Abstract
Background: Nursing doctoral education has advanced nursing science and provided a basis for evidence-based nursing practice in Europe. Purpose: To describe my perspective on the current trends of nurse doctoral education in Europe and offer suggestions for African nursing doctoral education. Methods: The development of nursing doctorates in Europ eis explored and compared briefly with that of the USA. Results/Observation: Three different approaches to doctoral education in Europe are traditional PhD, professional doctorates and doctorates by publish works, and theymerit careful examination for nursing doctoral education in Africa. Conclusion: From the lessons learned in European doctoral education for nursing, the traditional PhD programme would be the most appropriate model for Africa. However, for this to happen there needs to be capacity building to establish a critical mass of properly credentialed faculty members with active programs of funded research, international collaborations and publications in high quality peer reviewed journals.
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