Put the evidence to work for your clients. Become an effective evidence-based practitioner.
>Five Stars! Great Book!"This is an exceptional book for not only OT students but other students in other health profession disciplines as well!"--Online Reviewer

• Updated! Current evidence and the policies and practices of occupational therapy today

• Expanded! Statistics coverage in three chapters: Descriptive Statistics: What They Tell You and How to Apply Them in Practice, Inferential Statistics: Tests of Difference, and Inferential Statistics for Relationship Questions

• New & Expanded! Qualitative research coverage in two chapters: Qualitative Designs: Exploring the Lived Experience and a new chapter, Trustworthiness of Qualitative Studies
• New! Introduction of the critically appraised paper (CAP) as a concept with a new feature that walks students through completing one

• Guiding principle of 'Consuming vs. Conducting' research
• How to write a research question that addresses a relevant practice problem and then how to find, read, and apply evidence to address the question
• Explanations of the different types of research and the methods and measurements used in each type, including their advantages and disadvantages.
• 'From the Evidence," excerpts with real data, abstracts, figures and tables from published research and coverage of how to decipher their meaning and apply them in practice
• "Evidence in the Real World," personal narratives from health professionals who demonstrate using evidence in their practice
• "Understanding Statistics" boxes
• Worktext format with "Exercises" that encourage students to apply new concepts in the moment.
• "Review Questions" at the end of each chapter
• Answers to questions in the worktext at the end of each chapter

Professor, College of Health Sciences, Dept of Occupational Therapy, Midwestern University - Glendale, Glendale, AZ