AOTAs Evidence Exchange

Before preparing and submitting your CAP, carefully review the CAP Guidelines.

When you are ready to prepare your CAP, download and fill out the CAP Worksheet (Word document). This will be useful for completing fields on the online portal. Refer to the CAP Guidelines for submission criteria and detailed instructions on how to fill out each section of the worksheet.

Need a quick reference for research statistics? This presentation reviews the basics. 

Read an example CAP submission. When developing your CAP, please remember to adhere to the CAP Guidelines, as there may be some changes from year to year, based on updated standards or feedback.

Watch this video to learn about Critically Appraised Papers (CAPs) and tips for developing one from the Director of Evidence-based Practice at AOTA.

If you're interested in submitting a Critically Appraised Paper (CAP) to AOTA's Evidence Exchange and want to read the articles that have previously been appraised, please refer to the CAPS Repository on CommunOT. Accepted CAPs are presented as posters at INSPIRE annual conference and as of 2018, accepted CAPs are no longer published on the AOTA website.