Doctoral Capstone I

Course Description

This is the first of a two-course series designed to guide each student through the process of developing and conducting a Doctoral Capstone Project. The project must be of sufficient scholarly effort to satisfy the expectation of rigorous, professional, doctoral level work equivalent to original research. The capstone project will be designed to target a problem in either clinical practice, the health system, PA education, or the PA professional sphere. During the capstone course sequence, each student will work closely with their facilitator as they progress from conceptualization to completion of the research or translational project. In Capstone I, each student will apply methods from the Research Methods course to identify a topic of interest, develop a proposal, and conduct a narrative literature review to demonstrate mastery of their project topic. Students will also focus on the planning and preparation portion of their Doctoral Capstone Project. Students will plan for collection and analysis of data, literature or other relevant information required to support a rigorous and scholarly effort. Students will prepare and submit an IRB (or comparable regulatory agency) application. Finally, students will plan for the operational challenges of locating, collecting, managing and processing requisite information to address their Doctoral Capstone Project question.

Code

PA 9387

Credits

4

Subject

PA

Programs That Include This Course

• Doctoral Medical Science, DMSc