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kaleycloud

How Do We Change Practice When We Have the Evidence? | American Journal of Occupational... - 0 views

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  • kaleycloud on 27 Nov 16
     
    This article discusses evidence based practice and how even with evidence it can be difficulty to incorporate new changes into practice. There are several steps that need to be taken in order to properly incorporate new evidence into practice, such as determining relevance to setting, creating new guidelines, and adopting these new guidelines into practice. Due to several barriers, these changes typically do not take place immediately. Some barriers to adopting new research findings into practice include: profession, legislative, administrative, practitioner, patient/patient family, and value/belief barriers.
hconn440

Evidence Based Practice - 2 views

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  • stewarts3 on 06 Aug 14
     
    This is a pdf that explains evidence based practice in general terms and how it applies to occupational therapy. This certainly would provide a good basis for us as we are currently applying what we learned in our coursework to our clinical experiences. In today's healthcare market, there truly is a demand for evidence-based practice to justify reimbursement.
  • meganthompson on 09 Aug 14
     
    This resource defines evidence-based practice, why it is important within the healthcare arena, and the process of integrating evidence into everyday practice. According to Sackett et al. (1996), evidence-based practice is best defined as "the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients". Individuals often mistake evidence-based practice as utilizing results from studies to guide treatment. However, evidence-based practice is more of an integration between client expertise, best available research evidence, and the patients' preferences and therapy goals. Through the use of evidence-based practice occupational therapy practitioners can better meet the needs of their patients.
  • hconn440 on 18 Oct 14
     
    This is a power point presentation by Sally Bennett, from the Division of Occupational Therapy School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Queensland Australia. The power point is an introduction to evidence-based practice in occupational therapy. The presentation provides a definition of evidence-based practice, why EBP is important, the process of EBP, how EBP has changed delivery of health care delivery, and why it is important to occupational therapy.
arikamarie

Evidence-Based Practice in Occupational Therapy: Informing Clinical Decisions - 2 views

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  • meganthompson on 06 Aug 14
     
    This article highlights the increased pressure placed on occupational therapists to utilize evidence-based practice when working with patients. The main purpose of this article is to provide occupational therapy practitioners with the knowledge and skill sets to utilize evidence to support their treatment and provide the best possible care to their patients. According to the authors, evidence-based practice requires occupational therapy practitioners to synthesize their clinical expertise, with the best evidence available to them through systematic review, as well as considering their patients' values and preferences. This article presents a framework that occupational therapy practitioners can utilize in order to create a more evidence-based practice. The first step includes asking clinical questions and then searching the literature in order to discover answers to the question. When gathering research information the occupational therapists must then place the research in hierarchies, deciphering what studies are more reliable and valid and what studies will provide better support to answer your clinical questions. This part of the process includes critically appraising the research to decide which studies are strongest and have the most sound evidence to support the clinical question. Throughout the entire process it is important for the therapist to utilize their clinical judgment in order to make the best decisions, as evidence-based practice requires a collaboration between research, clinical expertise, and patient preferences.
  • arikamarie on 18 Aug 15
     
    Bennett, S., & Bennett, J. (2000). The process of evidence-based practice in occupational therapy: informing clinical decisions. Australian Therapy Journal. 47, 171-180 This is a very helpful article from the Australian Therapy Journal that describes the process of evidence-based practice in occupational therapy. It emphasizes the importance that our profession now has placed on building our foundation in evidence-based practice and how we must have "sound evidence" to back up our treatments and interventions. The article discusses the framework to use with evidence-based practice, clinical questions to ask in research and the types of evidence to focus on at this point in time for our profession. This is a very valuable resource for newcomers to the profession as well as individuals who graduated in the past without the research component who may be interested in research at this point in time. Bennett and Bennett (2000) walk the reader through how to search for evidence based practice articles and then how to critically appraise them. It addresses the clinical importance and validity and how to know when you have a good study. Finally, it helps you to gauge how to know when you can use the evidence for individual clinical decisions.
gorbachh

Evidence-Based Practice - 0 views

This article explores the role and importance of evidence-based practice in occupational therapy. It further defines evidence-based practice as a personal and professional responsiblity of the prac...

