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The journals listed below may provide some open access articles, but other articles may be behind a paywall. If you encounter a paywall for an article from any of the below journals, please submit a document delivery request for the article.
The Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
A leading international peer-reviewed publication presenting influential, high quality innovative scholarship and research relevant to occupational therapy. The journal is the official research publication of the professional peak body, Occupational Therapy Australia.
British Journal of Occupational Therapy
Publishes peer-reviewed articles with international relevance that advance knowledge in research, practice, education, and policy in occupational therapy. The journal has been established since 1938, is owned by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, and has been published with SAGE since 2015.
Hand Therapy (Formerly British Journal of Hand Therapy)
Internationally leading, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the publication of review articles, research articles, audits and case reports covering all aspects of hand rehabilitation and its related fields. An essential journal for anyone working in orthopaedics, plastic surgery, rheumatology and rehabilitation with a specific focus on the upper extremity.
Mental Health Occupational Therapy
Articles from all disciplines including professions and organizations related to occupational therapy, mental health forums, occupational therapists, occupational therapy support staff, occupational therapy students, and service users and carers.
Occupational Therapy Now
Provides information about occupational therapy issues, including clinical applications of recent research and theory, evidence-based practice and socio-cultural, political and economic influences on occupational therapy.
The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
A peer-reviewed, open-access journal with a mission to publish high quality articles that focus on applied research, practice, and education in the occupational therapy profession.
The American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA) Occupational Therapy Channel covers the most current evidence-based practice, with their Everyday Evidence series of episodes published weekly. The podcast covers everything OT, from pediatrics through older adults and everything in between. AOTA’s podcast is also the most regularly updated OT podcast on this list.
Each month, the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists' (CAOT) OT Conversations That Matter podcast hosts an occupational therapist who may work clinically or non-clinically, in management, leadership or among other areas of practice to discuss relevant issues and topics from an OT perspective. The episodes are 25-35 minutes long to encourage listeners to be able to tune in on their lunch break or other small window of time.
An occupational therapy podcast striving to narrow the research gap and help practitioners translate research into practice as simply as possible. Shifting perspectives in OT research and practice from what happened, to how to make good things happen.
The Occupied podcast was created by Brock Cook, an OT from Australia whose mission is to cover all things occupation in this regularly updated podcast. This podcast not only covers occupation, but also has a huge emphasis on mental health and a variety of interviews with other OTs from around the world.
On the Air was created by Stephanie Lancaster, an OT with over 25 years of experience. Stephanie has been podcasting regularly since 2017 and works as an OT educator specializing in assistive technology and instructional design. This podcast covers a variety of topics, including alternative career options, international OT, telehealth, burnout, advocacy and more.
This podcast is geared towards OT students and OT practitioners working with older adults, and features a variety of episodes interviewing OT practitioners in a variety of settings.