De Montfort University

Dr Sue Dyson
Principal Lecturer: Head of Nursing and Midwifery Research
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
De Montfort University
266 London Road
LEICESTER LE2 1RQ
Tel: 0116-201 3881
E-mail: smccartney@dmu.ac.uk
Website: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/hls/index.jsp

Special areas of research activity

Midwifery research
Rosemary Garratt, email: rgarratt@dmu.ac.uk
Pedagogic research in nurse education
Dr Peter Norrie, email: pnorrie@dmu.ac.uk
Diversity in health and social care
Dr Sue Dyson, email: smccartney@dmu.ac.uk
Infection control
Professor Judith Tanner, email: jtanner@dmu.ac.uk
Mental health/ service user involvement
Jim Dooher, email: jdooher@dmu.ac.uk

PhD Supervision

Dr Sue Dyson, Head of Nursing and Midwifery research
Tel: 0116-201 3881
Email: SMcCartney@dmu.ac.uk

Postgraduate Training

Doctorate in Health Science (DHSci)

The DHSci at DMU is structured in two phases. Phase one consists of taught research modules, taken over a period of 2 - 4 years, but must be completed before phase two is commenced. The research modules are designed to enable you to gain a complete and in-depth understanding of research design, and methods, as a pre-requisite to undertaking an independent research study applied to a particular practice discipline.

Phase two consists of an independent research study leading to a thesis of 50,000 words and examined at doctoral level, in part by viva voce (oral examination). Phase two builds on the work undertaken in phase one and leads to the production of original work of publishable quality. Phase two will take a minimum of two years to complete.

Contact: Dr Jane Rutty, Programme Leader
Tel: 0116 201 3897
Email: jrutty@dmu.ac.uk
Website: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/course/doctorate-in-health-sciences-3051