Research Pyramid: A New Evidence-Based Practice Model for Occupational Therapy. Tomlin, G. & Borgetto, B. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65(2):189–196, March, 2011. ![Research Pyramid: A New Evidence-Based Practice Model for Occupational Therapy [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Abstract In the campaign to implement evidence-based practice, the current single-hierarchy model of levels of evidence fails to incorporate at parity all types of research evidence that are valuable in the practice of occupational therapy. A new model, originally developed by Borgetto et al. (2007) and modified and expanded, is presented. By separating the evidence-level criteria of internal and external validity, by incorporating explicitly the evidence provided by qualitative studies, and by retaining the critical notion of rigor, a pyramidal evidence model emerges. This model, the Research Pyramid, aligns itself with the revised model of evidence-based medicine and, more important, with the basic modes of clinical reasoning in occupational therapy. It constitutes a beginning attempt to order evidence-based practice in accordance with the epistemology of the profession. It may better guide occupational therapy research and meta-synthesis and their incorporation into practice decisions.
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title = {Research {Pyramid}: {A} {New} {Evidence}-{Based} {Practice} {Model} for {Occupational} {Therapy}},
volume = {65},
issn = {0272-9490, 1943-7676},
shorttitle = {Research {Pyramid}},
url = {https://research.aota.org/ajot/article/65/2/189/5478/Research-Pyramid-A-New-Evidence-Based-Practice},
doi = {10.5014/ajot.2011.000828},
abstract = {Abstract
In the campaign to implement evidence-based practice, the current single-hierarchy model of levels of evidence fails to incorporate at parity all types of research evidence that are valuable in the practice of occupational therapy. A new model, originally developed by Borgetto et al. (2007) and modified and expanded, is presented. By separating the evidence-level criteria of internal and external validity, by incorporating explicitly the evidence provided by qualitative studies, and by retaining the critical notion of rigor, a pyramidal evidence model emerges. This model, the Research Pyramid, aligns itself with the revised model of evidence-based medicine and, more important, with the basic modes of clinical reasoning in occupational therapy. It constitutes a beginning attempt to order evidence-based practice in accordance with the epistemology of the profession. It may better guide occupational therapy research and meta-synthesis and their incorporation into practice decisions.},
language = {en},
number = {2},
urldate = {2024-02-17},
journal = {The American Journal of Occupational Therapy},
author = {Tomlin, George and Borgetto, Bernhard},
month = mar,
year = {2011},
pages = {189--196},
}
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