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A Self-fulfilling Prophecy: Building a Successful Career in Health Research |  | Author: Simon Stewart
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $52.99
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Sales Rank: 3037802
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 184
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6 x 0.6 x 9
ISBN: 0470060719
EAN: 9780470060711
ASIN: 0470060719
Publication Date: May 29, 2007
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Product Description
To date, non-medical researchers, particularly those working in nursing and allied health, have suffered from a general lack of good, strategic advice on how to build their careers. Designed to assist readers in building their careers, A Self-fulfilling Prophecy: Building a Successful Career in Health Research, is a fascinating insight into author Simon Stewart’s, career as a health researcher. Using his unique experiences as a basis for the book, Stewart helps identify and overcome the many different obstacles of building an effective career framework.The book breaks down the key to a successful career in health research, through a systematic analysis of how you can improve your curriculum vitae and positively influence external factors that will determine the eventual success of your career. PhD candidates and Post-Doctoral Fellows provide insights into how they have developed their own research careers, thus providing evidence that it is possible to achieve something substantive if you are able to think and judge your career in a critical manner. A Self-fulfilling Prophecy: Building a Successful Career in Health Research offers guidance on the following issues: - How to choose an attractive research topic
- How to benchmark yourself against peer competitors
- How to compose a competitive research grant application
- How to improve your overall skills as a health research
- How to break the mould and stand out as a health researcher
This book will be a useful and informative read for anyone who is starting a career in both non-medical and medical health research or for readers who are looking for direction and inspiration in their existing career.
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