Does a professional (entry-level) DPT program prepare a graduate to contribute to the professions body of knowledge and/or to clinical research in support of evidence-based practice?
There is no agreement within the academic or clinical communities regarding the scope, purpose, and appropriateness of a research component in the curriculum of a professional (entry-level) education. For that reason alone, there will continue to be considerable variance in the degree level to which a DPT graduate is prepared to be a contributor to, not just a consumer of, the profession’s body of knowledge and/or clinical research in support of evidence-based practice.
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