Doctoral Student Project Showcase

Submission Guidelines

• First author presenter must be a current UC College of Nursing PhD or DNP student or graduate from the last academic calendar year. Interprofessional team projects will also be accepted if the faculty mentor is from the UC College of Nursing and at least one member is a PhD or DNP student.
• Completed or in-progress projects are eligible for participation.
• The body of the abstract must be single-spaced with no more than 350 words and must be structured according to the following sections:
  
  • Title (no more than 12 words)
  • Purpose and rationale
  • Summary and strength of evidence
  • Description of implemented practice change 
    
  • Description of EBP/QI model used to guide the change 
    
  • Evaluation methods
  • Results/discussion (implications for practice and/or recommendations for future research/next steps).

Scoring Criteria

• The title is concise and specific to the project.
• The purpose and rationale clearly stated.
• Evidence guiding practice change is strong and reflected in the abstract.
• Stakeholders are identified and strategies for implementation are outlined.
• Evaluation methods are discussed.
• Recommendations for for practice, education, or future research based on the review and synthesis are included.

Submission Guidelines

• First author presenter must be a current UC College of Nursing PhD student or graduate from the last academic calendar year. Interprofessional team projects will also be accepted if the faculty mentor is from the UC College of Nursing and at least one member is a PhD student.
• Completed or in-progress projects are eligible for participation.
• The body of the abstract must be single-spaced with no more than 350 words and must be structured according to the following sections:
  • Title (no more than 12 words)
  • Background
  • Purpose
  • Research questins/hypothesis
  • Theoretical framework/rationale
  • Methods
  • Results/discussion (implications for practice and/or recommendations for future research/next steps).

Scoring Criteria

• The title is concise and specific to the project.
• The purpose and research questions/hypotheses/specific aims are clearly stated.
• The theoretical framework/rationale is appropriate.
• Outcomes are measurable and evaluation methods explained.
• Results or implications for for practice, education, or future research based on the review and synthesis are included.

Submission Guidelines

• First author presenter must be a current UC College of Nursing PhD student or graduate from the last academic calendar year. Interprofessional team projects will also be accepted if the faculty mentor is from the UC College of Nursing and at least one member is a PhD student.
• Completed or in-progress projects are eligible for participation.
• The body of the abstract must be single-spaced with no more than 350 words and must be structured according to the following sections:
  • Title (no more than 12 words)
  • Problem/purpose
    
  • Search strategy 
  • Results
  • Synthesis or evidence and implications for practice

Scoring Criteria

• The title is concise and specific to the project.
• The issue is described and support for significance of problem is provided.
  
• Objectives of the inquiry are stated.
• Databases searched  and inclusion/exclusion criteria are identified.
• Search, number of studies included and level of evidence are described.
  
• Synthesis of evidence including major trends and gaps in literature, recommendations for practice, education, or future research based on the review and synthesis are described.