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- Sirkka, Marianne, et al.
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A process for developing sustainable evidence-based occupational therapy practice
- 2014
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1103-8128 .- 1651-2014. ; 21:6, s. 429-437
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe how long-term improvement work based on the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model (OTIPM) evolved in an occupational therapy unit. Method: Data included written documents related to the improvement work (435 pages in total) from 2001 to 2013 that were analysed using pattern matching. Results: The findings from the analysis of the documents formed three main patterns describing reorientation towards the OTIPM, establishment of the implementation of the OTIPM, and ensuring the sustainability of the implementation. Each pattern contained a number of phases of the improvement work emanating from different reasons and resulting in different long-term achievements. The transformation between the phases was smooth, and several of the phases became starting points for improvement work that continued throughout the years. Conclusion: The findings showed how an occupational therapy model of practice, such as the OTIPM, can guide an improvement process and keep it going over a long period of time, thereby supporting sustainable improvements in practice.
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- Sirkka, Marianne, et al.
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Occupational therapists' experiences of improvement work : a journey towards sustainable evidence-based practice
- 2014
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1103-8128 .- 1651-2014. ; 21:2, s. 90-97
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: The aim of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe occupational therapists' experiences of participating in long-term improvement work based on the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model. Method. Data were collected by focus groups interviewed on two occasions (2006 and 2011). Nineteen occupational therapists participated on each occasion. The data obtained were analysed using a qualitative content analysis. Findings. The long-term improvement work was experienced as a journey towards sustainable and evidence-based occupational therapy practice. The journey, guided by the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model, led to increased client-centred and occupation-focused practice. The long journey of change involved three intertwined themes. The first theme describes how the occupational therapists transformed their thoughts and actions on an individual and group level. The second theme describes how they dealt with conflicting feelings and faced the duality of change. The third theme describes a shared professional culture, including confidence, clarity, and inter-professional community. Conclusion: The study shows how the collective use of an occupational therapy model of practice can lead to an integration of evidence-based knowledge that has long-lasting achievements in practice.
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