Dubouloz C.-J. Egan M. Vallerand J. & von Zweck C. (1999). Occupational therapists' perceptions of evidence-based practice. AJOT

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kolodziejs

Evidence Based Practice - 0 views

There are increasing demands placed on occupational therapists to ensure their practice is based on sound evidence. This article described and explains the process of evidence-based practice and it...

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decandiad

Evidence-Based Practice: A process for developing sustainable evidence-based occupation... - 2 views

http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy01.shawnee.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=10&sid=3ce2acce-ebef-4ae3-a5ae-d75d06308935%40sessionmgr4010 Sirkka, M., Zingmark, K., & Larsson-Lund, M. (2014). A proce...

Evidence-based practice

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kaleycloud

Clinical Reasoning inı Occupational Therapy:ı An Integrative Reviewı - 0 views

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  • kaleycloud on 21 Sep 16
     
    This article discusses three types of clinical reasoning often used with occupational therapy practitioners. These types include scientific, narrative, and pragmatic. The main questions brought up by the authors were what is clinical reasoning and how does it influence practice?, what can we do to increase clinical reasoning skills?, and do views of clinical reasoning work in the reality of practice?. Aspects that influence use of clinical reasoning included the therapists views of OT, therapists life knowledge, ability to carry out treatments, and interest in patients and profession. It is important to understand what types of clinical reasoning are being utilized in particular practice contexts in order to help with the creation of staff and self development models.
Megan Applegate

Occupational Therapy-How to get a license - 1 views

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Supervision; Applying for Licensure

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  • Megan Applegate on 15 Nov 16
     
    I thought it would be beneficial to provide the steps to take in order to obtain an OT license, since most of us will be taking the certification exam and applying for a license. We are allowed to practice before taking the NBSOT exam, but OTs practicing under a temporary license are required to have supervision by a licensed OT. A student who has graduated from an accredited OT program, but has not passed the certification exam, may practice under a temporary license. However, they must practice under the supervision of a licensed OT in both the evaluation process and the intervention process. To obtain a license, these are the steps that are required: Graduate from an accredited OT or OTA educational program, complete fieldwork requirements, apply for and pass the NBCOT® Certification Examination, and apply for a license and pay a fee for each state/jurisdiction in which you wish to practice.
gentiledj09

Supervision of Occupational Therapy Level II Fieldwork Students: Impact on and Predicto... - 1 views

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  • gentiledj09 on 06 Aug 16
     
    This study was particularly interesting considering we are currently paired with clinicians during our level II rotations. The study aimed to determine whether a difference in productivity exists between clinicians supervising and not supervising a Level II occupational therapy student and whether factors including clinician years of experience, practice setting, and clinician productivity without a student could predict clinician productivity while supervising a student. Results indicated no difference in clinician productivity with or without a student. Clinician years of experience, practice area, and productivity without a student were significant predictors of clinician productivity while supervising a student. Study results contradict the belief that supervising Level II fieldwork students lowers clinicians' productivity. Findings suggest that practice area and productivity without a student are important factors influencing the productivity of clinicians supervising a fieldwork student.
kimbleraf

Evidence Based Practice - 0 views

Authors state that the purpose of this study was to examine how U.S. occupational therapy practitioner's access and use clinically relevant evidence based practice research. Authors surveyed clinic...

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christenhopkins

Professionalism - 0 views

According to Wood (2004), professionalism can considered as "an ideal that encompasses widely held expectations of, and objective standards for evaluating, any field that calls itself a profession" ...

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christenhopkins

Evidence-based practice - 2 views

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://...

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shaemckay

Ethics in Geriatric Practice - 0 views

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  • shaemckay on 07 Aug 14
     
    This article discusses the importance of following the Occupational Therapy Standards of Practice at all times, including long-term care. The author discusses how she often recognizes situations where therapists are being dishonest with their paperwork, time with patient, and hours worked in order to be reimbursed. Although, it is not all blamed on the therapists because many corporations are no longer concerned with how a patient's unit are obtained as long as there are received. In addition, corporations are becoming more lax on audits, discussing ethical standards, principles of practice, and or providing accurate documentation. In order to be free of worry, as clinicians we must be honest within our practice and live by the Occupational Therapy Standards of Practice.
meganthompson

