A: The capstone is a one-year long project that has three phases. Phase I consists of identifying both a potential project, group of peers, and ideal organization to match you into based off of the degree program you are in and what you hope to do after graduation. Phase II will be spent integrating yourself and your team into the organization, building your project and collecting data on your project’s findings. Phase III will be the culmination of all of your hard work and integrates all of your findings into a final analysis. This phase includes a final project report and project presentation. Timeline and specific tasks may vary by each track of the M.S. program. Please contact at hpr-education@med.cornell.edu for specific questions.