Funded PhD Studentship Quality and Safety Research

Posted on 3 July 2012

Applications are invited for a full-time, 3-year PhD studentship in quality and safety research, funded by the Bradford Institute for Health Research and hosted within the Department of Health Sciences, commencing October 2012.

We are seeking an exceptional and self-motivated individual who wishes to develop their research skills and build a career in patient safety research and who will make an active contribution to the YQSR portfolio.
The funding is related to Mobile Medical Applications in Practice. And the PhD fellowship will focus on the barriers and facilitators to implementation of mobile medical applications in clinical practice. Bradford Teaching Hospitals Trust will be providing iPads to all clinical staff from the start of 2013 providing a unique opportunity to explore how they are used in a clinical setting and how apps are developed and evolve to improve quality and safety of health care. The successful candidate will be expected to build a research project within this area with the support of their supervisors.

The successful candidate will be formally registered through the Department of Health Sciences and during the first year will undertake any appropriate research training by accessing appropriate Health Sciences modules.

The award will cover academic fees at the UK/EU rate and a maintenance grant of £12,000 per annum for 3 years (International students would need to find funds to cover the remaining fees). A project support grant of £2700 over the course of the PhD can be used at the discretion of the supervisors to support research expenses.

For students whose first language is not English there is a minimum requirement of an IELTS score of at least 7 in each component of the test.

Funded PhD Studentship Quality and Safety Research (PDF , 317kb)

Process for application

Closing date for applications is 27th July 2012.

Applications should be made using the Department of Health Sciences on-line application process which can be accessed using the following link.
http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/uao/ugrad/courses/cupid/index.cfm?ippCode=DRPHSCSHSC3&level=postgraduate.

Applicants should state that they are applying for the advertised patient safety studentship and provide a curriculum vitae and two academic references. You should also upload an outline of your intended approach to the area of research outlined, stating potential methods or approaches that could be adopted. (up to 500 words in PDF format). If you have already published academic papers, one of these may also be uploaded.

Interviews

Interviews are likely to take place on the 23rd August 2012. At interview candidates will be expected to give a short presentation on a project or piece of research that they have undertaken previously and outline their plans for developing a suitable project.

Informal Enquiries

Prospective applicants who wish to discuss the studentships should contact Prof. Ian Watt (isw1@york.ac.uk).