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Andrew M. Ball PT PhD -> Re: DSc (October 28, 2006 2:43:00 AM)
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I agree, I'd say 2-5, a DSc is like PhD, considered a terminal academic/research degree with a little more clinical "spice" and application than a basic-science PhD.
What you need, is a question, an answerable research question, that will form the basis for your research career. You'll want to know what question you'd like to answer, and what research mentor you'd like to work with BEFORE entering a program.
As such, my question to you is do you have a research question, one that's not too broad for someone to ask, "Well what about this . . . ?" and do you know who the leading researchers are with respect to that line of research?
Usually, it takes 2-5 years minimum to do this kind of groundwork and internal dialogue --- sometimes it takes many, many, more years. Remember that you're basically free labor in a PhD or DSc program, it's not like a professional, transitional, or post-professional clinical doctorate (e.g. DPT) where you take the courses and get (e.g. buy) your degree . . . a PhD or DSc is AWARDED on the basis of the quality of your research.
As such, more than 75% of people who start an advanced academic degree don't finish. Usually they finish all but dissertation (ABD) because no one has told them how to prepare for the dissertation phase. PLEASE, PLEASE take my advice. It would be great for you to start a DSc, but it would be even better if you were one of the ones who finished!
Andrew M. Ball, PT, DPT, PhD
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