The Cohort Doctoral Studies Program engages practising health professionals in research degrees. The industry partners for the Cohort Doctoral Studies Program are predominantly the institutions delivering health services to Northern Australia including hospitals, private practices and public health services. The program also partners with Health Services and private practices in other states and territories including New South Wales, Victoria, Northern Territory and Tasmania. Typically, Cohort Doctoral Studies candidates begin their research candidature already employed in one of these industries. The Cohort Doctoral Studies Program is therefore reverse engineered with industry partners coming to the program to engage in research degrees rather than research candidates being placed with industry. The main aim of the program is to create an environment in which health professionals working full or part time can successfully undertake a research degree. Thus, Cohort Doctoral Studies candidates often integrate research into their work rather than undertake work-integrated learning typical of higher degree by research (HDR) industry placements.
