How does the DHS degree differ from other doctoral degrees?
The DHS recognizes advanced knowledge and skills associated with a specialized or applied area of a discipline. The DHS is particularly attractive to health professionals who want to attain advanced knowledge and skill, contribute to clinical research, teach in professional education settings and assume leadership positions. The DHS emphasizes the application of scientific knowledge to clinical practice, delivery of health services, and education of health professionals. A scholarship project, rather than a traditional PhD dissertation, is the culminating degree requirement. For more information, refer to the question “What is the scholarship requirement.” The PhD is an academic degree that recognizes mastery of a body of knowledge and completion of an original scholarly work (a dissertation) that adds to the body of knowledge in the discipline. The t-DPT (Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy) degree enables physical therapists to attain degree parity with therapists whose first pro
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