Don’t count the days, make the days count. Mohammed Ali I recently read an (mostly) excellent paper about time management strategies for research productivity. It’s from a rather “strange” source (Nursing Research), but still, it’s has a few gems in it. The paper is: Chase, J. A. D., Topp, R., Smith, C. E., Cohen, M. Z., Fahrenwald, N., Zerwic, J. J., et al. (2013). Time Management Strategies for Research Productivity. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 35(2), 155–176. doi:10.1177/0193945912451163 Really, really helpful, especially the ways to say no to requests. A full two-page table giving possible answers. Cool. That’s the second time I stumbled upon an excellent paper in a journal dealing with nursing research. The first was Froman, R. D. (2001). Elements to consider in planning the use of factor analysis. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 5(2). It once again shows that the source is mostly irrelevant. The content is what counts. Highly recommended. Update Char (@ceronqu) on Twitter just asked “what makes nursing pubs a “strange” source”. That’s a good question, as it shows me how much I have been socialized as a psychologist. It’s a strange source as I was socialized as a psychologist and there [...]
↧