,Chapter 1: Occupational Therapy as an Evidence-Based Practice Profession
True/False
1. There exists a dynamic relationship between research and practice. Professional research should be
used to inform practice theory and interventions; equally, practice should influence and guide the
direction of future research.
ANS: True
STD: B.8.1
2. A core tenet of evidence-based practice for occupational therapy is that interventions utilized should
be those that are validated through the best available clinical evidence without consideration of an
individual therapist’s clinical expertise.
ANS: False
3. A client’s values should influence and be considered when providing evidence-based occupational
therapy services.
ANS: True
4. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) and its established prescriptive guidelines closely reflect the
philosophical beliefs and nature of occupational therapy (OT). Therefore, its principles are directly
replicated with evidence-based OT practice.
ANS: False
5. Explanations offered by a practice theory are always tentative, and must be refined through research.
ANS: True
STD: B.3.6
,6. Participatory research involves inclusion of recipients of services (or consumers) in the data collection
and dissemination process only after a specific research hypothesis has been established by an
investigator.
ANS: False
Multiple Choice
7. Occupational therapy has a professional obligation to maintain a systematic and shared body of
knowledge. Which of the following does not serve toward the development of evidence for this
requirement?
A. Multiple studies establishing the psychometric qualities of a commonly used standardized assessment
B. A control trial quantifying the outcomes of a treatment strategy
C. The collective clinical expertise of an outpatient occupational therapy department
D. A series of studies testing and refining a practice theory utilized in practice
ANS: C
STD: B.8.1
8. Occupational therapists offer a unique perspective towards identifying and addressing deficits with
clients’ occupational participation. The area of research that examines how occupational therapists
identify problems and make treatment decisions is:
A. Clinical reasoning research
B. Process research
C. Narrative research
D. Practice theory research
ANS: A
9. The purpose of needs assessment research is to identify the gap between a client’s or population’s
present status and that individual’s or group’s:
A. Previous status
B. Disability status
C. Desired status
D. Projected status
ANS: C
, 10. Psychometric research may be used to evaluate an assessment according to multiple criteria. Which
domain is not a measure of psychometric research?
A. Reliability
B. Validity
C. Clinical utility
D. Formative utility
ANS: D
11. Formative research best seeks to identify what characteristic of an intervention of study?
A. The expected outcome of the intervention
B. The mechanism of change for the intervention
C. The frequency or duration required for an intervention to be effective
D. The clinical reasoning utilized in providing an intervention
ANS: B
True/False
1. There exists a dynamic relationship between research and practice. Professional research should be
used to inform practice theory and interventions; equally, practice should influence and guide the
direction of future research.
ANS: True
STD: B.8.1
2. A core tenet of evidence-based practice for occupational therapy is that interventions utilized should
be those that are validated through the best available clinical evidence without consideration of an
individual therapist’s clinical expertise.
ANS: False
3. A client’s values should influence and be considered when providing evidence-based occupational
therapy services.
ANS: True
4. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) and its established prescriptive guidelines closely reflect the
philosophical beliefs and nature of occupational therapy (OT). Therefore, its principles are directly
replicated with evidence-based OT practice.
ANS: False
5. Explanations offered by a practice theory are always tentative, and must be refined through research.
ANS: True
STD: B.3.6
,6. Participatory research involves inclusion of recipients of services (or consumers) in the data collection
and dissemination process only after a specific research hypothesis has been established by an
investigator.
ANS: False
Multiple Choice
7. Occupational therapy has a professional obligation to maintain a systematic and shared body of
knowledge. Which of the following does not serve toward the development of evidence for this
requirement?
A. Multiple studies establishing the psychometric qualities of a commonly used standardized assessment
B. A control trial quantifying the outcomes of a treatment strategy
C. The collective clinical expertise of an outpatient occupational therapy department
D. A series of studies testing and refining a practice theory utilized in practice
ANS: C
STD: B.8.1
8. Occupational therapists offer a unique perspective towards identifying and addressing deficits with
clients’ occupational participation. The area of research that examines how occupational therapists
identify problems and make treatment decisions is:
A. Clinical reasoning research
B. Process research
C. Narrative research
D. Practice theory research
ANS: A
9. The purpose of needs assessment research is to identify the gap between a client’s or population’s
present status and that individual’s or group’s:
A. Previous status
B. Disability status
C. Desired status
D. Projected status
ANS: C
, 10. Psychometric research may be used to evaluate an assessment according to multiple criteria. Which
domain is not a measure of psychometric research?
A. Reliability
B. Validity
C. Clinical utility
D. Formative utility
ANS: D
11. Formative research best seeks to identify what characteristic of an intervention of study?
A. The expected outcome of the intervention
B. The mechanism of change for the intervention
C. The frequency or duration required for an intervention to be effective
D. The clinical reasoning utilized in providing an intervention
ANS: B
