Occupational Therapy Education

Professional & Technical Writing
Research Practicum
(OCTH 790)

 

Useful Websites!

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.

 

Resources for Evidence-based Practice

An on-line tutorial designed to introduce Evidence-based Practice to healthcare professionals from a variety of backgrounds.

 

Search engines to find practice-related information

  1. http://omni.ac.uk
  2. http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/crddatabases.htm

 

earch engines to find primary source research reports

  1. http://library.kumc.edu/databases/ovid.htm KUMC's Dykes Library now uses the Ovid interface for MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and IPA searching.
  2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=kumclib PubMed, accessed through the KUMC portal.
    (note the useful "Find related articles" button once you've done a search)

 

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.

Aids in helping you to present your findings!

 

A guide to citing electronic references:
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html (this material also is covered in the APA Publication manual, 5th Edition)

 

As a KUMC student you are entitled to a free version of EndNote, the premier bibliographic manager and reference organizer. You may obtain this software from the myKUMC website by selecting the Services tab, then the "software download" option (see the list in the "computing" section of the page).

 

A free web-based bibliography composer:
easybib website

 

The AOTA presenter's handbook:
Download the 2003 version of the AOTA Presenter's Handbook in .pdf format, or visit the AOTA website to obtain a current version of this document.

 

A guide to making effective presentations:
http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html

Comments? Send e-mail to Jeff Radel
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