Career Aspirations of Final Year Doctoral Physical Therapy Students and the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

BACKGROUND

COVID-19 virus was identified in December 2019. In March 2020, the U.S. declared a state of emergency and the WHO labeled the disease crisis as a pandemic.

PURPOSE

Identify how events of COVID-19 pandemic may or may not have influenced physical therapy students’ career aspirations.