Research Surveys and Capstone Projects

Evidence based practice is vital to growing and sustaining our profession. This page provides TOTA members an opportunity to gather participants for their research. By participating in research surveys, you are helping to support ongoing efforts to further our profession. 

Want to post a survey on the TOTA site?

• You must be a current TOTA member
• If you would like to have your survey shared on our website, please email us and include the following: 
  
• Audience (who is eligible to take the survey)
• Brief description of the survey
• Contact information
• Survey link
• Surveys will be removed after the close of the survey date. 
  
  

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None of the included survey links or information are affiliated with TOTA. Please note this disclaimer before clicking on any links within the article.

2024 Research Surveys

Capstone Surveys: 

Sydney Simpson, eOTD Student Primary Investigator 
Abilene Christian University 
Audience - Occupational Therapy Practitioners (OTPs).  To qualify to participate, you must be a licensed occupational therapist in the state of Texas and a private practice owner.  You must also be a current member of either a Texas-based OT private practice Facebook group, the Texas Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA), the Texas Woman’s University Center for Women Entrepreneurs (CWE), the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), or have received this survey link via word-of-mouth.  
Research Subject -  “Building a Roadmap for Texas OT Entrepreneurs: Survey on Startup Challenges and Support.” 
Brief introduction & description: The purpose of the study is to obtain qualitative data about the common challenges faced by Occupational Therapy Practitioners (OTPs), as well as highlight helpful resources for the startup processes of owning and managing an occupational therapy (OT) private practice in Texas. 
Survey Link

 AOTF Resources

Keep up-to-date with OT research that supports practice:

• AOTF publishes a quarterly peer-reviewed journal, OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research based in the United States. We invite national and international submissions of empirical and review articles on factors of human participation and how such factors influence health and well-being.
  
• Rally your schools to participate in the 2024 AOTF St. Catherine Challenge benefiting Intervention Research Grants.
• Volunteer with AOTF to support evidence-based practice https://www.aotf.org/About-AOTF/Volunteer , we currently are in need of clinicians to review scholarship applications.