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For Students in the Executive Doctoral Program for Professional Leadership in Health Science Education

Doctoral Thesis Information and Resources:

General Information:

• Duties and Responsibilities of External Committee Members on a Doctoral Thesis Committee (download in PDF format)

Candidacy Paper Resources:

• Candidacy Paper Presentation Template (download in PowerPoint format)

Human Subjects/Instrutution Review Board Resources:

• RAMP (submit your applictaion here)
  https://ramp.research.uh.edu/Home/HomeMain.aspx
• UH Human Subjects and Institutional Review Board (IRB) Information
  (download in PDF format)
• Directions to Create an IRB Application for Archival Data (Data that has already been collected.) (download in PDF format)
• Directions for Human Subjects Training (download in PDF format)
• More Imformation on Human Subjects Training for Graduate Students (required before IRB submission)
  http://www.uh.edu/research/compliance/irb-cphs/hs-training/

Thesis Resources:

• Overview of the Structure of Your Thesis (download in PDF format)
• Chapter 1 Template (download in MS Word format)
• Chapter 3 Template (download in MS Word format)
• Thesis Proposal Presentation Template: Chapters 1-3 (download in PowerPoint format)
• Abstract Template (download in PDF format)
• Final Thesis Presentation Template: Chapters 1-5 (download in PowerPoint format)

Thesis Formatting Resources:

• Chapters 1-5 Sample Thesis/Dissertation http://voyager.coe.uh.edu/cite/training/tutorials/office/SampleDissertation.pdf
• Additional resources from the Center for Information Technology in Education in the College of Education (click on Dissertation Resources):
  http://www.coe.uh.edu/student-services/technology-services/training-library/

APA Resources:

• Online Writing Lab at Purdue APA Style Guide:
  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/
• APA In-Text References & Quotations (download in PDF format)

Writing Center Resources:

• Handout for revising for clear style in research writing (download in PDF format)

Articles:

Guide to Research

• Sampson, J. (2012). A guide to quantitative and qualitative dissertation research. Educational Psychology and Learning System Faculty Publications. Paper 1. Available online: http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/edpsy_faculty_publications/1

Writing a Literature Review:

• Randolph, J. (2009). A guide to writing the dissertation literature review. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 14(13. Available online: http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=14&n=13

Critiquing Research:

• Coughlan, M., Cronin, P., & Ryan, F. (2007). Step-by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 1: Quantitative research. British Journal of Nursing, 16(11), 658-663.
  (download in PDF format)
• Ryan, F., Coughlan, M., & Cronin, P. (2007). Step-by-step guide to critiquing research. Part 2: Qualitative research. British Journal of Nursing, 16(12), 738-744.
  (download in PDF format)

For Students in the Master's Program in Curriculum and Instruction with an Emphasis in Health Science Education:

• Information about how to Submit a Degree Plan (download in PDF format)
• Information about the Master's Capstone Project (download in PDF format)