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Volume Two • Issue Two
March / April • 2000
Table of Contents
Evidence-based practice
Placing value on validity
Dr. Laurie Snider from McGill University demonstrates how using evidence can increase a clinician's confidence regarding intervention choices, justifying program models and helping clients to make the best choices.
Put it to practice
The role of spirituality in occupational therapy practice
Brenda Vrkljan, a Masters candidate at the University of Western Ontario, explores the profession's spiritual efforts and presents a small vignette of how it works in practice.
Tech update
Taking the intimidation out of assistive technology
If you want to find out more about assistive technology, there is no magic textbook. Instead, Dianna Fong Lee suggests attending a conference and has the inside information on choosing the right one for you.
5 - minute marketing magic
Trade show tips
Whether your booth is at a trade show or part of a mall display, these Do's and Don'ts lists will help attract people to your booth.
Are you listening?
Reconciling philosophy with daily practice: Future challenges to occupational therapy's client-centred practice
Column editor Karen Rebeiro suggests ways to make client-centredness a reality. It may mean rocking the boat and challenging workload measurement stats and refusing to attend meetings.
International connections
ITHIOTHALFUN, EH? A Canadian twist to occupational therapy in Iceland
by Laura Van Iterson
April is national cancer month
Skills for the job of living tips from Occupational Therapy