Hello, I'm currently an undergraduate student in podiatry close to completing my final year. I hope to pursue a Phd that concerns the development of a foot health scale for rheumatoid arthritis to measure the general health status of the foot and the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions (actually dead important, so no sniggering!).
However, I have 1 month to compile my research proposal and a personal statement. How on earth should I go about doing that? Are there any good guideline documents out there or can anyone give me any advice at all?
Many thanks for any advice anyone may be able to offer!

Hi Stevo69,
The advice i can give at the moment is that in order for you to write a good proposal, you must know what the topic entails, the bebfits, how it affects the society today, and its originality (as in making it your own unique piece of work). I think if you've got that in place then you should be able to get some things written down. If i come accross anything that can be of help, i'll give you a shout.

Here, i found this. Hope it helps
http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/PhD/PhDproposal/

As for writing a personal statement:
http://www.accepted.com/grad/personalstatement.aspx