Postgraduate Perspectives: a Virtual Open Evening
July 2023
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Two UCLan online students discuss their experiences with online courses. They talk about flexibility, installment payments, and how the course is enhancing their careers and skills.
Speakers
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Segun Akindokun, MSc Applied Public Health student and doctor
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Sandra Chinaza Fidelis, MSc Nursing student and full-time nurse
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Sandra: It's quite flexible. I'm working as a full-time nurse, and so I needed something that is flexible that I can be able to do, while also working. I already know that I wouldn't be able to do it full-time study in the school, so the flexibility of the online course was a crucial factor for me, and it allowed me to balance my studies with my professional commitments already at work.
And then being able to pay my fees was something I had to consider. So because there was that option for installment [INAUDIBLE] pay, I didn't have all the money at once, but I could be able to get the money and pay them instrumentally, so that was another factor. And I had to go for the course, eventually.
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Segun: With this course, it's going to help me to increase my knowledge in research in the medical field. This course has enlightened me more to know more about how to go about the qualitative and quantitative research methodology, which is very key to me. And will also enhance my career in terms of teaching in teaching medical school, students, teaching postgraduate students, which is also key, apart from being a doctor for more than 15 years, and have knowledge of what complicated is all about.
So it enhanced my career in that field, in that line, which is very good for me. So I really kill into the program. And as the course is going gradually, I'm having more understanding to this, but at the end of the program, I'm able to add value to me, my career, and work pursue.
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Sandra: Please trust my critical thinking skill, because nothing is about you being able to think critically. You've been able to solve problems. We solve everyday problems, while we interact with our patients, while we interact with our colleagues. So this course has really helped me.
When we did introduction to postgraduate research. it offered a lot of training on how to think critically and being able to analyze some of the literature in a critical manner. So that really helped me in that aspect. And then when I engaged with my assignments, and was able to meet deadline.
So it built my time management ability, time management skill as well. And I also need these time management in my nursing work as a nurse, being able to manage my time and attend to my patients before the end of the shift, just doing [INAUDIBLE] things for them.
And then, additionally, this course also made me more disciplined and focused, so I can be able to translate that into being more efficient and more productive as a nurse. Then when it comes to a personal level, it has given me a sense of accomplishment that I can be able to achieve great things for myself.
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