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inAmerican Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 65/2 (mars-avril 2011) . - p. 189-196

Titre :	Research pyramid : a new evidence-based practice model for occupational therapy
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	George Tomlin ; Bernhard BORGETTO
Année de publication :	2011
Article en page(s) :	p. 189-196
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Médecine fondée sur les preuves  Ergothérapie
Résumé :	In the campaign to implement evidence-based practice, the current single-hierarchy model of levels of evidence fails to incorporate at parity all types of research evidence that are valuable in the practice of occupational therapy. A new model, originally developed by Borgetto et al. (2007) and modified and expanded, is presented. By separating the evidence-level criteria of internal and external validity, by incorporating explicitly the evidence provided by qualitative studies, and by retaining the critical notion of rigor, a pyramidal evidence model emerges. This model, the Research Pyramid, aligns itself with the revised model of evidence-based medicine and, more important, with the basic modes of clinical reasoning in occupational therapy. It constitutes a beginning attempt to order evidence-based practice in accordance with the epistemology of the profession. It may better guide occupational therapy research and meta-synthesis and their incorporation into practice decisions.
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[article] Research pyramid : a new evidence-based practice model for occupational therapy [texte imprimé] / George Tomlin ; Bernhard BORGETTO . - 2011 . - p. 189-196.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in American Journal of Occupational Therapy > Vol. 65/2 (mars-avril 2011) . - p. 189-196

Mots-clés :	Médecine fondée sur les preuves  Ergothérapie
Résumé :	In the campaign to implement evidence-based practice, the current single-hierarchy model of levels of evidence fails to incorporate at parity all types of research evidence that are valuable in the practice of occupational therapy. A new model, originally developed by Borgetto et al. (2007) and modified and expanded, is presented. By separating the evidence-level criteria of internal and external validity, by incorporating explicitly the evidence provided by qualitative studies, and by retaining the critical notion of rigor, a pyramidal evidence model emerges. This model, the Research Pyramid, aligns itself with the revised model of evidence-based medicine and, more important, with the basic modes of clinical reasoning in occupational therapy. It constitutes a beginning attempt to order evidence-based practice in accordance with the epistemology of the profession. It may better guide occupational therapy research and meta-synthesis and their incorporation into practice decisions.
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