Research Project

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. under supervision, identify a research problem in physiotherapy; 2. plan a research study; 3. execute data gathering plan, analyse the data gathered and interpret the results obtained; and 4. report findings from the investigation in a dissertation.

Investigating a research problem. Research design and planning execution of the research design. Data collection and storage. Analysis and interpretation of the obtained data. The student reports independent research findings as a dissertation which is submitted to the Department of Physiotherapy in partial fulfilment for the award of Doctor of Physiotherapy degree of the University. The dissertation is examined with the examination externally moderated.