The Evidence-Based Practitioner Applying Research to Meet Client Needs

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  todayExpanded! 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 QuestionsNew & Expanded! Qualitative research  coverage in two chapters: Qualitative Designs: Exploring the Lived  Experience and a new chapter, Trustworthiness of Qualitative StudiesNew!  Introduction of the critically appraised paper (CAP) as a concept with a  new feature that walks students through completing oneGuiding principle  of ‘Consuming vs. Conducting’ researchHow to write a research question  that addresses a relevant practice problem and then how to find, read,  and apply evidence to address the questionExplanations 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  practice“Understanding Statistics” boxesWorktext format with “Exercises”  that encourage students to apply new concepts in the moment.“Review  Questions” at the end of each chapterAnswers to questions in the  worktext at the end of each chapter