PhD in Nursing
The PhD Program in Nursing is offered online and is designed to prepare nurse scientists for a lifetime of intellectual inquiry through creative scholarship and research. Our graduates enjoy careers in academic, social, governmental, and healthcare organizational settings. The program requires students to critically analyze and develop research, educational, policy and administrative strategies that address the needs of both individuals and communities. Our courses focus on the health care needs of vulnerable populations and the development of community partnerships in delivering health care.
The MUSC PhD Program enables students to:
- Utilize philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual foundations to guide the generation of new knowledge in health care.
- Develop expertise within an area of inquiry, identifying critical gaps in knowledge and reflecting a nursing and transdisciplinary perspective.
- Conduct theory-guided research to test, generate, and extend knowledge that informs health care systems, health policy, and the evidence base for practice.
- Demonstrate proactive leadership related to a selected area of scholarship.
- Model values consistent with integrity in science and professional nursing.
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Founded in 1824 in Charleston, The Medical University of South Carolina is the oldest medical school in the South. Today, MUSC continues the tradition of excellence in education, research, and patient care. MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and residents, and has nearly 11,000 employees, including 1,500 faculty members.