Research Surveys and Capstone Projects

Evidence based practice is vital to growing and sustaining our profession. This page provides TOTA members an opportunity to gather participants for their research. By participating in research surveys, you are helping to support ongoing efforts to further our profession. 

Want to post a survey on the TOTA site?

• You must be a current TOTA member
• If you would like to have your survey shared on our website, please email us and include the following:
  
• Brief description of the survey, including who is eligible to take the survey
• Contact information
• Survey link

None of the included survey links or information are affiliated with TOTA. Please note this disclaimer before clicking on any links within the article.

2024 Research Surveys

6/19/2024 - Current Trends in Productivity 
Please consider taking a short survey looking into the current trends in productivity and the effects it has on practicing therapists, their perceptions, and their ability to provide patient-centered care in their specific setting
• Audience: Licensed occupational therapy practitioners (OTs or OTAs) 
• Research subject: Current productivity trends and its effects 
• About: It is for all therapist settings. It's completely anonymous. Although it calls for your email to keep from duplication of responses, an email list or names of respondents is not being collected
• Aim: The goal is to create an informative article based on the findings of the practitioner's experiences with current productivity standards. 
• Link to survey: https://forms.gle/KNFKKPrg4pkPE4RB7

 2024 Capstone Research Projects:

6/30/2024 - Exposing the Need for Health and Wellness Within the Police Force 
Feedback is needed to complete this Capstone project. The survey should be taken before and after the presentation serving as a pretest and a post test.

1. Complete the survey as a pretest - survey link
2. View the video presentation link
3. Complete the survey as a post-test -survey link

 AOTF Resources

Keep up-to-date with OT research that supports practice:

• AOTF publishes a quarterly peer-reviewed journal, OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research based in the United States. We invite national and international submissions of empirical and review articles on factors of human participation and how such factors influence health and well-being.
  
• Rally your schools to participate in the 2024 AOTF St. Catherine Challenge benefiting Intervention Research Grants.
• Volunteer with AOTF to support evidence-based practice https://www.aotf.org/About-AOTF/Volunteer , we currently are in need of clinicians to review scholarship applications.