Information Literacy Skills of Occupational Therapy Graduates: Promoting Evidence-Based Practice in the MOT Curriculum

Are Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) graduates more successful than BS graduates in accessing and analyzing research literature? This retrospective cohort study used a survey sent to Ohio State University MOT graduates, asking why they need information for their practice, what types of informati...

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Published in:Medical reference services quarterly 2010-10, Vol.29 (4), p.363-380
Main Authors: Powell, Carol A., Case-Smith, Jane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cohort Studies
Curriculum
Data Collection
EBP
Evidence based librarianship
Evidence-Based Practice
faculty-librarian collaboration
Health administration
Humans
Information Literacy
Information Storage and Retrieval
information-seeking behavior
library surveys
library user education
lifelong learning
new graduates
occupational therapists
Occupational Therapy
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:Are Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) graduates more successful than BS graduates in accessing and analyzing research literature? This retrospective cohort study used a survey sent to Ohio State University MOT graduates, asking why they need information for their practice, what types of information they seek, and how they search for and use it. Results suggest that the MOT program has fostered higher-level skills than did the BS program in independent writing, a greater focus on evidence-based practice, and the use of bibliographic databases. The MOT graduates report high confidence in their ability to apply research to practice and high satisfaction with the lifelong learning skills they learned. The survey findings support the importance of collaboration between Occupational Therapy faculty and medical librarians in developing MOT educational programs.
ISSN:0276-3869
1540-9597
DOI:10.1080/02763869.2010.518923