title: Documenting outcomes of occupational therapy: the center for outcomes research and education.
abstract: This article presents two themes related to the development and implementation of sound outcomes research that emerged from a 3-year dialogue among fellows of the University of Illinois Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE). These themes are: that outcomes research needs to be an interrelated multi-method system of investigation, and it should be developed in collaboration with its key stakeholders (consumers and practitioners). Examples from the literature and from a cluster of papers published in this focus issue are used to exemplify the themes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Applied Health Sciences Building, Room 354, Chicago, Illinois 60612-7250, USA. kielhfnr@uic.edu
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kielhofner
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hammel
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finlayson
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Helfrich
authors.forename: Renée R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*