James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020

OT3001 - Occupational Therapy Independent Study

Available to level 3 and above Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy IHCAP students. Other students enrolled in Occupational Therapy with recognised prior learning as approved by the Head of Occupational Therapy including other health postgraduate students.

Subject Description

This subject aims to consolidate students' skills in evidence based practice, including the ability to formulate answerable clinical questions, develop effective search strategies and critically appraise the research literature. Students will learn how to be critical consumers of the research literature. Additionally they will be introduced to the skills required for knowledge translation (transfer of quality evidence into actual practice).

Learning Outcomes

• formulate an answerable clinical question related to OT practice
• develop effective search strategies to explore the evidence surrounding an OT topic
• critically appraise the research evidence using appropriate appraisal tools
• create a knowledge translation policy brief suitable for current OT practice

Subject Assessment

• Develop a knowledge translation policy brief - (40%)
• Undertake a critical appraisal of 10-15 articles, surrounding an OT topic using an approved data extraction tool to evaluate the quality of the evidence - (40%)
• Non-Invigilated > Assignments - (20%)

Note that minor variations might occur due to the continuous subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.

Special Assessment Requirements

Students must attend and participate in 80% of all workshops. Students must pass each assessment piece to pass this subject.

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