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The global shortage of nursing professionals educated at baccalaureate level and beyond has been highlighted. Within America, services are preparing to treat an additional 32 million individuals under the Health Reform Bill. Within South Africa nursing education outputs do not meet demands. Countries are addressing these shortages by developing advanced nurse roles which require research degrees.

To evaluate a national PhD programme within the context of a nurse education strategy and a national health insurance plan.

A comparative effectiveness research design was employed.

The setting was in South Africa between 2011 and 2013, a county with 51.7 million inhabitants.

Participants included PhD candidates, programme facilitators, supervisors and key stakeholders.

Data from a one day workshop was analysed using an inductive thematic analysis …