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Course: Evidence based practice in the Occupational Therapy

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Course title Evidence based practice in the Occupational Therapy
Course code KFE/EBPOT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Vrbská Veronika, MSc.
Course content
Lectures - Introduction to Module and Assessment - The importance of EBP - Writing an EBP question - Critical appraisal and levels of evidence - Outcome measures and evidence based practice - Use of online media in research: Contribution to EBP - Developing your clinical question Topics from lectures will be discussed within following seminars.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 15 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 25 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
describes fundamentals of OT models and approaches
describes neurological conditions
Skills
fluent written and verbal skills in English
ability to use variety assessment skills and methods to gather and record information
to carry out interventions with patients
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
demonstrate knowledge of health and social care organisations and service delivery in Czech republic, and the role of the occupational therapist and others within the MDT
demonstrate and apply knowledge of health conditions, encountered by occupational therapists, to reasoning and problem - solving
Skills
appropriately to apply models and frameworks of practice in occupational therapy
work collaboratively within interdisciplinary context
integrate research - based evidence into reasoning
advocate for self as a professional practitioner and promote the benefits of occupational therapy in a range of settings and contexts
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Interactive lecture
Skills
Seminar
Task-based study method
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Bennett S & Bennett JW. The process of evidence-based practice in occupational therapy: Informing clinical decisions.. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 47, 171-180. 2000.
  • Clare Taylor, M. Evidence-based Practice for Occupational Therapists (2nd ed). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007. ISBN 9781405137003.
  • Cusick A. OZ OT EBP 21C: Australian occupational therapy, evidence-based practice and the 21st century. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 48(3), 102-117. 2001.
  • Dubouloz, C.-J., Egan, M., Vallerand, J., & von Zweck, C. Occupational therapists´s perceptions of evidence-based practice.. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 53, 445 - 458., 1999.
  • Greeenhalgh, T, Howick J & Maskrey N. Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis?. British Medical Journal, 348. 2013.
  • Gustafsson L, Molineux M & Bennett S. Contemporary occupational therapy practice: The challenges of being evidence based and philosophically congruent.. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 61 p 121-123, 2014.
  • Howick J, Glasziou & Aronsen JK. Evidence-based mechanistic reasoning. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 103 (11) p. 433-441, 2010.
  • Institute of Medicine. Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st century.. Washington DC: National Academies Press., 2001. ISBN 978-0309072809.
  • Sackett DL, Rosenberg WMC, Gray JAM, Richardson WS. Evidence based medicine: What it is and what it isn't. British Medical Journal, 312 , 71?72, 1996.
  • Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS et al. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 5th ed.. Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingstone Inc., 2019. ISBN 978-0-7020-6296-4.
  • Tomlin B & Borgetto B. Research pyramid: A new evidence-based practice model for occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65(2), 189-196., 2011.
  • Upton D, Stephens D, Williams B, Scurlock-Evans L. Occupational therapists´s attitudes, knowledge, and implementation of evidence-based practice: a systematic review of published research.. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(1), 24?38, 2014.


Study plans that include the course
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University of West Bohemia, date of update: 08.11.2024 23:52. Data created for academic year 2024/2025