Professional & Technical Writing
Research Practicum
(OCTH 790)

Guiding Principle: Understanding the research process is a key element for developing occupational therapy principles and guiding practice.

Course Description:
Students will carry out a research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor, write a research paper summarizing the findings, and give an oral presentation of these findings.

Key Questions: As these courses progress, students will consider the following questions:

1. Why is conducting research important to Occupational Therapy?
2. What does it mean to be a researcher on a research project?
3. What distinguishes qualitative, descriptive, and experimental research paradigms?
4. Why are research ethics essential for research, and what is the purpose of an Institutional Review Board?
5. How do researchers conduct descriptive data analyses, and how are inferential statistics used?
6. How does a consumer of research intelligently critique research studies appearing in research, clinical practice, or popular literatures?

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Please use these links:

• OCTH 790 Course Syllabus. (Please read it!)
• Course Timetable.
• Brief descriptions of the Course assignments
• In an ideal world, the Lecture notes will be posted with 24 hours of each lecture.
• A list of the Research projects taking place this term, and which students will be working on each project.
• The Research Project at a glance - a guideline for progress.
• Advice for Students and their mentors regarding expectations.
• Forms that students and mentors may need, downloadable as .pdf files:
1. Research Contract form: identifies each group member's responsibilities.
2. Individual Assessment form: summarizes the possible points that may be awarded to a student for individual effort.
3. Research Paper Group Assessment form: summarizes the possible points that may be awarded to every member of a research group.
4. Group Oral Presentation form: summarizes the possible points that may be awarded to every member of a research group.
5. Peer Review form: must be completed and submitted within 1 day following OT Research Day
• A list of websites you may find useful during this course.

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Comments? Send e-mail to Jeff Radel

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