Occupational Therapy: Specific OT Classes

Tips for your annotated bibliography on interprofessional care teams: 

• Search the databases listed on the main page of this libguide.
  • CINAHL Plus is a good starting point, or Nursing & Allied Health Database.
  • Select "Advanced Search" before you start searching. This will let you combine search terms.
• Combine search terms
  • In the first search box, type interprofessional
  • In the second search box, type words that describe your preferred population or setting. Example: if your capstone project is about children, type pediatric OR child OR adolescent. If your project is about rural healthcare settings, type rural. 
  • This should look for articles about interprofessional care in your preferred population/setting. 
• Skim the search results and assess what you're finding.
  • Tons of relevant-seeming search results? You have the luxury of narrowing it further. Options:
    • Look for OT-specific articles
      • Add another search box. Look for occupational therapist OR ot in the third search box, along with the terms you already tried. Note: you may find zero search results when you narrow it that much. That is okay. Your articles aren't required to talk about OTs specifically--this would just be a nice extra if they're available.
    • Filter to peer-reviewed only
      • Go to the filters on the left. Filter to peer-reviewed articles only. (Note: in CINAHL you have to click Show More under the publication date filter to get this option)
    • Filter to full-text only
      • Go to the filters on the left. Filter to full-text articles to show items with immediate access. (Note: the library can help you access articles that we don't own in full-text).
  • Not enough relevant-seeming articles?
    • Think of alternative or broader terms to describe your setting/population.
    • If there's even one relevant-seeming article, open it and read its first couple pages. This might be called introduction, background, or literature review. They will probably mention other articles on similar topics. 
    • Contact your librarian for help. Contact information is on this page.

AOTA Ethics Resources

• AOTA resources and guidance for OT practitioners

Disability Laws

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

• More on IDEA

Privacy Laws

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Medicare & Medicaid

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

• Medicare

• Medicaid

Licensure Laws & Regulations

• Issues in Licensure - AOTA

• Georgia Occupational Therapy Association

• Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy

• Official Code of the State of Georgia

• State OT Associations

• State OT Licensure Boards

• State OT Statutes and Regulations - AOTA

• State Policy Resources and Factsheets - AOTA

• FindLaw Cases and Codes: State Resources

Clear Communication

• Plain Language to Communicate Physical Activity Information: A Website Content Analysis

• Clear Communication

• Health Literacy

• Plain Language

• Clear & Simple

• Cultural Respect

• Language Access

• Talking to Your Doctor

• Making Data Talk

Links on Health Literacy, Promotion, & Education

• Healthy People 2030

• Making Health Communications work

• Health Literacy Universal Precautions ToolKit

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Public health links from the American Public Health Association

• Health Literacy Website from Harvard School of Public Health

• Healthy Cities

• NIH- Health Information

• Community Toolbox

• Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide)

• Occupational Therapy and Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Health

• Complementary, Alternative, or Integrative Health: What’s In a Name?

• Telehealth in Occupational Therapy

• Trainers Guide for Cancer Education (NIH--National Cancer Institute)

World Health Organization

• World Health Organization

• WHO Health Topics

• WHO Social Determinants of Health

• International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health

Health Statistics

• National Center for Health Statistics-population stats

• Website to gather GA statistics about various health problems

• LibGuide with more resources on population/community health statistics

AOTA Statements and Resources

• AOTA’s Societal Statement on Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress

• AOTA's Societal Statement on Disaster Response and Risk Reduction

• AOTA’s Societal Statement on Health Disparities

• AOTA’s Societal Statement on Health Literacy

• AOTA’s Societal Statement on Livable Communities

• AOTA’s Statement on Stress and Stress Disorders

• AOTA’s Societal Statement on Youth Violence

• Occupational Therapy in the Promotion of Health and Well-Being

• Occupational Therapy’s Perspective on the Use of Environments and Contexts to Facilitate Health, Well-Being, and Participation in Occupations

• Obesity and Occupational Therapy

• Importance of Interprofessional Education in Occupational Therapy Curricula