Occupational Therapy: Research Methods

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Summary: Best Practice has been designed and built from the ground up for use specifically as a decision-support tool at the point of care. Latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion are combined in a single source and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Provides a second opinion, without the need for checking multiple resources.

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A collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Find Systematic Reviews, Clinical Trials, Method Studies and more.

A database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to Occupational Therapy.

Trip is a clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice and allows the searching of multiple websites. In 2006 the site was externally evaluated by a team from the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (www.cebm.net) led by Professor Paul Glasziou.

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PsycTESTS, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), serves as a repository for a growing selection of psychological tests and measures. The database contains reviews of tests and some full text. Surveys useful for health sciences are also included.

Supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process with 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher.