Shameless Friday bump :p

Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone has access to the most recent edition of 'Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care' (Dec 2011), and namely these articles:

1. Addressing ‘the elephant on the table’: barriers to end of life care conversations in heart failure – a literature review and narrative synthesis Momen, Natalie C., Barclay, Stephen I.G.

Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care. 5(4):312-316, December 2011.

doi: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32834b8c4d



2. Multidisciplinary heart failure management and end of life care Ryder, Mary, Beattie, James M., O’Hanlon, Rory, McDonald, Kenneth

Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care. 5(4):317-321, December 2011.

doi: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32834d749e




3. Heart failure comorbidities at the end of life Tevendale, Ewan, Baxter, John

Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care. 5(4):322-326, December 2011.

doi: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32834d2ee4


Hope you can help :-) My library tells me that I can only request one article through their document delivery service :-s

I really would echo Lughna's sentiments. I hated school and didn't much enjoy college either. I didn't get the grades I 'should' have got (according to my teachers), probably because I disliked the A-Level curriculum and the way things were ran. (& don't get me started on my secondary school, all girls private, an absolute nightmare - my family didn't have much money & I was slightly socially awkward so that made me scum in their eyes)

I managed to get into an ex-poly through Clearing and did a Psychology degree which I thoroughly enjoyed and did pretty well in (2:1). MSc I enjoyed even more, and did even better in that course. I feel that I've finally found my academic niche, and doing well :-)

That's fantastic news, congratulations!!!!!!!!!! (up)(up)(up) :-):-):-)

It's definitely possible, I know of many fellow PhD-ers who have supervisors in different institutions. In fact, one of the local research groups which funds PhD students stipulate that there must be three supervisors, one of which must be in a different institution to the others.

However I'd say it depends on your Uni as to whether that's common/accepted practice - the student handbook may reveal something? Other than that, it might be worth approaching the head of department/head of postgrad research in your department.

Hope you find a definitive answer (up)

Hi guys,
I'm looking for the following article:

Luhrs, C. A. and J. D. Penrod (2007). "End-of-life care pathways." Current opinion in supportive and palliative care 1(3): 198-201.

If anyone has access to it I would be most grateful if you could PM me.

Thanks and Merry Christmas (up)(sprout)(gift)(robin)(snowman)(tree)(turkey)

I agree with Tather. Also showing that you can constructively criticise your methodology shows that you have matured and developed as a researcher. You may get a question about your original methodology in your viva - might be worth preparing for that and thinking about which alternative methodology you would have used if you could do it again (and other research directions you could take).
I'd say that many PhD students have the same experience. Bear in mind that the PhD is increasingly seen as a form of research training rather than being an expert on a very narrow field and as long as you can describe your methodology, the pros and cons of it, and future directions then you'd definitely benefit! (up)

I'm taking 3 weeks off... although I am 90% sure I'll spend a good few days trying to complete a systematic review I started a couple of months back!

I would suggest making a formal complaint to the University and if no joy, complain about them to the University ombudsman.

I don't think we can really say who's "at fault" (or whatever you want to call it) here without the full picture from both sides but the ombudsman should be able to. Worth a try anyway?

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My experience was a low/mid 2:1 at a former poly (72% in dissertation), pass at Master's at a former poly (78% dissertation) - they didn't 'do' merits, only pass or distinction.

I'm now on a fully funded PhD studentship at Durham.

So yes it can be done - and nothing was brought up/mentioned about my previous grades when applying for and being interviewed for the studentship.

Congratulations on your great result :) go celebrate! (up)

Thanks guys, I'll have a play around and see what I can come up with :-)

Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone knows how to produce a 'journal style' table when writing a report - I'm thinking along the lines of this:
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/51/3/images/psp_51_3_515_tbl1a.gif


... is there an option in Word for this particular format/style?

Thanks (up)

My period of registration is the same. Many faculties allow you to submit your thesis a year after your funding ends, on the understanding that you won't have any (or very little) supervision during that time. Maybe this is the case with you too? Don't be afraid to ask!

I started in Jan this year and had no ill effects from doing so :) I'm quite lucky in that my uni repeat many of the introductory courses for those starting in January. (although not every single one!)

I've found it quite useful actually as those who started in Sept/Oct were able to advise me on the silly little niggles you tend to spend a lot of time sorting out when starting something new, e.g. how to get a key for the office, who to contact for fees, stipend, tips and tricks for the library... etc! (by this point most of the 2nd years have forgotten all this info to tell you as they start worrying about data collection instead...).

Had no trouble meeting people, I guess with a PhD it's not the same as a taught course when it's seen as more important that everyone starts off on the same foot/level... there's so many different student projects, topics, plans etc that it's more like starting a new job in an office in that sense.

Don't worry (up)