Reflections on navigating the PhD journey as a social work practitioner

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dc.contributor.authorLotty, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-16T08:37:49Z
dc.date.available2020-04-16T08:37:49Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractPractitioners who undertake PhDs find themselves in a unique research position. They have a dual role of being a researcher, as doctoral candidate and also a practitioner. This paper describes my reflections on the journey of doing a PhD as an experienced social work practitioner. Firstly, I describe my study which designed, developed and evaluated a psychoeducational intervention for foster carers in Ireland. Then, I discuss my reflections on my position in the research and how I theoretically framed my study in a pragmatist approach. I discuss the challenges I experienced as a practitioner and doctoral candidate. I conclude that my position as a practitioner and doctoral candidate was likely to have enhanced my research and the contribution it has made to social work practice.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationLotty, M. (2020) 'Reflections on navigating the PhD journey as a social work practitioner', Qualitative Social Work, doi: 10.1177/1473325020921926en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1473325020921926
dc.identifier.eissn1741-3117
dc.identifier.endpage15en
dc.identifier.issn1473-3250
dc.identifier.journaltitleQualitative Social Worken
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9834
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/H3A833ZNNY72EU67FNSQ/full
dc.rights© 2020 the author. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.en
dc.subjectPhD journeyen
dc.subjectDoctoral candidateen
dc.subjectPractitioner-researcheren
dc.subjectPositionalityen
dc.subjectReflexivityen
dc.subjectPragmatist approachen
dc.titleReflections on navigating the PhD journey as a social work practitioneren
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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