This article looked at the effects of an intense problem-based learning course on the development of clinical reasoning skilled of students in an undergraduate occupational therapy program. The researchers found that a short and intensive problem-based learning course in the senior year of an occupational therapy program can significantly improve the development of clinical reasoning skills in the students. The course had a significant effect on the way the students perceived their clinical reasoning skills and behaviors. I enjoyed this article however it did not go into any detail about what the problem based learning course entailed.



Scaffa, M., & Wooster, D. Effects of problem-based learning on clinical reasoning in occupational therapy. AJOT, 58, 333-336.

Dirette, Rozich, and Viau (2009) state that because the code of ethics in occupational therapy says that therapists have to provide services on the basis of accurate and current information, occupational therapists must be concerned about the evidence-based research literature. This article talks about the importance of conducting good research and producing accurate results. This article also talks about the need to conduct more level 1 research with strong evidence and using multiple well-designed randomized trials. In conclusion the article found that the research published in AJOT from 1995 to 2005 did not increase according to the levels of evidence needed to support evidence-based practice.

Dirette, D., Rozich, A., & Viau, S. Is there enough evidence for evidence-based practice in occupational therapy?. AJOT, 63, 782-786.

This article is great for people to read who are going to be working in nursing homes. It focuses on the psychosocial needs of the baby boomers as they move into nursing home care.

This article looks at supervising occupational therapy students by looking at Jane Loevinger's stages of personality development. This assumes that students behave in ways that are similar to levels three and four of Jane Loevinger's stages. It was concluded that more research needed to be done to evaluate the validity of using this as w supervisory measure

This article discusses the ethics behind discharge planning. It talks about how many occupational therapists are breaking ethics and don't even realize that they are doing it. I have noticed some of this at my placement and it is not intentional.

This is a really neat article. It personifies professionalism and puts a whole new meaning to it. It emphasizes the importance of it for our field and how it has evolved over the years. I like how it talks about professionalism can bring occupational therapists together and "nourish our convictions in the rightness of our work for ourselves and its goodness for the world." This article is written more like a novel and I think many people would enjoy the read!!

Dirette, Rozich, and Viau (2009) state that because the code of ethics in occupational therapy says that therapists have to provide services on the basis of accurate and current information, occupational therapists must be concerned about the evidence-based research literature. This article talks about the importance of conducting good research and producing accurate results. This article also talks about the need to conduct more level 1 research with strong evidence and using multiple well-designed randomized trials. In conclusion the article found that the research published in AJOT from 1995 to 2005 did not increase according to the levels of evidence needed to support evidence-based practice.

This article looked at the effects of an intense problem-based learning course on the development of clinical reasoning skilled of students in an undergraduate occupational therapy program. The researchers found that a short and intensive problem-based learning course in the senior year of an occupational therapy program can significantly improve the development of clinical reasoning skills in the students. The course had a significant effect on the way the students perceived their clinical reasoning skills and behaviors. I enjoyed this article however it did not go into any detail about what the problem based learning course entailed.