On Behalf of:
Professor Martin Kitchener, MBA PhD
Associate Dean, Engagement
Director, Cardiff Health Organisation & Policy Studies (CHOPS)
Cardiff Business School
Cardiff University, Aberconway Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
T: +44(0)29 2087 6951
PhD Studentship "Patient Engagement in Healthcare Improvement: A Realist Analysis"
Applications are invited for one full-time funded PhD studentship in Management and Business Studies to work on the above project.
The PhD project will build on current research activity in the School to examine how hospital-level efforts to engage with patients are being used as sources of management information for service improvement. Specifically, the study will employ realist analysis to examine three modes of information gathering from patients: formal complaints, solicited patient stories, and in-situ interventions during interaction with caregivers. The processes (how information is collected and used) and the outcomes of each mode will be examined in comparative-intensive hospital case studies. The primary output of this research will be an evidenced-based and theoretically-informed response to the following series of questions concerning attempts to integrate patient-derived information into improvement efforts: what works, for whom, how, and in what context?
Cardiff Business School was ranked 4th out of 90 UK business schools in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, and 'excellent' for teaching. Lively, elegant, confident and cosmopolitan, the city of Cardiff offers an excellent location in which to study. Students benefit from the combination of a small, friendly, inexpensive city with the cultural and recreational amenities of an ambitious and progressive capital city.
Funding and Eligibility
Open to all students of any nationality (UK/EU and International). The award will cover the cost of UK, EU or International tuition fees and a contribution towards living expenses for a maximum of three/four years.
The Studentship will commence in late September 2012.
We are seeking exceptional applicants with a first-class or very good upper second Honours degree, or a Masters degree with an average mark of at least 70%.
How to Apply
To contact the primary supervisor for this PhD studentship prior to making an application (strongly advised), see http://business.cardiff.ac.uk/contact/staff/kitchener
Applications can be submitted via Cardiff's Online Application Service - see http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/pg/apply/ . Please indicate in the 'Funding' section of the Online Application Form that you are applying for the Cardiff Business School PhD Studentship "Patient Engagement in Healthcare Improvement: A Realist Analysis".
Deadline: Please ensure your application and all supporting documents reach us no later than Friday 16 March 2012. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Enquiries: Ms Elsie Phillips PhillipsE2@cardiff.ac.uk (Secretary to the Doctoral Programme) PhD Programme Office, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Aberconway Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU
Tel: 029 20876786
Fax: 029 20874419