Theory 8: Community Practice Research Project

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This course provides students with the opportunity to refine their research proposals (from OT 620) and implement as part fo the Capstone Research Project complete in this course, OT 820. Students will carry out their project under the supervision of their research mentor. Students will continue to refine skills in professional and scientific writing through the production of successive drafts leading to the final scientific peer-reviewed style manuscript, oral presention. and poster production. Students will expand knowledge of resources to research professional and current literature resources, expand understanding of evidence based practice and literature review, further develop skills in applying principles of theory and practice to formulating and implementing a viable capstone research project. Students will be guided in data coding, analysis, results and intepretation of findings as well as development of discussion that describes the scientific and clinical contributions of their projects. Students are asked to produce a manuscript and present their project in a poster format during OT research day. The pre-requisites of OT 507, OT 530, OT 535, OT 716, OT 520, 620 and 720 are required.