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MN APTA RESEARCH COMMITTEE
MINNESOTA CHAPTER AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION

RESEARCH POSTERS

If you are interested in submitting a poster for the upcoming Conference, please fill out a Poster Application and fax, mail, or e-mail it to MN APTA by September 5, 2008.

IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED A POSTER, please be sure to review the poster template created by the MN APTA Research committee.

Visit the Research Poster Archive to learn more about past poster presentations from Spring and Fall Conferences!

RESEARCH PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

If you are interested in presenting at the next Spring Conference, please visit the Conference web page. Information on submitting a platform presentation will be available in January or February of next year.

Visit the Student Platform Presentation Archive to view past student platform presentation descriptions and slides, as presented at recent Spring Conferences.

Research Committee Chairs: Nathan Hellyer, PT & John Schmitt, PT

Research Committee Board of Directors Liaison: Lisa Dutton, PT (through June 2009)

Research Committee Goal & Action List: The purpose of the MN APTA Research Committee is to educate, promote, and inform MN APTA members regarding evidence-based practice. Ongoing activities include:

Sponsor Spring Conference presentation on the integration of evidence with clinical practice
Recruit and coordinate DPT student research platform presentations
Promote and review research poster submissions for Spring and Fall Conference
Mentor students and clinicians in preparation of research posters
Encourage understanding and utilization in clinical research
- APTA Research web page, which links to Open Door, Hooked on Evidence, PubMed
- Center for Evidence-Based Medicine
- Physiotherapy Evidence Database
- PubMed
- APTA Hooked on Evidence
- More evidence-based practice resources coming soon!
Develop standards for incorporating evidence-based outcomes in MN APTA-sponsored CE courses
Support the MN APTA in efforts that may require research inquiry
Submit Evidence In Action articles to Soundwaves

EVIDENCE IN ACTION

View past 'Evidence in Action' research articles on the Evidence in Action Archive.

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