Occupational Therapy Education

 

Research Process (OCTH 725)

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Resources for Evidence-based Practice

A guide to critical evaluation of web content, with thanks to Susan Beck (Collection Development Coordinator, New Mexico State University Library) for providing this helpful resource.

 

How to practice evidence-based care

Web-based resources related to Evidence-Based Practice:

  1. The AOTA website has an extensive list of resources to help connect research to practice and provide information that can be helpful to practitioners.
  2. http://www.naswdc.org/research/naswResearch/0108EvidenceBased/default.asp The National Association of Social Workers website also lists Evidence-based Practice resources.
  3. lshss.asha.org/cgi/reprint/32/3/196.pdf    The American Speech-Hearing Association also provides information related to resources for evidence-based practice =. (link downloads a .pdf file).
  4. http://www.med.yale.edu/library/nursing/education/ebhc2.html   Nursing Library at Yale Univ. presents a concise summary of how to approach asking the right clinical question and finding evidence.
  5. http://www.nursegroups.com/article/evidence-based-medicine-introduction.html   NurseGroups.com – Introduction to evidence-based medicine, along with links to other evidence-based resources.

Search engines to find practice-related information

  1. http://omni.ac.uk
  2. http://nhscrd.york.ac.uk/welcome.html

Search engines to find primary source research reports

  1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=kumclib
    (PubMed; note the useful `find related articles' button once you've done a search)
  2. http://library.kumc.edu/databases/webspirs.htm
    (Medline)

Dykes Library On-Line Medical Referencing system: http://library.kumc.edu/omrs/index.htm

Guides to APA Style

  1. http://humanities.byu.edu/linguistics/Henrichsen/APA/APA01.html
  2. http://www.scribesa.com/apa/apa1.php

Guide to citing electronic references: http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/apa01.html

Writing Skills:

  1. http://www.writing.ku.edu/ (KU Writing Center)
  2. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (OWL - Purdue University's On-line Writing Lab)

Guide to making effective presentations:

  1. AOTA's handbook for presenters as a .pdf file
  2. http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html

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