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Occupational Therapy Internet Sources

The websites listed on this page are recommended by library staff. There may be additional useful websites available. For help in identifying websites please ask for assistance at the Information Desk on the main floor of the library.


Associations/Organizations
Government Sources
Reference
Other Websites


Associations - Organizations of experts, policy makers, and researchers

American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
http://www.aota.org
This is the occupational therapy professional association Web site designed to support the professional community for occupational therapists with the intent to develop and preserve the viability and relevance of the profession. There is a link to educational resources that requires a member's password. Also included are links to consumer, professional development, and student resources.

American Occupational Therapy Foundation
http://www.aotf.org
The American Occupational Therapy Foundation is a charitable, non-profit organization created in 1965 to advance the science of occupational therapy and increase public understanding of its value. The Institute for the Study of Occupation and Health can be accessed from this site and provides such resources as "Research Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Occupational Therapy Educators" and "Evidence-Based Practice Self-Study".

Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)
http://www.caot.ca/
This professional association Web site provides services, products, events and networking opportunities to assist occupational therapists to achieve excellence in their professional practice. \


Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org
Section that is available to the public that is related to evidence-based practice in special education.

Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy
http://pr.mo.gov/octherapy-about-the-board.asp
On the state of Missouri's Board of Occupational Therapy site there are several links to related occupational therapy sites, the Occupational Therapy Practice Act, Continuing Competency Requirements, and the Board's Newsletter.

Missouri Occupational Therapy Association
http://www.motamo.net/
The Missouri Occupational Therapy Association represents the needs of Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants and Occupational Therapy students in the state of Missouri. Other than licensing information there is also information about scholarships and awards.

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc
http://www.nbcot.org
This site offers information about the licensing process and includes practice examinations information.

National Rehabilitation Association
http://www.nationalrehab.org
This site provides Government Affairs information and access to abstracts to articles in the Journal of Rehabilitation for years 1999-2002.

 


Government Sources & Publications - These are key government departments' and agencies' publications in the Greenlease Library Government Documents Department.


Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. Be sure to read the "About the CRF Online" to have success in searching within the 50 title fields.

Education Resources Information Center [ERIC]
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly Health Care Financing Administration)
http://cms.hhs.gov/
This site has information regarding Medicare and Medicaid for consumers and professionals. Public Affairs pertaining to these two topics are included.

National Center to Improve Practice
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs fromn 1992-1998 to promote the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical and social/emotional disabilities.

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/
Included on this site are Health Information, Grants & Funding Opportunities, News & Events, Scientific Resources, and Institutes, Centers & Offices. There is a What's New section to provide the most current health information.

The Center for Evidence-based Practice: The Young Children with Challenging Behavior
hhttp://challengingbehavior.fmhi.usf.edu/
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs to raise awareness and implementation of positive, evidence-based practice and to build an enhanced and more accessible database to support those practices.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/search
This site allows you to do a simple search in the header or use an Advanced Search Page.



Reference


Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
This medical encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, test, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. There is an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. It is searchable by initial alphabetical letter ranges for terms.

Buros Test Reviews Online
http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/category.html
Resource for test reviews.

Occupational Therapy Listserv
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occupational-therapy.html
From this link pertaining to discussions about occupational therapy you can search the archives, post to the list, join or leave the list, and see files associated with the list.

On-Line Medical Dictionary (commonly referred to as OMD)
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
This is a searchable dictionary containing terms related to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It aims to provide a one-stop source of information about all medical and scientific terms and includes many useful linked cross-references to related Internet resources, and well as bibliographical reference to print publications.

RehabCareer.com
http://www.rehabcareer.com/?source=overture
This is a free job site for physical, occupational and speech therapy.


OtherWebsites

Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search
Broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
http://www.galegroup.com/HealthRC/02.htm
This is a comprehensive Web site that provides easy-to-find answers to health questions and is made up of hundreds of the best medical journals, pamphlets and reference materials available.

JEFFSelects: Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Rehabilitation Medicine
http://jeffline.tju.edu/SML/JEFFSelects/otpt.html
This site provides several links to resources related to occupational therapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation medicine.

Journal of Special Education and Technology
http://jset.unlv.edu/
Full text.

Michael Rowe Medical Sites
http://www.medical-ookmarks.org.uk/bookmark.htm
This site includes Physical Therapy Bookmarks to associations, resources and electronic journal titles. Some of the journal titles allow you to search for full text articles in archived journals. Frequently, one needs to be a subscriber to access current articles in the journals.

Model of Human Occupation Clearinghouse
http://www.moho.uic.edu/
Research, assessment tools, etc.

National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/ncmrr/ncmrr.htm
The mission of NCMRR is to foster development of scientific knowledge needed to enhance the health, productivity, independence, and quality of life for persons with disabilities. The site provides information about related programs, research projects and available funding opportunities.

Occupational Therapist Resource Center
http://www.occupationaltherapist.com
This site provides extensive resources for the Occupational Therapist professional, patients, and family members.

OTseeker (Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence)
www.OTseeker.com
This is a free Web-based evidence resource developed in 2003 by occupational therapists from the University of Queensland and the University of Western Sydney, Australia to provide fast access to evidence of therapeutic effectiveness for clinicians, academics, and students, as well as consumers and providers of occupational therapy services. It was designed with the principle aim of increasing access to research to support clinical decisions. It contains abstracts of systematic reviews and quality ratings of randomized controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. OTseeker conducts systematic searches of the following databases: Medline, CINAHL, ERIC, EMBASE Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, AMED, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library, CancerLit, and Ageline.

Rehabilitation Engineer Society of North America
http://resna.org/
Allows members to access the Assistive Technology Journal in full text and non-members to access abstracts.

St. Charles Community College
http://www.stchas.edu/library/Research_Guides/ota.shtml
St. Charles Community College has created an Occupational Therapy Resources on the Internet that lists various associations, licensing boards, and Internet resources for the occupational therapist professional and student.

University of Puget Sound
http://www.ups.edu/x3676.xml
Link to the Evidence-based symposia presentations and handouts.

What Works Clearinghouse
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
Collects, screens and identifies studies of effectiveness of educational interventions (program, products, practices, and policies).



Additional Internet sites can be found on the library's Medicine and Health Internet Sources and Education Internet Sources web page. .

These research guides available on the library's web site may also provide valuable information: Evidence-Based Practice In Health Care, Physical Therapy Sources, Sports Medicine Sources, and Health Science Sources.


Updated October 1, 2007

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