Subject Guides: *Occupational Therapy: Evidence-Based Practice

Levels of Evidence/Evidence Pyramid

Levels of Evidence/Evidence pyramid (Methodist College)

AOTA Evidence-Based Resources

AOTA's Evidence Based Practice Resources (Jan 2017)
List of resources AOTA has produced.

AOTA's website has an excellent EBP Resource Directory, as well as an Evidence Exchange for CAPs. CATs are found in the EBP Topics. Use your student AOTA login to access these.

USM owns selected AOTA EBP guidelines. Search the catalog for USM's holdings.

Other EBP Websites or Search Engines

AHRQ Agency for Health Care Research & Quality
U.S. DHHS agency. For best results search by topic (Long Term Care, Evidence...)
National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is the library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
Stroke Engine
Search engine for evidence-based stroke rehabilitation.
Resources for Evidence-Based Practice (McMaster University)

Core Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Cochrane Collection Plus This link opens in a new window
Ebsco Open Dissertations This link opens in a new window

Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
PubMed This link opens in a new window

RehabData Database

Scopus This link opens in a new window

TRIP database

Other Databases

Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
ERIC - Education (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new window

Other ways to search PubMed

PubMed Clinical Queries
Type occupational therapy intervention to see quick results.
PubMed HandHeld
Handy PiCO tool for mobile devices. Try it!

Finding the Evidence

How to Read a Paper (Book) by Trisha Greenhalgh
Call Number: USM Stacks R118.6 .G74 2014
ISBN: 9781118800966
Publication Date: 2014

PICO Questions and a Search Checklist

2 x 4 word searching with PICO clinical question.

Exhaustive Search Checklist
To make sure you've done an exhaustive search

Using a Thesaurus or Subject Headings

If you see a promising article, look at the Subject Headings in the database record. They are the major focus of the article, and might lead you to other useful articles.

Some databases have a feature that lets you search for Subject Headings. PsycINFO has a Thesaurus

CINAHL has CINAHL Headings

Using References and Times Cited

If you find one good article, you may want to check out the references, Also, other articles may have cited it (Times Cited).

Finding an Article from a Reference

LibrarySearch (Library Catalog)

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