A doctorate is a long-term career, so it is critical that you have a strong methodology and discipline while studying.
Habit makes perfection, and the same goes for everything in life. In this blog, we want to share three tips that we believe are essential for all those who want to successfully navigate this stage in their professional lives.
1. Focus on writing.
A doctor's true work or contribution is found in his research work. As a result, adopting a methodology or developing your own allows you to automate processes.
We recommend that you begin writing about your research with:
Once the problem has been identified, choose an interesting topic to investigate and begin looking for information on previous investigations. Reaffirm the topic's relevance and begin developing your work plan.
Get down to business and begin writing the research content.
As an example of the structure, we provide a useful example that you can customize as needed.
● Title. Short and concise, it manages to pique the reader's interest. Remember to include a detailed description of your experiment.
● Introduction. Its goal is to provide a thorough and critical overview of the relevant literature. Explaining the goal and methods used. Explain why your work deserves to be publicized.
● Methodology. Describe the proposed hypothesis, methods, and data to answer the research questions.
● Results. Demonstrate your hypothesis and highlight key findings.
● Conclusion. The idea is that you can summarize your contributions to this area in this section and suggest or leave open topics for future work.
● Bibliography.
Remember to keep the following wording:
● Clear
● Readable
● Specific
● Concise
● Consistent
2. Read. Sleep. Repeat.
Of course, in order to achieve your objectives, you must read constantly. Develop a reading habit because it will be one of the primary ways you will feed your mind with new ideas. Devote reading time to Scientific Popularization works that are not just in your field of interest. Stay informed by using Google alerts or newsletters, for example, which allow you to receive information on a regular basis. Fundamentally, set aside a daily or weekly reading time to categorize the information that is of interest to you.
Remember that Twitter and LinkedIn, for example, are very interesting networks for following other scientists or laboratories in order to learn and find out about their work. These networks will keep you up to date on current issues in your field and may serve as inspiration for your doctoral research.
3. Publish.
Do not fear. Participate in collaborations. Do not be afraid of failure or criticism. It's not easy, but it's the only way to improve your abilities.
Publish on your blog, social media, and in collaboration with your study house.
And as an added bonus, never give up! Because it is worthwhile.
If you're looking for places to get inspired, we recommend looking at LinkedIn, where there are over 3,600 groups dedicated to Ph.D. topics and where you'll almost certainly find information that will be useful to you.