READING LIST OCC324

Prescribed Readings
Topic specific readings: You will be directed to relevant readings that are available in your
textbooks or from the electronic journals available online from the library. Some of these will
need to be read prior to class activity, others will be useful for your personal study. You are
expected to complete the weekly required reading in the week of the relevant session. This
reading, along with the lectures and tutorial sessions will form the basis of the learning
activities for each week. All lecture material and required readings will be examinable.

Topic 1

Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice:

1. Ballinger, C. & Wiles, R. (2001). A critical look at evidence-based practice. British Journal
of Occupational Therapy, 64(5), 253-255.
2. Bennett, S. & Bennett, J. W. (2000). The process of evidence-based practice in
occupational therapy: Informing clinical decisions. Australian Occupational Therapy
Journal, 47, 171-180.
3. Fethstonhaugh, D., Hay, R., & Winbolt, M. (2013). Evidence-based health care. In P.
Liamputtong (Ed.), Research methods in health: Foundations for evidence-based
practice (pp. 251-265). South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.
(prescribed text)
4. Sudsawad, P. (2006). Definition, evolution, and implementation of evidence-based
practice in occupational therapy. In: G. Kielhofner (Ed.), Research in occupational
therapy: methods of inquiry for enhancing practice (pp. 656-662). Philadelphia, PA: F.A.
Davis Company.

Searching For and Gathering the Evidence:

1. Dieter, M.G. & Kielhofner, G. (2006). Searching the literature. In: G. Kielhofner (Ed.),
Research in occupational therapy: methods of inquiry for enhancing practice (pp. 437-
451). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company.

Topic 2

Critiquing the Evidence:

1. Polgar, S., & Thomas, S. A. (2008). Critical evaluation of published literature. In S. Polgar
& S. A. Thomas (Eds.), Introduction to research in the health sciences fifth edition (pp.
263-272). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston Elsevier.
2. Greenhalgh, T. (1997). How to read a paper. The Medline database. BMJ, 315(7101),
180-183.
3. Greenhalgh, T. (1997). How to read a paper. Getting your bearings (deciding what the
paper is about). BMJ, 315(7102), 243-246.
4. Greenhalgh, T. (1997). How to read a paper. Assessing the methodological quality of
published papers. BMJ, 315(7103), 305-308.

Topic 3

Introduction to Statistics:
1. Greenhalgh, T. (1997). How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. Different
types of statistical tests. BMJ, 315(7104), 364-366.

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2. Greenhalgh, T. (1997). How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. II:
"Significant" relations and their pitfalls. BMJ, 315(7105), 422-425.
3. Pierson, J. (2013). Data analysis in quantitative research. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.),
Research methods in health: Foundations for evidence-based practice (2nd ed., pp.
394-409). South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. (prescribed text)
4. O’Halloran, P. (2013). How to read and make sense of statistical data. In P. Liamputtong
(Ed.), Research methods in health: Foundations for evidence-based practice (2nd ed.,
pp. 410-424). South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. (prescribed text)

Topic 4

Measurement & Critiquing Tests:

1. Miller Polgar, J. (2009). Critiquing assessments. In E. Crepeau, E. S. Cohn, B. A. Boyt
Schell. (Eds.), Willard and Spackman's occupational therapy (11th ed.) (pp. 519-536).
Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
2. Imms, C., & Greaves, S. (2013). Measure twice, cut once: Understanding the reliability
and validity of the clinical measurement tools used in health care. In P. Liamputtong
(Ed.), Research methods in health: Foundations for evidence-based practice (pp. 161-
181). South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. (prescribed text)

Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analysis

1. Greenhalgh, T. (1997). How to read a paper. Papers that summarise other papers
(systematic reviews and metanalyses). BMJ, 315(7109), 672-675.

2. Shields, N. (2013). Everything you wanted to know about systematic reviews but were
afraid to ask. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Research methods in health: Foundations for
evidence-based practice (2nd ed., pp. 295-307). South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University
Press. (prescribed text)
3. Massy-Westropp, N. & Masters, M. (2003). Doing systematic reviews in an occupational
therapy department. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(9), 427-30.

Examples of Systematic Reviews in Occupational Therapy

1. Brown, G.T. & Burns, S.A. (2001). The efficacy of neurodevelopmental treatment in
paediatrics: a systematic review. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(5), 235-
44.
2. Chang, J., Morton, S., Rubenstein, L. Mojica, W., Maglione, M. Suttorp, M., Roth, E. &
Shekelle, P. (2004). Interventions for the prevention of falls in older adults: Systematic
review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials, BMJ, 328.
3. Gillespie, L, Gillespie, W, Robertson, M., Lamb, S., Cumming R., & Rowe, B. (2003).
Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people. Cochrane Database of systematic
Reviews 2003, Issue 4 Art. No. CD000340. DOI10.1002/14651858.CD000340
4. Tullis, A., & Nicol, M. (1999). A systematic review of the evidence for the value of
functional assessment of older people with dementia. British Journal of Occupational
Therapy, 62(12), 554-63.

