Call for Applicants: Information Technology Fellowship for PhD Students for Fall 2008

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Information Technology Fellowship for PhD Students
Announced by
Duke University School of Nursing &
Duke Health Technology Solutions
Call for Applicants for Fall 2008

Duke University School of Nursing and Duke Health Technology Solutions announce a competitive Information Technology Fellowship focusing on IT solutions to the safety and quality challenges in health care. The Fellowship will fund a student for full time study in the PhD Program in Nursing. While earning the PhD, the Fellow will be mentored by faculty to conduct research focused on integrating computing/information capabilities and expertise into clinical practice, with an emphasis on patient safety and clinical quality. Of particular interest in this fellowship is creating a positive work environment and “learning culture” in which practitioners can share "lessons learned" in an effort to mitigate risk, prevent harm to patients and improve quality of care. The student will focus on technology solutions to overcome current barriers in health care in areas such as standards, workflow, privacy issues, engaging consumers, data-sharing, interoperability, and improvement of health care delivery. The student will utilize IT systems for the purpose of identifying problematic areas, and proposing and testing intervention strategies to health care safety and quality.

• The PhD Program in Nursing offers rigorous preparation to nurses intending to enter roles in academic nursing, conduct nursing research in the broad area of Trajectories of Chronic Illness and Care Systems
• Fellowship support: Three years tuition, fees, health insurance, and market competitive stipend
• Application Deadline: December 15, 2007 is the deadline for opening an application. Materials such as reference letters, transcripts, and GREs scores will be accepted until January 16.
• Apply online at: The Graduate School, Duke University
• Additional PhD in Nursing Program Information is available at: Duke University School of Nursing ::
• To discuss the fellowship opportunity, contact the Nursing PhD Program Coordinator, Huppert@duke.edu or nursingPhD@notes.mc.duke.edu.