evidence base practice

– Know what evidence base practice is. Be able to define it and how it is important to Occupational Therapy.
-Know the level of evidence flow chart (Which is in course hand outs.)
-Know the different Level of Evidence; Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4.
-Know the types of research; longitudinal, cross sectional , methodological, Qualitative.
-Know which type of Research will establish evidence and which will not.
-Know about Single subject studies.
-Know why Evidence base practice is important to Occupational Therapists.
-Know the type of research designs.
-Know the type of Qualitative and Quantitative research studies.
-Know about Ethnographic Studies.
-Know the kind of designs.

Evidence Base PracticePaper Details
summary of your search. Describe what topic you selected, the search term(s) that you used, and the number of results found at each level of the hierarchy. Compare the types of information found in the articles from different levels and the value of the information from each level. Highlight a useful tip that you could share with your colleagues about conducting an effective literature search.