title: Mentoring doctoral students for qualitative research: interviews with experienced nursing faculty in Japan.
abstract: This study aimed to describe the process of mentoring doctoral students for qualitative research in Japanese graduate programs in nursing. Nine experienced faculty-seven nurse researchers and two sociologists-were interviewed. Participants were asked about their process of mentoring students for qualitative nursing dissertations. Data analysis was conducted using a qualitative descriptive method. Participants' age ranged from 48 to 60 years. The first theme in the mentoring process is about the individualized, one-on-one mentorship process. The second theme occurs in a group process. The third theme is coordinating mentors and establishing a network to support the evaluation system. The mentoring processes identified in this study will be useful for future faculty development. The study elucidated much room for improvement in doctoral education programs for qualitative research methods in nursing science.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, St. Luke's College of Nursing, Tokyo, Japan. mkayama@slcn.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kayama
authors.forename: Misuzu F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gregg
authors.forename: Kiyomi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asahara
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto-Mitani
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuma
authors.forename: Kikuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D008875:Middle Aged; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012961:Sociology; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education; D013338:Students, Nursing