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Oct 23, 2026
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PTAC 2110 - Physical Therapy Research I
Credits: 1
Catalog Description
In this elective course, second year physical therapist assistant students will have the opportunity to participate in the research process to better understand how to work with the physical therapist to make clinical decisions based on evidence-based practice. Students will analyze research articles from physical therapy journals and apply the scientific method to create a hypothesis and prepare a research project that could be carried out in the second part of this course, Physical Therapy Research II. Students will be encouraged to present their research projects at the annual Minnesota APTA Spring Conference, ARCC Student OSCARS, and/or the Spring Advisory Committee Meeting. Evidence-Based Practice is an essential part of the physical therapy profession. This course will allow PTA graduates to better understand current research so they are able to make responsible clinical treatment decisions, making them more proficient and marketable when looking for employment. Students will not be required to take PTAC 2120 if they take PTAC 2110, but PTAC 2110 will be a pre-requisite for PTAC 2120 .
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): PTAC 1050 , PTAC 1060 , PTAC 1070 , PTAC 1080
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Summarize research journal articles and discuss summaries with classmates.
- Explain the components of the scientific method.
- Describe the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process.
- Develop the methods for a research project.
- Create a hypothesis for a research project based on journal article reviews.
- Identify the ethical issues involving human subjects with a research project.
- Create charts and graphs for data gathered in a research project.
- Create a consent form, including all required elements, for their research study.
- Analyze basic concepts in professional literature, including but not limited to validity, reliability, and statistical significance.
- Create a valid and reliable method for data collection.
- Create a presentation summarizing an article from a professional journal on a topic related to physical therapy.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Scientific journal article searches and reviews
- Ethics involved with using human subjects for a research project
- Components of the Scientific Method
- Formulation of a hypothesis
- Data analysis including statistical significance
- Creation of research methods
- Institutional Review Board
- Consent Form
- Instruments for data collection
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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