Hi David Your post has got me wondering as well. Does your research support stem from a management policy or from the professional culture? or a combination? Peer reviewed is obviously a goal. Where does this come from? Where do you present? Local, state, national, WFOT, other? What practical support do you have available? Audio-visual capability, printing, paid time, research consultant etc. Is there a process to help with informed consent, ethics committees, research design and the other things important to peer reviewed work? These things are usually available, almost taken for granted, in academia. I see a really good topic for OT research might be - what supports the expectation in your workplace? Is it general in Australia, in Victoria, in Melbourne or do you work in a very special place? Here in Alberta there is a research component built into the health region structure. It is rare and unusual clinician who aspires to publish or even participate in data collection.
Joan Riches > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Harraway > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OTlist] OT Research > > This thread has got me wondering - are there many other OTs out there > (other than the academics for whom I guess it's a condition of > employment) that get to do research in association with their clinical > practice? > > At my workplace there's certainly an expectation that this takes place - > as we present at conferences at least annually. Have yet to have > anything published in a peer reviewed journal though am preparing > something for a stab at that at present. > David > Melbourne, Australia > > Ron Carson wrote: > > I came across a study reported in our local paper about dance helping > > patients recover from heart disease equally as well as traditional > > exercise. Here's a quote: > > > > >> Doctors believe waltzing holds the patients' interest because it's > >> fun, thus making it a more effective form of exercise. > > > > > Well, duh! > > > > Personally, I think this is the type of research that if OT's could do > > would be of tremendous benefit to our profession. > > > > Ron > > Options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > **************************************************************************** ********** > Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. > Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. > www.otdegree.com/otn > **************************************************************************** ********** > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/530 - Release Date: 11/11/2006 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/531 - Release Date: 11/12/2006
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