Points of credit to be approved by the department. Requires submission of an outline of the proposed research for approval by the faculty member who is to supervise the work of the student. The research facilities of the department are available to qualified students interested in advanced study.
MA Film & Media Studies students register for this class in their thesis semester to maintain full-time enrollment.
Open only to graduate students in the basic medical science departments. Prerequisite: course director’s permission. Current research in pathology and pathobiology. Conferences and invited speakers. Assigned readings.
Prerequisites: high-quality work in the previous term. Arrangements must be made with the director of graduate studies. Tutorial work in specialized research topics.
Prerequisites: high-quality work in the previous term. Arrangements must be made with the director of graduate studies. Tutorial work in specialized research topics.
The cardiopulmonary Topics program is designed to offer a more comprehensive view of individuals with both cardiac and pulmonary issues. The majority of patients seen will have a history of chronic disease however those with acute processes will also be included. This goal of this course is to provide you, the student, with the opportunity to expand the breadth and depth of your cardiopulmonary knowledge. A variety of clinical practice settings will be offered to you, not limited to physical therapy. Understanding the team approach to patient diagnosis and management as well as gaining patient perspective is key to gaining a more advanced understanding of cardiac and pulmonary processes. This course will primarily include clinical observations. The majority of opportunities will be outpatient however some inpatient care will be offered.
TBD
Students are required to carry out independent research under the direction of a faculty member of the Doctoral Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Internships are an integral part of the student experience at SIPA. Students in most of the MPA and MIA degree programs are required to register for and conduct an internship as part of their academic coursework. Still, all students are encouraged to explore internships as part of their education and career development. Students can register for a maximum of three internship credits toward their degree. Students who wish to earn internship credit for non-research internships will register for
SIPA U9013
in the fall or spring semesters. Note: SIPA does not permit registration for internship credit during the summer term. Students completing their internship during the summer months and wishing to earn academic credit must register in the preceding Spring semester. Students may register for 0-points, 1.5-points (minimum of 120 internship hours), or 3-points (minimum of 240 internship hours) internship credits.
Internships are an integral part of the student experience at SIPA. Students in most of the MPA and MIA degree programs are required to register for and conduct an internship as part of their academic coursework. Still, all students are encouraged to explore internships as part of their education and career development. Students can register for a maximum of three internship credits toward their degree. Students who wish to earn internship credit for non-research internships will register for
SIPA U9013
in the fall or spring semesters. Note: SIPA does not permit registration for internship credit during the summer term. Students completing their internship during the summer months and wishing to earn academic credit must register in the preceding Spring semester. Students may register for 0-points, 1.5-points (minimum of 120 internship hours), or 3-points (minimum of 240 internship hours) internship credits.
Internships are an integral part of the student experience at SIPA. Students in most of the MPA and MIA degree programs are required to register for and conduct an internship as part of their academic coursework. Still, all students are encouraged to explore internships as part of their education and career development. Students can register for a maximum of three internship credits toward their degree. Students who wish to earn internship credit for non-research internships will register for
SIPA U9013
in the fall or spring semesters. Note: SIPA does not permit registration for internship credit during the summer term. Students completing their internship during the summer months and wishing to earn academic credit must register in the preceding Spring semester. Students may register for 0-points, 1.5-points (minimum of 120 internship hours), or 3-points (minimum of 240 internship hours) internship credits.
Course Overview:
Students, who want to build on the content from the required Orthopedic courses, may elect this course during the last semester of the DPT curriculum. This course explores advanced topics and skills in the area of orthopedic physical therapy that will provide the student with beyond entry-level skills and prepare them for clinical challenges ahead.
Course Description:
This course is firmly rooted in the evidence-base with exploration of advanced topics and skills in the area of orthopedic physical therapy combined with experience in the orthopedic clinics at Columbia University Medical Center. Students will take part in interactive discussion of current research that supports the application of advanced skills including a variety of osteopathic techniques learned and practiced in the class. Students will also have the opportunity to shape the content of the course by selecting an area of particular interest for them to present and teach. Previous course work emphasizing kinesiology, biomechanics, therapeutic exercise, and orthopedics will be integrated with emerging evidence and advanced techniques in the examination, evaluation, intervention, and prognosis of a variety of orthopedic conditions.
Students are required to register a total of 3-points. Starting with the Class of 2023, students have six registration options for “Field Study for MPA-DP” (PUAF U9015), with some restrictions for international students seeking CPT:
3 units in the Spring 2023 semester*
1.5 units in the Spring 2023 semester and 1.5 units in the Fall 2023 semester*
3 units in the Fall 2023 semester
3 units in the Spring 2024 semester
1.5 units in the Fall 2023 semester and 1.5 units in the Spring 2024 semester
1.5 units in the Spring 2023 semester and 1.5 units in the Spring 2024 semester
*For international students on F-1 visa who conduct their summer placement in the United States and secure CPT, the
ONLY
available options for registration are noted with an asterisk, to ensure compliance with CPT policies and regulations. (All six registration options for U9015 are available to J-1 students using AT).
