PTHER 526 - Professional Issues III

2 units (fi 4)(EITHER, 1.5-1.5S_0)

The study of professional roles, responsibilities and essential competencies within public and private practice with an emphasis on professional communication, assignment of care to physical therapy assistants, patient and colleague education, patient safety, organizational structures, health policy and administration. Prerequisite: PTHER 525.

REHAB 599 - Directed Individual Reading and Research

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

May be repeated. Open to graduate students in Master's and PhD degree programs in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine or any of the other health sciences Faculties who wish to pursue individual reading and research studies with an academic staff member within the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. Prerequisites: consent of student's graduate supervisor and instructor of record.

REHAB 601 - Research Design in Rehabilitation Science

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

This course will provide students an overview of methodological approaches in health science and rehabilitation research, including features and issues that impact on research methodology (i.e., design, data collection, and analysis). Students will gain an understanding of the philosophical and theoretical perspectives that underpin quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches in health research.