Supporting OT's by implementing Evidence Based Practice

The OKE is the supporting and knowledge group of the Flemish professional association (VE). More than 10 years this volunteer group of OT's working in practice, at universities or at university colleges, tries to reach OT's in... [ view full abstract ]

The OKE is the supporting and knowledge group of the Flemish professional association (VE). More than 10 years this volunteer group of OT's working in practice, at universities or at university colleges, tries to reach OT's in practice to support them in implementing Evidence Based Practice (EBP).

Through the years several different methods were used to reach as much as possible the OT's. The first years we focused on courses about EBP. We empathized the link with each of the participant's practice. The OKE informed the OT's through newsletters and the VE website. Later on we enrolled in place coaching about the OT's their specific clinical question. The clinical question is the starting point of an coaching period on the floor and at distance. The five steps of the EBP process are applied. Also a course in collaboration with CEBAM (Centre of Evidence Based Medicine) was held. In preparation of this congress, OT's in practice were coached to submit an abstract about a recent project. To motivate the OT's to share their ideas and to participate at an international congress, the VE is financing one of the participating OT's of the coaching project to the COTEC-Enothe congress.

It's a continuous challenge for the OKE to look for new and effective methods to inform OT's about EBP and support them in implementing EBP in their practice.