Successful Doctoral Training in Nursing and Health Sciences (PDF)

Debra Jackson AO, RN, PhD, SFHEA, FACN is Professor of Nursing at the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney. She holds a number of international roles including Professor of Nursing at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (UK), Visiting Professor at Florence Nightingale Faculty, Kings College London (UK), Bournemouth University (UK), and Auckland University of Technology (NZ). In 2020 Professor Jackson was named Australia's leading nurse researcher. In 2019 Professor Jackson was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to medical education in the field of nursing practice and research as an academic and author. She is a committed and experienced mentor and supervisor of developing researchers, scholars and leaders. She has supervised more than 50 students to completion and has won a Vice-Chancellors award for excellence in doctoral supervision and training (2007). Professor Jackson has published widely, with over 400 publications including journal articles, books and book chapters. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Kim Usher AM, RN, PhD, FACMHN, FACN, is Professor of Nursing in the School of Health, Research Fellow Oxford-Brookes, Oxford, UK, Research Fellow, Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health & Social Equity, and, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Australia. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Nursing and Nursing and Health Sciences. To date, she has over 300 peer-reviewed journal publications and numerous book chapters. Her h-index is 25 (orchid), 41 (google scholar) with an i10-index of 120. Professor Usher was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia in 2017 in recognition of sustained contribution to nursing and midwifery education and research. She was recognised for teaching by the award of an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding