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EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE 1: BASICS

OCCTHER 771
Course Description

Provides the opportunity to establish or advance understanding of evidence-based practice through critical exploration of research ethics and approaches. Critically review literature relevant to occupational therapy and determine how research findings can inform practice. First in the evidence-based practice sequence leading to the development of a proposal and completion of a scholarly study.

Prerequisties

Declared in Occupational Therapy OTD: Entry Level

Satisfies
Credits

3

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average
3.84

3.64% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.85% from Historical

A Rate
79.41%

39.86% from Historical

Class Size
34

15.25% from Historical

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