Research in Practice III

Catalog description

This course prepares students to integrate theory and evidence with a client-centered perspective, implementing the five steps of evidence-based practice in a specific clinical context. Students will build on skills learned in Research Practice I and Research in Practice II, and apply this knowledge in a specific clinical context to address a question or need posed by a partnering community occupational therapist or occupational therapy practice setting. Students will elaborate on the fourth and fifth steps by contributing to the research process to generate new knowledge to fuel best practice and the steps of evidence-based practice. Students will work directly with a community site to write a clinical question linked to practice, review existing literature, create a plan to gather and analyze evidence to address the clinical question, and begin to formulate a plan for dissemination of results. Prerequisite: OT 5600 .