The role of research in occupational therapy has been widely debated over the last two years within the profession. The outcome has been the production, by the Research and Development Committee, of the Research and Development Strategy for the College of Occupational Therapists. The strategy addresses how the College of Occupational Therapists can help to support occupational therapists as research consumers, as participants in research and as proactive researchers.
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