promoting ebp skills in ot: a collaborative education approach ted brown assoc. prof. occupational...
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Promoting EBP skills in OT: a collaborative education approach
Ted Brown Assoc. Prof. Occupational Therapy
Paula Todd MNHS Subject Librarian
Allie Ford MNHS Learning Skills Adviser
Allied health 4-year (UG honours) or 2-year (PG) course
Young profession with emerging research base
Focus is on improving independence by helping people engage with daily occupations
Academic education + 1000 hrs practical fieldwork
Evidence-based practice (EBP)
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EBP in the OT curriculum
No explicit EBP;Library orientation& drop-ins
*EBP ‘getting started’ unit(explicit)
EBP ‘building skills’ unit(explicit)
EBP ‘integratingskills’ unit(implicit)
OCC2022 *in 2015 moving to 12 credit point unit
OCC3041
But…
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Librarian and Learning Skills adviser increased our involvement in unit.
Idea of a video project and team effort to apply for grants.
What can we do?
Questions we asked the clinicians…..
Background questions – what they do and where do they do it?
Career path – why they chose to become an OT
Inter-professional relationships – role in teams
Evidence based practice – how they use EBP in their work
Future direction of profession – changes impacting work
What advice do they give to students
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What we still need to do…. Editing of the videos – ready for semester 2
Structure of unit – where/ how we will be involved
Assessment – what form this will take and where in the curriculum
Pre & post test / focus groups
Report writing for grants, article on project.
Collaboration can lead to other things…