Final Project I OPTO 498

In this course the student selects what type of project he/she would like to pursue. Projects may be in form of literature reviews, laboratory studies, epidemiological studies, clinical studies or prospective/retrospective clinical case studies. After selecting the project type, a literature review follows. In the case of a literature review study, this review process constitutes this entire course but in all other cases, after the literature review, the student must then proceed with the study design, sample size determination and data collection. The student is expected to collect at least 60% of his/her data in this course. In the case of a literature review study 60% of the papers for the review must be read and analyzed in this course. For the entire duration of the semester, the student is required to meet with his/her supervisor to discuss the progress of the study. It is expected that parts of the project (such as the introduction and subjects and methods) will be written up in this course.