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Examples of Meta-Analysis in Occupational Therapy
1. Murphy, S., & Tickle-Degnen, L. (2001). The effectiveness of occupational therapy-
related treatments for persons with Parkinson's disease: a meta-analytic review.
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55(4), 385-92.
2. Vargas, S., & Camilli, G. (1999). A meta-analysis of research on sensory integration
treatment. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 53(2), 189-98.
3. Baker, N.A. & Tickle-Degnen, L. (2001). The effectiveness of physical, psychological, and
functional interventions in treating clients with multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis.
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55(3), 324-31.

Topic 5
No allocated readings.

Topic 6

Introduction to Qualitative Research Paradigm

1. Greenhalgh, T., & Taylor, R. (1997). How to read a paper: Papers that go beyond
numbers (qualitative research). BMJ, 315(7110), 740-743.
2. Hammell, K.W. (2001). Using qualitative research to inform the client-centred evidence-
based practice of occupational therapy. British Journal of Occupational Therapy,
64(5), 228-34.
3. Liamputtong, P. (2009). Introduction. In Qualitative research methods (3rd ed., pp. x-xiv).
South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press. (text in library)
4. Liamputtong, P. (2009). Theoretical frameworks and sampling in qualitative research. In
Qualitative research methods (3rd ed., pp.2-18). South Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia: Oxford University Press. (text in library)
5. Liamputtong, P. (2013). The science of words and the science of numbers: research
methods as foundations for evidence-based practice in health. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.),
Research methods in health: Foundations for evidence-based practice (2nd ed., pp. 3-
23). South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. (prescribed text)
6. Liamputtong, P. Shields, N., & Nevill, A. (2013). Writing and critically appraising published
research reports. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Research methods in health: Foundations
for evidence-based practice (2nd ed., pp. 425-446). South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford
University Press. (prescribed text)
7. Luborsky, M., & Lysack, C. (2006). Overview of qualitative research. In G. Kielhofner
(Ed.), Research in occupational therapy: Methods of inquiry for enhancing practice
(pp.326-340). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis.
8. McCluskey, A., Lovarini, M., Bennett, S., McKenna, K, Tooth, L., & Hoffmann, T. (2006).
How and why do occupational therapists use the OT seeker evidence base?
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 53, 188-195.
9. Neville-Jan, A. (2003). Encounters in a world of pain: An autoethnography. American
Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(1), 88-98.

Topic 7

Qualitative Research: Introduction to Traditions and Methods

1. Creswell, J. W. (2013). Philosophical assumptions and interpretive frameworks. In
Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches (3rd. ed., pp.
15-41). Los Angeles: Sage.

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2. Creswell, J. W. (2013). Five qualitative approaches to inquiry. In Qualitative inquiry and
research design: Choosing among five approaches (3rd. ed., pp. 69-110). Los Angeles:
Sage.
3. Liamputtong, P. (2009). Types of qualitative research methods. In Qualitative research
methods (3rd ed., pp.42-224). South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Oxford
University Press. (text in library)
4. Liamputtong, P. (2009). Making sense of qualitative data: The analysis process. In
Qualitative research methods (3rd ed., pp.277-296). South Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia: Oxford University Press. (text in library)
5. Liamputtong, P. (2009). Grounded theory research. In Qualitative research methods (3rd
ed., pp.206-224). South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press.
(text in library)
6. Stanley, M., & Cheek, J. (2003). Grounded theory: Exploiting the potential for
occupational therapy. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(4), 143-150.

Topic 8

Qualitative Research: Trustworthiness and Rigour

1. Creswell, J. W. (2013). Standards of validation and evaluation. In Qualitative inquiry and

research design (3r ed., pp. 243-268). Los Angeles: Sage.

2. Fossey, E., Harvey, C., McDermott, F., & Davidson, L. (2002). Understanding and
evaluating qualitative research. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry,36,
717-732.
3. Liamputtong, P. (2009). Rigour and ethics in qualitative research. In Qualitative
research methods (3rd ed., pp.19-34). South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Oxford
University Press. (text in library)
4. Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Establishing trustworthiness. In Naturalistic inquiry,
(pp. 289-331). Newbury Park, Sage.
5. Greenhalgh, T. (2002). Integrating qualitative research into evidence based practice.
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 31, 583-601.
6. Silverman, D. (2011). Credible qualitative research. In the author, Interpreting qualitative
data (4th ed., pp. 351-395). Los Angeles: Sage.

Topic 9

Ethical Issues and Practices

1. Domholdt, E. (2005). Research ethics. In E. Domholdt, Rehabilitation research:
Principles and applications (pp. 29-44). St. Louis, MI: Elsevier Saunders.
2. Liamputtong, P. (2009). Rigour and ethics in qualitative research. In Qualitative research
methods (3rd ed., pp.32-40). South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Oxford University
Press. (text in library)
3. Ramcharan, P. (2013). What is ethical research? In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Research
methods in health: Foundations for evidence-based practice (2nd ed., pp. 24-36). South
Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. (prescribed text)

Topic 10
No allocated readings.

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