Challenges of Becoming a Scholar: A Study of Doctoral Students' Problems and Well-Being

Pyhältö, Kirsi; Toom, Auli; Stubb, Jenni; Lonka, Kirsti

doi:10.5402/2012/934941

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“…A characteristic of generic competences is that they are less domain specific, and hence more easily applied to different working contexts than scientific competences. However previous studies have shown that PhD students often face problems in mastering generic competences (Gilbert et al, 2004;Pyhältö, Toom, Stubb, & Lonka, 2012). PhD students for instance, reported that they suffered from lack of self-regulated learning skills, poor time management, experienced motivational problems and low self-confidence .…”

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The Added Value of a PhD in Medicine - PhD Students’ Perceptions of Acquired Competences

Anttila¹,

Lindblom‐Ylänne²,

Lonka³

et al. 2015

IJHE

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PhD in the field of medicine is more common than in any other domain. Many medical doctors are driven towards PhD, but also students with other backgrounds (usually MSc) are conducting a PhD in medical schools. Higher education has invested a lot in developing generic and research competences. Still little is known about how PhD students themselves perceive the competence of future PhDs'. The aim of this study is to determine how medical PhD students perceive their future competences and whether there is a difference between MD PhD and MSc PhD students' perceptions. Moreover this study examines students' perceptions of their learning environment and their experienced well-being.The data were collected from 163 medical PhD students. The survey data consisted of Likert type statements, open-ended questions and background variables. PhD students' perceptions of acquired competences were content analysed. The connection between conducted degree and emphasised competences were analysed using cross tabulation and χ² -test Perceptions of well-being and the learning environment were examined using descriptive statistics of scales.The results showed that PhD students considered a wide variety of competences to be central to future PhDs'. Their perception of their future competences consisted of scientific and generic competences. All students emphasised scientific competences over generic competences but MSc PhD students emphasised generic skills more than MD PhD students. PhD students' perceptions of their well-being and the learning environment showed that PhD studies are a burdening and stressful process. However students also felt that they received feedback from the scientific community.

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The Added Value of a PhD in Medicine - PhD Students’ Perceptions of Acquired Competences

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Lindblom‐Ylänne²,

Lonka³

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“…Besides, all elements of the general population had equal possibilities to be involved in the research (Kardelis, 2002). It has been emphasised in scientifi c literature that representativeness of a sample is a more important criterion when assessing research validity than the size of a sample (Pyhältö, Toom, Stubb and Lonka, 2012). Representativeness of this research sample is supported by the correspondence of sample characteristics to the data of Lithuanian doctoral students' population (Statistikos departamento internetinė svetainė, 2012(Statistikos departamento internetinė svetainė, -2013.…”

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Perspectives of Professional Identity Manifestation in the Career Vision of Lithuanian Doctoral Students

Kovalčikienė¹,

Bukšnytė-Marmienė²

2014

CDRC

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Straipsnyje pristatoma profesinio identiteto daugialypiškumo problematika Lietuvos dok torantų karjeros vizijoje. Analizuojama doktorantų identifi kacija su skirtingais profesiniais vaidmenimis: mokslininko, dėstytojo ir visuomeninių paslaugų teikėjo/praktiko. Pri statomi Lietuvos doktorantų apklausos rezultatai. Tyrimo imtis -494 doktorantai iš 22 aukštojo mokslo institucijų Lietuvoje. Re zultatų analizė atskleidė, kad labiausiai dok torantams yra išreikštas praktiko profe sinio vaidmens identitetas. Be to, socio-de mografi nės doktorantų charakteristikos turi reikšmę doktorantų identifi kacijai su skirtin gais profesiniais vaidmenimis. PAGRINDINIŲ TERMINŲ APIBRĖŽIMAI• Doktorantas -trečiosios studijų pakopos studentas, tyrėjas (Mokslo doktorantūros nuostatai, 2010). Doktorantas yra socialinis vaidmuo, iš kurio paprastai reikalaujama atlikti daug profesinių vaidmenų (mokslininko, dėstytojo, visuomeninių paslaugų teikėjo ir kitų), nors doktorantūros paskirtis susijusi su siekiu doktorantui įgyti vieno konkretaus vaidmens -mokslininko -identitetą. PERSPECTIVES OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY MANIFESTATION IN THE CAREER VISION OF LITHUANIAN DOCTORAL STUDENTS ABSTRACTTh is article presents diversity-related issues of professional identity in the career vision of Lithuanian doctoral students. It also analyses how doctoral students relate themselves to various professional roles: scholar, teacher and public service provider/practitioner. Results of the Lithuanian doctoral students' survey are presented. Research sample -494 doc toral students from 22 Lithua nian higher education institutions. Th e results have shown that the most expressed doctoral students' professional role identity is that of a practitioner. Besides, doctoral students' identifi cation with professional roles is infl uenced by socio-demographic doctoral students' charac teristics. DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS• Doctoral student -a third cycle student and a researcher (Mokslo doktorantūros nuostatai, 2010). A doctoral student is a social role where one has to perform a number of professional roles (scholar, teacher, provider of public services and others) even though the purpose of doctoral studies is associated with a doctoral student's aim to develop the identity of one particular role, i.e. scholar.

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“…Supervisor guidance provides the student a salve to counter the identified pitfalls [40]. Implicit in the supervisory process should be a pastoral relationship based on trust and respect [31].…”

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The Doctoral Studies Paradox: Indigenous Cultural Paradigms Versus Western-Based Research Practices

Padró

2018

Postgraduate Education in Higher Education

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Challenges of Becoming a Scholar: A Study of Doctoral Students' Problems and Well-Being

Cited by 152 publications

References 49 publications

The Added Value of a PhD in Medicine - PhD Students’ Perceptions of Acquired Competences

The Added Value of a PhD in Medicine - PhD Students’ Perceptions of Acquired Competences

Perspectives of Professional Identity Manifestation in the Career Vision of Lithuanian Doctoral Students

The Doctoral Studies Paradox: Indigenous Cultural Paradigms Versus Western-Based Research Practices

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