Description
This course is the culmination of all research courses prior to it and also provides an avenue for research project presentations. Students will present their capstone research projects, including regular research, case reports or systematic review studies, as platform presentations at their Oral Defense and poster presentations at the Research Symposium. In addition, research studies will be disseminated in a manuscript format. Their research project will be defended in a “public” format in front of a Research Defense Committee that will include their research advisors along with two additional reviewers, making a total of three committee members in a typical scenario, although a larger number of committee members are permissible. The paper’s quality must be similar to those that are published in Physical Therapy. During the course, students are expected to demonstrate competency in the professional behaviors necessary for becoming an effective physical therapist.
Prerequisite: enrol