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  #1 christenhopkins on 14 Aug 15

   

  Dirette, D. Rozich, A. & Viau, S. (2009). The issue is-is there enough evidence-based practice in occupational therapy? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, 782-786. Retrieved from http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com.proxy01.shawnee.edu/sp-3.16.0b/ovidweb.cgi?&S=FCCGFPMKIHDDCDBMNCKKKHLBGGAEAA00&Link+Set=jb.search.30%7c7%7csl_10
  
  According to this article, health care professionals have noticed an increasing need for evidence-based practice within OT. This need was required due to OT having a code of ethics that insists for therapists to provide treatment services on the premise of current and accurate information. This calls for health care professionals within this profession to be concerned and aware of the evidence-based research literature that supports evidence-based practice.
  
  Evidence is needed for a variety of reasons within the healthcare field, one being discussing health care spending and reimbursement issues. The purpose of this is that if professionals are not able to document effectiveness of treatment, reimbursement for services may not be adequate or OT may not receive appropriate recognition for their efforts.
  
  In this study two graduate student analyzed 788 articles from AJOT's 1995-2005 publications based on level 1-5. The results included very few level I (0.6%) or 2 (1.2%) articles, one fourth of the articles were level 3 (25.3%), some level 4 (5.5%) and more than half were level 5 (67.4%). These results do not indicate that an increase in focus of occupational therapy on evidence-based practice has led to an increase in AJOTs publication of such literature.
  
  Overall, in order to have evidence-based practice there must be adequate evidence in which to base treatment and clinical reasoning.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Dirette, D. Rozich, A. & Viau, S. (2009). The issue is-is there enough evidence-based practice in occupational therapy? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, 782-786. Retrieved from <a href="http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com.proxy01.shawnee.edu/sp-3.16.0b/ovidweb.cgi?&S=FCCGFPMKIHDDCDBMNCKKKHLBGGAEAA00&Link+Set=jb.search.30%7c7%7csl_10" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com.proxy01.shawnee.edu/sp-3.16.0b/ovidweb.cgi?&S=FCCGFPMKIHDDCDBMNCKKKHLBGGAEAA00&Link+Set=jb.search.30%7c7%7csl_10</a> <br /> <br /> According to this article, health care professionals have noticed an increasing need for evidence-based practice within OT. This need was required due to OT having a code of ethics that insists for therapists to provide treatment services on the premise of current and accurate information. This calls for health care professionals within this profession to be concerned and aware of the evidence-based research literature that supports evidence-based practice. <br /> <br /> Evidence is needed for a variety of reasons within the healthcare field, one being discussing health care spending and reimbursement issues. The purpose of this is that if professionals are not able to document effectiveness of treatment, reimbursement for services may not be adequate or OT may not receive appropriate recognition for their efforts. <br /> <br /> In this study two graduate student analyzed 788 articles from AJOT's 1995-2005 publications based on level 1-5. The results included very few level I (0.6%) or 2 (1.2%) articles, one fourth of the articles were level 3 (25.3%), some level 4 (5.5%) and more than half were level 5 (67.4%). These results do not indicate that an increase in focus of occupational therapy on evidence-based practice has led to an increase in AJOTs publication of such literature. <br /> <br /> Overall, in order to have evidence-based practice there must be adequate evidence in which to base treatment and clinical reasoning.</div>

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