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Rehabilitation Therapists’ Clinical Questions in the Context of Evidence-based Patient Care : An Exploratory Study

Kloda, Lorie A. and Bartlett, Joan C. Rehabilitation Therapists’ Clinical Questions in the Context of Evidence-based Patient Care : An Exploratory Study., 2009 . In Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) 37th Annual Conference, Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada), 28-30 May 2009. [Conference paper]

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In this qualitative study, rehabilitation therapists (occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and speech-language pathologists) working in stroke care will be asked about their clinical questions. The goals of the study are: to identify common characteristics of questions, to develop a typology of questions, and to uncover reasons why certain questions are pursued.

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	information needs, clinical questions, rehabilitation therapists, evidence-based practice
Subjects:	B. Information use and sociology of information > BH. Information needs and information requirements analysis. A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AC. Relationship of LIS with other fields .
Depositing user:	Lorie A. Kloda
Date deposited:	22 Jun 2009
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:14
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13232

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