Week 10 - Bulletin Board
Interventions
Discuss how evidence based practice is used to support client interventions in this setting. In APA format, list one article you used to support evidence based practice.
ORMC is a teaching hospital and at any given time there are as many as 15 students in the rehab department (PT/OT/Speech). Once a week the students meet with the rehab supervisors and present a research article on a topic of relevance to the patients that they have been evaluating and treating. The therapists themselves are also required to do this a few times a year in order to ensure that the interventions used are supported by evidence based practice. My FWS and I primarily work in the burn and trauma unit so my focus for research is primarily in this area. Below is an article that I have previously presented regarding burns and orthotic devices.
Adsule, P. R., Borkar, R., & Desai, S. P. (2011). Effectiveness of pre operative splints and conventional occupational therapy in reduction of the area required for skin grafting in cases of elbow post burn contracture. The Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 43(3), 23-29.