25 Apr Recreational Therapy and Evidence-Based Practice Assignment

Step 1 Formulate a clear clinical research question:   

A. Propose a PICO question/idea.

 

B. Identify the search terms. You should have at least 3 terms for each category.

 

For example, for the population category you might use older adult (as term 1), geriatric (as term 2), and long-term care (as term 3) – this allows you to cast the widest net in your search.

Please indicate the 3 terms for each category below. 

 

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Other terms
Population
Intervention
Comparison  (This can be blank)
Outcome

 

 

C. What are terms that lead you astray? Sometimes in your results, you may find that everything is pointing to a population that is not relevant. 

 

For example, if you were interested in pet therapy, and all you search is animals, you may find that all of the studies are animal research (not what you are looking for). 

 

 

 

D. Use Boolean operators ( AND, OR, NOT or AND NOT) and terms from Step 1B above to create search combinations. List those combinations below. 

 

For example, “Older adults” AND “Horticulture”

 

 

 

E. Which term combinations were the most successful based on your original research question?

 

 

 

Items A – E above adapted from: 

Elaine Hatala, PhD, CTRS, Temple University, College of Public Health, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Therapeutic Recreation Program Presenter at ATRA Annual Conference_2016 Evidence-Based Practice in Therapeutic Recreation: A 5-Step Model and Basics of Database Searching

 

Step 2 Access the Information

Based on your literature search from Step 1, locate five peer reviewed journal articles (published within the last ten years). 

Complete the table below.

	Article Citation (in APA format)	Database used (Google Scholar, EBSCO, FIU LIbraries, RTWiseOwls, etc)	Link to Article
Article One
Article Two
Article Three
Article Four
Article Five

 

Step 3 Appraise the Evidence

Using the articles you located in Step 2, complete the table below. 

Copy and paste the article citation from the previous table, but make sure the articles are in the same position as above (ie. Article One is still Article One, etc)

	Article Citation (in APA format)	Population/Sample used in the article	Intervention and Methods used	Results	Implications for use in Evidence Based Practice
Article One
Article Two
Article Three
Article Four
Article Five

 

Step 4 Implement and Use Findings in Practice

Describe the program you would implement based on the evidence you found in the five articles.  

Program Title
Purpose
Program Goals (at least one)
Target Population
Types of Activities
Structure (length of program in weeks, number of sessions per week, total number of sessions, length of individual sessions)

 

 

Step 5 Evaluate the Impact of Change in Practice

Utilizing some of the evaluation practices we discussed at the beginning of the semester, how would you evaluate the program you developed in step 4? Provide at least two methods/tools that can be used to evaluate your program. 

Evaluation Method 1
Evaluation Method 2