Students are required to register a total of 3-points. Starting with the Class of 2023, students have six registration options for “Field Study for MPA-DP” (PUAF U9015), with some restrictions for international students seeking CPT:
3 units in the Spring 2023 semester*
1.5 units in the Spring 2023 semester and 1.5 units in the Fall 2023 semester*
3 units in the Fall 2023 semester
3 units in the Spring 2024 semester
1.5 units in the Fall 2023 semester and 1.5 units in the Spring 2024 semester
1.5 units in the Spring 2023 semester and 1.5 units in the Spring 2024 semester
*For international students on F-1 visa who conduct their summer placement in the United States and secure CPT, the
ONLY
available options for registration are noted with an asterisk, to ensure compliance with CPT policies and regulations. (All six registration options for U9015 are available to J-1 students using AT).
Students who want to build on the content from the required Adult Neurorehabilitation courses may elect this course during the last semester of the DPT curriculum. Students are exposed to a variety of clients in different settings and allowed to further develop their clinical reasoning skills, hone their evidence-based examination and therapeutic interventions, and verify the psychosocial impact of disability. This is a problem-solving case-based course that promotes the synthesis of evidence from the neurological and movement science literature in order to critically evaluate current trends in the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, intervention, and prognosis of a variety of neurological conditions. Clinical reasoning is promoted through three pathways: 1) observation and participation in a variety of health care practice settings (e.g. home care, hospitals, outpatient departments); 2) understanding societal needs; and 3) appreciating the prevailing legislative environment. Students develop an evidence-based paper formulated to serve as a resource for all course participants.
Students who want to build on the content from the required pediatric course may elect this course during the last semester of the DPT curriculum. The course provides students with the opportunity to expand the breadth and depth of pediatric knowledge and apply the information to children with a disability. The course expands and strengthens the knowledge, clinical reasoning, and skill in managing pediatric clients with various disabilities. This course emphasizes examination, evaluation, prognosis, and intervention within the context of the child’s culture, family, personality, and age. The impact of legislation, practice setting, team collaboration, and service delivery models are considered in developing the intervention plan. Evidence-based practice is promoted through guided literature review. Students are exposed to various practice settings (acute care, early intervention, school-based, and rehabilitation) and intervention approaches.
HRSMA students may receive one academic credit for the completion of a relevant internship. The credit would count towards the elective requirement for the degree. In order to receive one credit, students will be required to complete a total of 100 internship hours. The internship must be professional in nature and substantively focused on human rights or social justice. For more information, students should refer to the HRSMA Digital Handbook.
Prerequisites: the director of graduate studies permission if taking more than 3 points of study with any one faculty member. Individual writing on a topic agreed upon by the supervising faculty member.
Prerequisites: the director of graduate studies permission if taking more than 3 points of study with any one faculty member. Individual writing on a topic agreed upon by the supervising faculty member.
This course offers students in their final year of the DPT program opportunities to think on their feet and reflect on actions after they encounter with simulated patients of different clinical domains and various clinical settings. The simulated patients are complex patients, who can be ambiguous, unpredictable and difficult to manage due to patient-related characteristics, e.g. comorbidities across multiple clinical domains, or contextual factors. Students are required to apply primarily the four types of clinical reasoning that they learn in the Clinical Case Management course (a concurrent course running in the same semester) while the simulated patient cases unfold in class. The four types of clinical reasoning are hypothetico-deductive reasoning, pattern recognition, collaborative reasoning and ethical reasoning. The lecture portion of the course will focus on the patient-client management for individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, with an emphasis on the complex post-surgical inpatient interventions including but not limited to LVAD, interventional cardiology, lung reduction for COPD, and lung/cardiac transplantation
Open only to graduate students in the Department of Pathology. Prerequisite: instructor’s permission.
Open only to graduate students in the Department of Pharmacology doing dissertation research.
Open only to graduate students in the basic medical science departments. Prerequisite: instructor’s permission.
This is a Law School course. For more detailed course information, please go to the Law School Curriculum Guide at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/search
This course during the final semester of the DPT III curriculum provides students with the continued development of medical screening concepts with a focus on the evaluation and assessment of patient cases/scenarios. Using a patient case-based approach, this course will emphasize utilizing clinical decision making/differential diagnosis skills effectively and efficiently related to the concept of threshold detection to identify impairments or “red flags” in medical screening that warrant referral to other professionals. Using previously established examination schemes, students will evaluate patient data in order to select the next-best history question to ask or the next-best physical examination procedure to help rule out potential pathological processes. Existing medical screening guidelines will be reviewed and applied to the various cases-illustrating appropriate use of the guidelines and also potential limitations. Professional communication skills and strategies with patients/clients and physicians will be applied and practiced throughout the course.
Candidates for the M.S. degree may conduct an investigation of some problem in biomedical engineering culminating in a thesis describing the results of their work. No more than 6 points in this course may be counted for graduate credit, and this credit is contingent upon the submission of an acceptable thesis.