ODS-9002 Elective Research Project
This research elective course will tie together clinical concepts and cases with publication worthy objectives. Cases will be selected by the student, with mentor approval, to complete a case report, scientific poster, and grand rounds presentation. All three components must be publishable quality and meet the criteria set forth by the American Academy of Optometry. Students will work through their cases with an assigned faculty mentor via email and/or in person. Students will be notified via email of faculty mentor assignment. Students are expected to make first contact with their mentors by March 18, 2022 to allow adequate time to meet all requirement deadlines. Research elective will emphasize skills in case report writing, production of scientific poster and professional presentation. The topics of the project material will be selected by the student and approved by the assigned faculty mentor. Case report and poster are expected to be sourced from one clinical case. A separate clinical case should be selected as the basis of the grand rounds presentation. If a student has an accepted poster at a national conference, the student may utilize the poster as part of their Capstone. The student may choose a different topic for the case report or use the same case presented in the poster abstract. This course will also incorporate concepts from research methods such as basic study design and evaluation along with writing an abstract.