The Evidence-Based Practitioner: Applying Research to Meet Client Needs

This book is a great resource for occupational therapy students and other health profession disciplines, providing them with the knowledge and skills they need to provide the best care for their clients based on the evidence. It covers current evidence, qualitative research, and critical appraisal of research, and includes examples and exercises to apply new concepts in the moment.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 25 October 2022
Publisher: F.A. Davis Company

Put the evidence to work for your clients. Become an effective evidence-based practitioner. Master the knowledge and clinical decision-making skills you need to provide the very best care for your clients…based on the evidence. Step by step, you'll learn how to find, read, understand, critique, and apply research evidence in practice.
Five Stars! Great Book!
"This is an exceptional book for not only OT students but other students in other health profession disciplines as well!” —Online Reviewer
Updated! Current evidence and the policies and practices of occupational therapy today
Expanded! Statistics coverage in three chapters:
Descriptive Statistics: What They Tell You and How to Apply Them in Practice,
Inferential Statistics: Tests of Difference, and
Inferential Statistics for Relationship Questions
New & Expanded! Qualitative research coverage in two chapters:
Qualitative Designs: Exploring the Lived Experience
and a new chapter, Trustworthiness of Qualitative Studies
New! Introduction of the critically appraised paper (CAP) as a concept with a new feature that walks students through completing one
Guiding principle of ‘Consuming vs. Conducting research
How to write a research question that addresses a relevant practice problem and then how to find, read, and apply evidence to address the question
Explanations of the different types of research and the methods and measurements used in each type, including their advantages and disadvantages.
‘From the Evidence,’ excerpts with real data, abstracts, figures and tables from published research and coverage of how to decipher their meaning and apply them in practice
"Evidence in the Real World," personal narratives from health professionals who demonstrate using evidence in their.

Weight: 802g
Dimension: 215 x 279 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781719642811
Edition number: 2 Revised edition