Improvements to the My DNP Manuscript Writing Program
As part of their participation in the My DNP Manuscript pilot program, participating DNP students and graduates were required to answer detailed surveys about their experience using the video sessions that make up the program.
In addition to their outstanding positive feedback about the initial pilot program, they offered useful tips for how to improve the online instructional program to make it even more likely to help doctor of nursing practice students improve their writing.
Below is a list of the few recommendations that pilot participants had for how to improve the existing manuscript-writing program.
In addition to their outstanding positive feedback about the initial pilot program, they offered useful tips for how to improve the online instructional program to make it even more likely to help doctor of nursing practice students improve their writing.
Below is a list of the few recommendations that pilot participants had for how to improve the existing manuscript-writing program.
1. Include an example of a complete introduction section
We've added two full-length Bonus Videos featuring (1) a complete background section, with both broad and local problem statements, as well as (2) a complete introduction section with the broad and local problem statements and an example of a thorough literature/evidence review!
2. Give examples of how to check that literature review content relates directly to project outcomes
We've not only added tips for how to check this content, we've also added methods to double check that your problem statements, literature review, aims, methods, and results all match up and make sense to a peer reviewer or editor. This step is key if you hope to have impartial readers make sense of your important work!
3. Give an example of how to combine data collection with implementation sections in the methods
Because this combining of subsections is so common in DNP, EBP, and QI projects, we have added a complete Bonus Video with instructions regarding how to combine the two subsections of the methods.
4. More discussion about proper transitions to use in each section
Transitions are the mark of a skilled writer. Therefore, we've added a massive Bonus Video, complete with 3 very different example papers, showing you exactly what transitions are, how to use them, and how they work to make every paragraph and section of a manuscript shine. Your readers will love reading your work when you properly use transitions!
5. Explain how to write about the use of theories, models, and frameworks in the context of QI or EBP project implementations
Many DNP students are required to structure their QI implementation with the help of a model or framework. But pilot testers struggled with how to write about those models or frameworks in their manuscript. That confusion is now cleared up!
We've added two full-length Bonus Videos featuring (1) a complete background section, with both broad and local problem statements, as well as (2) a complete introduction section with the broad and local problem statements and an example of a thorough literature/evidence review!
2. Give examples of how to check that literature review content relates directly to project outcomes
We've not only added tips for how to check this content, we've also added methods to double check that your problem statements, literature review, aims, methods, and results all match up and make sense to a peer reviewer or editor. This step is key if you hope to have impartial readers make sense of your important work!
3. Give an example of how to combine data collection with implementation sections in the methods
Because this combining of subsections is so common in DNP, EBP, and QI projects, we have added a complete Bonus Video with instructions regarding how to combine the two subsections of the methods.
4. More discussion about proper transitions to use in each section
Transitions are the mark of a skilled writer. Therefore, we've added a massive Bonus Video, complete with 3 very different example papers, showing you exactly what transitions are, how to use them, and how they work to make every paragraph and section of a manuscript shine. Your readers will love reading your work when you properly use transitions!
5. Explain how to write about the use of theories, models, and frameworks in the context of QI or EBP project implementations
Many DNP students are required to structure their QI implementation with the help of a model or framework. But pilot testers struggled with how to write about those models or frameworks in their manuscript. That confusion is now cleared up!
All of those recommendations have been incorporated into the revised and expanded 3rd edition of the program.
We've also added:
Read about the expanded 3rd edition of the program here. See details about the learning outcomes of each session on the About the Program page.
We've also added:
- More explanation and examples (from 1 to 6 minutes more) in each core "Step"
- Several chapter breaks to each core video so the content is easier to navigate
- A crucial Introduction video addressing how to choose a journal and begin writing
- A gorgeous new design that makes learning enjoyable, not boring
Read about the expanded 3rd edition of the program here. See details about the learning outcomes of each session on the About the Program page.
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