Supporting Evidence-Based Practice

Summary of the Workshop: Occupational therapists show a positive attitude to EBP. Implementing EBP into daily practice is still a big challenge. To overcome barriers, e.g. lack of time and access to databases, practitioners,... [ view full abstract ]

Summary of the Workshop:
Occupational therapists show a positive attitude to EBP. Implementing EBP into daily practice is still a big challenge. To overcome barriers, e.g. lack of time and access to databases, practitioners, managers and academics are searching for practicable and sustainable strategies. At the UAS FH Campus Wien an EBP service center has been established as pilot project to support the implementation of EBP. Practitioners were invited to participate in an EBP introduction workshop. Afterwards clinical questions could be sent to the service center, which provided CATs (critically appraised topic) answering these questions.
In the workshop we will present this project and results of the accompanying qualitative and quantitative research. Following this input, we will focus on exchanging EBP implementation strategies and good practice experiences in small group discussions by raising the following questions:
Who is involved in implementing EBP strategies?
Which strategies and formats are helpful?
Who provides resources and how can sustainability be reached?
At the end we will sum up the results of the discussions and develop ideas concerning the practicability and sustainability of the different strategies.

Maximum number of participants:
40

Brief description of intended participants:
We are addressing practitioners, teachers, researchers as well as representatives of national OT associations who are interested in implementing EBP. Participants should either have experience in implementing EBP or be interested in exchanging ideas about implementation strategies for EBP.

Financial support by FH Campus Wien, Vienna Hospital Association, and national association Ergotherapie Austria is gratefully acknowledged.