title: Occupational therapists' experiences in integrating a new intervention in collaboration with a researcher.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe occupational therapists' expectations and experiences of integrating a new intervention programme within an RCT pilot study, in collaboration with a researcher.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six occupational therapists participated in a five-day training course (during a one-month period) including lectures, reading articles, and discussions. The data were collected through interviews and written reflections, analysed by a qualitative constant comparative approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings displayed a process of change, primarily in the participants' way of integrating research in their clinical practice. Three main categories were identified as: hope of taking part in a research project, confirmation of anchoring, and experience of scepticism. These categories constituted the core category "The occupational therapist's process of integrating research in a clinical context with the prerequisite being a dialogue and a sharing of responsibility and authority between researcher and occupational therapist". A tentative model was formulated which described how the various categories were related to one another as well as how change occurred over time in the context in which the study was carried out.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One conclusion is the importance of providing opportunities for creating dialogues among researcher and practitioners to narrowing the gap between research and "everyday practice of occupational therapy".
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden. christina.eriksson@karolinska.se
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tham
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guidetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D013548:Sweden