Schedule
Thu, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (6/2/2025 - 7/24/2025) Location: MAIN BRCHM 145
Fri, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (6/2/2025 - 7/24/2025) Location: MAIN BRCHM 145
Description
This course is designed to focus on improving the skills of reading, understanding, and applying clinical research
literature to the practice of physical therapy. Classroom experiences include lecture, discussion, and student
presentations. Students will practice developing clinical research questions, searching for evidence related to those
questions through various media, critically and systematically evaluating current literature, and drawing
conclusions from a literature search regarding the implications for physical therapy practice. Upon completion of
the course, students should be able to search the literature, evaluate and write about simple clinical research
studies, and identify the implications for physical therapy practice.
Prerequisite: Enrollment in the physical therapy program and successful completion of all prior coursework therein
or permission of the course director and the Physical Therapy Program Director.
Offered: Summer semester
(2 credit hours)