Yesterday was a proud day for the staff and faculty in the Department of Sports Medicine and Athletic Training. All 4th year students participated in the seventeenth annual College of Health and Human Services Student Research Symposium.
The purpose of the symposium is to promote student research as well as provide a forum for students to gain experience presenting their scholarly activities – Dr. Helen Reid Dean, College of Health and Human Services. The symposium is an opportunity to celebrate our students’ outstanding work and to acknowledge the faculty members who serve as mentors.
The undergraduate student research done by the 4th year students begins in the fall term. Students developed their research ideas within their group and were lead by their faculty advisor in submitting IRB proposal, setting up research studies, recruiting participants and conducting research.
Work for the students continued into the spring term as the students finished research, conducted statistical analysis of their data, and created a poster or oral presentation to display at the symposium.
The students hard work and dedication concluded yesterday with their presentations during the symposium. The staff and faculty of the department could not have been more proud of our students throughout their research and in their presentations.
The posters displaying each groups research projects will be displayed in the Professional Building, Lab Room 160 during the 2013-2014 school year.
Well done students!