall Semester 7 credits 1 st Spring Semester 7 credits NURSE-GN 3350 Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives of Nursing (3) NURSE-GN 3353 Knowledge Appraisal and Development (3) NURSE-GN 3501 Biostatistics I or equivalent (3) NURSE-GN 3502 Biostatistics II or equivalent (3) NURSE-GN 3355 PhD Forum (1) * NURSE-GN 3355 PhD Forum (1) * 2 nd Fall Semester 3 credits 2 nd Spring Semester 6 credits NURSE-GN 3351 Contemporary Design and NURSE-GN 3352 Contemporary Design and Methods I (3) Methods II (3) Research Residency (100 hours) NC Dissertation Related Elective (3) Candidacy Examination 3 rd Fall Semester 3 credits 3 rd Spring Semester 6 credits NURSE-GN 3325 Health Disparities-Theory, Methods by Advisement (3) Research and Methods (3) Research Residency (100 hours) NC Dissertation Related Elective (3) Teaching Residency (60 hours) NC 4 th Fall Semester 6 credits 4 th Spring Semester 4 credits Dissertation Related Elective (3) Dissertation Related Elective (4) ** Dissertation Related Elective (3) 5 th Fall Semester 3 credits 5 th Spring Semester NURSE-GN 3313 Dissertation Seminar (3) Dissertation Proposal Review NURSE-GN 3400 PhD Advisement (1)*** Students must have the equivalent of three years of full time study to earn a PhD in New York State. This requirement can be met by course load, course load and equivalencies, or by maintenance of matriculation after finishing course work and working at least 40 hours per week on dissertation. See PhD handbook for rules and explanations of Full-time and Half-time status. NC no course credit * Students are required to take NURSE-GN 3355 PhD Forum twice for a total of 2 credits. ** Sixteen credits in electives are required. Either one of the required 5 Dissertation Related Electives will need to be for 4 credits or an additional 6 th elective of one credit or more will need to be taken. *** Students who have finished coursework, but have not passed Final Dissertation Defense must register either for the one credit PhD Advisement course or for another course at NYU with a minimum of one credit each semester until they have passed final defense of their dissertation. Credits for NURSE-GN 3400 do not count towards the degree. PhD_Handbook v34 8-23-13tt 17