Taught Postgraduate

Students begin their studies in September each year. The Programme includes four core courses (26 contact hours per course totalling 104 contact hours), three track courses (26 contact hours per course totalling 78 contact hours), a course on Research Ethics (12 contact hours) and a thesis (104 contact hours).

Core courses:

• NURS6001 Scientific Progress in Nursing
• NURS6002 Advanced Quantitative Research Designs and Methods
• NURS6003 Naturalistic and Interpretive Approaches to Nursing Research
• NURS6004 Health Policy for Advocacy in Health Care

Research Ethics course:

• GRSC6031 Research Ethics for Graduate Students

Track courses:

• Educational Leadership Track courses:
  • NURS6005 Introduction to Clinical and Classroom Teaching in Nursing
  • NURS6006 Curriculum Planning and Development
  • NURS6007 Assessment and Evaluation
     
• Clinical Leadership Track courses:
  • NURS6008 Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Role Acquisition
  • NURS6009 Health Behavior and Health Promotion Research
  • NURS6010 Concepts and Methods in Health Services Research

Thesis:

Students will complete a thesis of 50,000 to 60,000 words that represents an original scientific study grounded in nursing practice/education and contains material worthy of publication. A variety of teaching and learning methods will be employed to provide the best learning environment for students. Examples of teaching and learning methods are lectures, seminars, tutorials, problem-based learning (PBL) and clinical work.

To be eligible for admission to the Programme leading to the degree of Doctor of Nursing, applicants must:

1. comply with the General Regulations;
2. hold a master’s degree in nursing or equivalent disciplines from this University, or a comparable university accepted for this purpose;
3. currently hold a Registered Nurse license;
4. have English proficiency as specified by the University’s admission requirements; and
5. satisfy the application evaluators with (i) a statement of overall career goals and specific research interests and (ii) an oral justification of their suitability for doctoral education.

Two prizes shall be awarded to newly enrolled candidates who hold a bachelor's degree with 1st class honours or equivalent outstanding academic achievement; and whose research proposal (2-3 pages) has demonstrated scientific rigor. The value of each of the prizes shall be HK$30,000.

To encourage students to have educational exchange in renowned international universities, students admitted in September 2018 or after will be eligible to apply for the International Conference Participation Sponsorship of a maximum amount of HK$4,000 once during their entire study.

Application can be submitted online via https://aal.hku.hk/tpg/programme/doctor-nursingfrom January 2019.

Application deadline: 12:00nn (HKT), July 5, 2019.