title: Nursing Doctorates in Brazil: research formation and theses production.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the formation of nursing doctorates in Brazil, from theses production, disciplines and other strategies focusing on research offered by courses.
  
  
  METHODS
  a descriptive and analytical study of the performance of 18 doctoral courses in nursing, running from 1982 to 2010, and defended their theses between 2010-2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  502 theses were defended in this period, most linked to the online research process of health and nursing care. There are gaps in the knowledge of theoretical and philosophical foundations of care, nursing history and ethics. There are also weaknesses in the methodological design of the theses, with a predominance of descriptive and/or exploratory studies. This was consistent with international standards set with regards to the proposition of research of disciplines and complementary strategies in forming the doctorate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  despite the efforts and advances in research formation, it is essential to expand to more robust research designs with a greater impact on production knowledge that is incorporated into practice.
authors: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
authors: Carmen Gracinda Silvan
authors: CG
authors: Scochi
authors: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BR.
authors: Francine Lima
authors: FL
authors: Gelbcke
authors: Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR.
authors: Márcia de Assunção
authors: Mde A
authors: Ferreira
authors: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BR.
authors: Maria Alice Dias da Silva
authors: MA
authors: Lima
authors: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors: Katia Grillo
authors: KG
authors: Padilha
authors: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
authors: Nátali Artal
authors: NA
authors: Padovani
authors: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, BR.
authors: Denize Bouttelet
authors: DB
authors: Munari
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D001938:Brazil; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data