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Using Knowledge Translation Strategies To Promote Integration Of Evidence Into Practice: Faculty, Fieldwork Educator And Fieldwork Student Partnerships, Amy Carroll, Otd, Otr/L, E. Adel Herge, Otd, Otr/L, Faota
Using Knowledge Translation Strategies To Promote Integration Of Evidence Into Practice: Faculty, Fieldwork Educator And Fieldwork Student Partnerships, Amy Carroll, Otd, Otr/L, E. Adel Herge, Otd, Otr/L, Faota
Department of Occupational Therapy Posters and Presentations
The Research to Practice Gap
The gap between what is known from research and what happens at the point of care continues to be a concern across health care.1,2 Occupational therapists have a positive attitude toward evidence based practice yet actual use of evidence to guide occupational therapy practice is low.3,4
Faculty Perspectives On Interprofessional Collaborations Between Occupational Therapy And Industrial Design: A Qualitative Ethnographic Inquiry, Kimberly S. Mollo, Madalyn Peterson, Rebecca Brown
Faculty Perspectives On Interprofessional Collaborations Between Occupational Therapy And Industrial Design: A Qualitative Ethnographic Inquiry, Kimberly S. Mollo, Madalyn Peterson, Rebecca Brown
Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers
Incorporating a user-centred approach to universal design solutions improves functionality and access for a more diverse group of individuals to engage with end products within everyday environments successfully. Interprofessional collaborations between industrial design and occupational therapy are one approach that integrates a user-centred universal design perspective throughout the design process, as occupational therapists have unique expertise in understanding how individuals participate in activities and engage with everyday products and environments. This qualitative ethnographic inquiry explored faculty perspectives (n=5) involved in interprofessional academic collaborations between design and occupational therapy at the university level in the Northeastern United States. Five themes emerged: …