Full Description
This practical and informative workbook guides occupational therapy doctorate students through every step of the capstone project and experience.
The workbook acknowledges the variability in capstone requirements and supports students by providing strategies to address common components. Each chapter offers tips and advice on topics such as identifying a need, finding a mentor and experiential site, conducting a literature review, developing project objectives, developing experiential objectives, and dissemination of the outcomes. Guiding students to develop a meaningful and productive capstone project and experience, the book includes worksheets and samples of completed student projects and experiences at each stage of the process.
This is the ideal guide for any occupational therapy doctorate student aiming to undertake a successful capstone project, as well as the perfect complement for Doctoral Capstone Coordinators (DCC) and didactic classroom teaching and learning.
Contents
Introduction. Introduction to Your Doctoral Work and This Workbook. 1.Why the Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) And Introduction to Capstone. 2.Needs Assessment by Lisa Bagby. 3.Finding and Developing a Problem Worth Pursuing and Relevant to the Profession of Occupational Therapy. 4. What Is the Capstone Project Purpose? Alignment of the Problem to the Project Type. 5. Finding a Problem and Writing a Problem Statement. 6.Finding a Mentor for a Capstone Research Project. 7.Finding a Mentored Practice Setting. 8.From Thoughts to Words: Starting Your Capstone Write-Up. 9.Laying the Foundation. 10.Literature Review. 11.Blueprints to Brilliance: Crafting Your Capstone Plan: Writing Objectives for Your Capstone Project. 12.Defending the Planned Project and the Experience. 13.Planning and Tracking the Experience. 14.Unveiling Your Outcomes: The Capstone Project Outcomes. 15.Sustainability of Your Capstone Project. 16.Dissemination. Appendix A.Writing Guidance per Chapter
