项目介绍

2022年10月10日

The Division of Physical Therapy at Emory University School of Medicine in coordination with the Applied Physiology Program and other departments at Georgia Tech offers a dual degree program that awards a doctorate in physical therapy (DPT) from the Emory School of Medicine as well as a PhD in Applied Physiology from the Georgia Tech School of Biological Sciences.

The DPT/PhD students have access to research engineers throughout Georgia Tech, including the Emory-Georgia Tech joint biomedical engineering department. Stipend funding is available beginning in the 3rd year of the DPT curriculum. Years 4-6/7 are funded from the PhD advisor’s grant in the form of Graduate Research Assistantships. For students who choose to work with a Georgia Tech faculty as their research mentor, a limited number of Graduate Teaching Assistantships may also be available.

Students enrolled in the DPT/PhD Program must fulfill the requirements established by the governing bodies of both institutions.  The Emory DPT degree is a 144-credit hour program; the Georgia Tech Applied Physiology PhD degree is a 42-credit hour program.

The didactic curriculum program for dual degree students requires at least 4 years to complete (not including the dissertation component), as follows:

• Year 1 – Emory DPT program: 27 credit hours Clinical Theory, 16 credit hours Anatomy and physiology, 8 credit hours Motor control (9 of these hours will transfer to satisfy the GT AP-PhD Systems Physiology requirement and 6 will transfer to meet the Cohesive Minor)
• Year 2 – Emory DPT program: 26 credit hours Clinical Theory, 2 credit hours A&P, 3 credit hours Motor control, 20 credit hours Internship.  (None of these hours are considered for transfer of credit to GT AP-PhD degree)  Interested students are expected to apply to Georgia Tech during this year.
• Year 3 – Emory DPT program: 8 credit hours Clinical Theory, 10 credit hours Internship, 12 SCH Clinical Research, 12 credit hours Electives.  Emory DPT clinical research requirement to be fulfilled with AP-Ph.D. research rotations.
• Year 4-6/7- GT AP-PhD program: 9 credit hours Systems Physiology, 6 credit hours Focus Area, 3 credit hours Cohesive Minor, 3 credit hours Biostatistics, 3 credit hours graduate seminar, 12 credit hours dissertation research.