• ISBN13: 9780470060711
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Wiley
• Publication Date: May 1, 2007
• Pages: 165
• Original Price: USD 60.95
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 295 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Education & Training, Research, and Nursing / Research & Theory

To date, non-medical researchers, particularly those working in nursing and allied health, have suffered from a general lack of good, strategic advice on how to build their careers. Designed to assist readers in building their careers, A Self-fulfilling Prophecy: Building a Successful Career in Health Research, is a fascinating insight into author Simon Stewart’s, career as a health researcher. Using his unique experiences as a basis for the book, Stewart helps identify and overcome the many different obstacles of building an effective career framework.

The book breaks down the key to a successful career in health research, through a systematic analysis of how you can improve your curriculum vitae and positively influence external factors that will determine the eventual success of your career. PhD candidates and Post-Doctoral Fellows provide insights into how they have developed their own research careers, thus providing evidence that it is possible to achieve something substantive if you are able to think and judge your career in a critical manner.

A Self-fulfilling Prophecy: Building a Successful Career in Health Research offers guidance on the following issues:

This book will be a useful and informative read for anyone who is starting a career in both non-medical and medical health research or for readers who are looking for direction and inspiration in their existing career.

Simon Stewart - Head of Preventative Cardiology, Baker Heart Research Institute