Introduction to Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy - 1 views

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  • meganthompson on 09 Aug 14
     
    In this article the author discusses what is unique about evidence-based practice for occupational therapy practitioners and what the key issues of utilizing evidence in everyday practice are for both practitioners, as well as the entire field. According to the author evidence-based practice is about generating a research question and finding, appraising, and utilizing various research outlets in order to base clinical decisions and provide the best possible treatment to patients. As the author highlights, it is very important for occupational therapists to truly integrate research evidence with clinical expertise and client factors/preferences in order to provide effective, patient specific services. This push to utilize evidence-based practice is relatively new to occupational therapy and many occupational therapists struggle to devote their efforts to utilizing evidence in their practice. Some of the most common reasons include lack of time and skills to frame the clinical question, limited access to research databases, and difficulty integrating research information into clinical practice. While it may be a challenge it is important for us as occupational therapy practitioners to define what it is we do, while demonstrating that what we do is effective.
meganthompson

Evidence-Based Practice in Occupational Therapy: International Initiatives - 0 views

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  • meganthompson on 08 Aug 14
     
    Within the last decade there has been a substantial push for healthcare professionals, including occupational therapists, to utilize evidence-based practice. This article outlines some of the many initiatives that have been developed in order to encourage occupational therapy practitioners to use evidence-base practice. While significant strides have been made in order to utilize evidence in everyday practice, there is still a great room for improvement within this arena. The goal for the future is that evidence-based practice will be so commonplace that the phrase will not be prominent; instead it will simply become an everyday part of practice.
bshover

Changing practice for acute hemiplegic shoulder care: a best practice model - 0 views

Nicks, R., DeGruyter, M., Walkenhorst-Maccanti, H., & Bernhardt, J. (2007). Changing practice for acute hemiplegic shoulder care: a best practice model. International Journal Of Therapy & Rehabilit...

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kfesemyer

The process of evidence-based practice in occupational therapy: Informing clinical deci... - 1 views

http://www.otseeker.com/Info/PDF/The%20Process%20of%20EBP.pdf As we move into the 21st century, there are increasing demands placed on occupational therapists to ensure their practice is based on ...

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Megan Applegate

Evidence-Based-Practice - Benefits of EBP - 2 views

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Evidence-based practice

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  • Megan Applegate on 15 Nov 16
     
    This website summarizes the benefits of implementing evidence-based practice in the healthcare setting. This process may involve conducting research within the healthcare setting but it does not necessarily mean a healthcare professional has to be directly involved in conducting research. It can also mean to understand the latest evidence from research and use it to guide patient care to provide the best possible outcomes. Some of the benefits include a higher quality care that is supported by evidence and improved healthcare outcomes. This article also reports that healthcare professionals will also have increased confidence when making decisions and using critical thinking because their decisions will be supported. Using EBP may also reduce costs in healthcare because it is more effective and efficient. Insurance companies are also more likely to support practices that are evidence-based. It is important to understand the benefits of implementing EBP in occupational therapy because practitioners will be more likely to implement these supported practices if they understand the benefits.
kelseygallimore

The process of evidence-based practice in occupational therapy: Informing clinical deci... - 0 views

As we move into the 21st century, there are increasing demands placed on occupational therapists to ensure their practice is based on sound evidence. Evidence-based practice is an approach to clini...

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allisonlarison

Enhancing Research Utilization Capacity Through Multifaceted Professional Development - 0 views

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  • allisonlarison on 15 Nov 16
     
    This article explores the components of practice that make occupational therapy practitioners feel prepared to integrate research into their practice. According to this article, many practitioners in the field feel that they lack the necessary skills required to incorporate innovative research into their practice of occupational therapy. The authors of this article conducted a study to determine what characteristics and behaviors would foster the utilization of research. Eleven occupational therapy practitioners working in stroke rehabilitation participated in the study. The therapists completed a self-report and were interviewed by the authors. The researchers discovered that participants' clinical experience, engagement in continuing education, involvement in research activities and mentoring students all contributed to utilization of research into occupational therapy practice. The authors concluded that research utilization should be enhanced through means of professional development, which will guide practitioners in learning activities, provide opportunities to foster the behaviors discovered in the research study and enhance occupational therapists' capacity to incorporate research into their practice.
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