Chan, F., Bezyak, J., Ramirez, M. R., Chiu, C., Sung, C., & Fujikawa, M. (2010). Concepts, Challenges, Barriers, and Opportunities Related to Evidence-Based Practice in Rehabilitation Counseling. Rehabilitation Education, 24(3&4), pp. 179-190.
The article under consideration dwells upon evidence-based practice and its impact on the rehabilitation counseling profession. The authors of the research implement the hypothesis that “The use of scientific evidence derived from theory-driven research to inform rehabilitation counseling practices could contribute to higher employment rates and better quality of employment outcomes for people with disabilities” (Chan, Bezyak, Ramirez, Chiu, Sung, & Fujikawa, 2010, p. 179).
Basing the research on the consideration of the key concepts which are connected with the evidence-based practice, movement, and opportunities these issues offer for the rehabilitation counseling profession the hypothesis is easily proven. The rate of employed people with disabilities is rather low and rehabilitation counseling, having the aim to increase this rate, refers to the discussion of the various factors which may promote this increase. Social, environmental and contextual factors in the combination with the International Classification Functioning, Disability, and Health have developed the idea that the increase of the volunteering research programs may offer more opportunities for disabled people, who, in their turn, may improve the current situation in the research field.
Therefore, the authors of the research conclude that vocational rehabilitation researchers are to focus more on the evidence-based practice with the strong focus on “theory development, empirical evidence, and clinical application” (Chan, Bezyak, Ramirez, Chiu, Sung, & Fujikawa, 2010, p. 187). Afaf Ibrahim Meleis (2010) strongly believes that the additional knowledge received via theoretical and practical methods is extremely important as only possessing new knowledge the development of the science and the improvement of the therapeutic practice is possible.
O’Sullivan, P. S., Stoddard, H. A. & Kalishman, S. (2010). Collaborative research in medical education: a discussion of theory and practice. Medical Education, 44, pp. 1175–1184.
Supporting Meleis’s (2010) idea in the importance of medical education, O’Sullivan, Stoddard, & Kalishman (2010) dwells upon the importance of collaborative research as the main means for preparing medical education researchers. The authors of the paper referred to the works of other scholars to build theory on theory and to prove that collaborative research is to be challenged by the investigation of new problems, considering new knowledge, and involving interpersonal interaction. O’Sullivan, Stoddard, & Kalishman (2010) tried to prove that interdisciplinary knowledge is important as only differentiated and complex research may offer the full recognition of the problem.
Additionally, the researchers are to communicate between each other sharing theory knowledge and explaining some particular concepts to make sure that the research, if a touch on the bothering discipline, can be completed. The medical profession’s educational research is usually based on many other disciplines which are to serve as the background for medical analysis. The research and education should be held in collaboration as only while finding something new and unknown for the researchers are to conclude. Therefore, O’Sullivan, Stoddard, & Kalishman (2010) have proved that the collaboration of the researchers from the interdisciplinary field should serve as the basis for any research in medical education. The academic medical centers are to be interested in making a transition toward interdisciplinary research to make sure that the discoveries and knowledge are full and uncontestable.
Reference List
Chan, F., Bezyak, J., Ramirez, M. R., Chiu, C., Sung, C., & Fujikawa, M. (2010). Concepts, Challenges, Barriers, and Opportunities Related to Evidence-Based Practice in Rehabilitation Counseling. Rehabilitation Education, 24(3&4), pp. 179-190.
Meleis, A. I. (2010) Transition theory. In M. R. Alligood, & A. Marriner-Tomey (Eds.), Nursing theorists and their work (pp. 416-433). New York: Mosby/Elsevier.
O’Sullivan, P. S., Stoddard, H. A. & Kalishman, S. (2010). Collaborative research in medical education: a discussion of theory and practice. Medical Education, 44, pp. 1175–1184.