OT 581 - Occupational Therapy Research Fundamentals I

Credits: 3

Students in this course first complete an introductory unit that covers the philosophical underpinnings of inquiry, the importance of research, the two traditions of research including process stages and essential components, basic versus applied research, and rigor in research. Students then utilize discovery learning (a) to develop foundations for evidence based clinical reasoning: descriptive and nonparametric inferential statistics, critical reading and analysis of research papers, and information dissemination in various scholarly formats and (b) to apply three inquiry strategies: basis single system, quantitative focus groups, and survey research.

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