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  • TRJ Special Issue: Call for Papers

    2023-11-27

    Special Issue: Call for Papers

    Interprofessional Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Practices and Education: Focus on Health and Quality of Life

    Submission Dates:

    Proposal: February 15, 2024

    Manuscript: May 15, 2024

    Publication: Issue 1 or 2 TRJ 2025

    There is a need to advance interprofessional education and practice in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy (TR/RT) and support the therapeutic recreation profession’s engagement in the global imperative to improve education and health outcomes (Khalili, et al., 2021). As a profession that promotes optimal health and quality of life, we are essential to the interprofessional team (Anderson & Heyne, 2021). For this special issue, we invite manuscripts from colleagues and (TR/RT) professionals with a focus on:

    • Innovative Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) involving TR/RT in collaboration with other professions
    • Conceptual papers highlighting the essential role of TR/RT on interdisciplinary teams in diverse settings
    • Role of International Classification of Function (ICF) in collaboration with other professions
    • Role of Intersectionality theory within ICF to assist in collaboration with other professions
    • Interprofessional Education among TR/RT curricula/programs—opportunities and challenges
    • Integration of interprofessional competencies into fieldwork and interprofessional TR/RT education 
    • TR/RT student perspectives of interprofessional education and practice 
    • Interprofessional collaborative practices and initiatives in various TR/RT practice settings 
    • Innovative collaborative research, practices, and education during health emergencies
    • Academic/Community partnerships affecting education and health outcomes
    • Strategies linking education and practice to improve health and education outcomes—National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (NexusIPE™)
    • Evaluation models of interprofessional collaboration and education
    • Collegial developed healthcare case studies supporting TR/RT
    • Practice perspectives describing effective interprofessional TR/RT practices
    • Administrative support of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice in TR/RT 
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  • Annual in Therapeutic Recreation - Volume 31 Call for Papers - deadline extended

    2023-11-27

    Call for Papers
    Annual in Therapeutic Recreation –Volume
    31

    Deadline for Volume 31:  deadline extended to February 14, 2024

    The American Therapeutic Recreation Association is pleased to invite the submission of manuscripts for Volume 31 of the Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, the official research journal of the association. The purpose of the Annual is to further advance the body of knowledge of the therapeutic recreation profession by creating new knowledge and understandings in practice and in education. The Annual publishes a wide range of original, peer-reviewed articles such as:

    • Evidence-based practice/Empirical studies
    • Systematic reviews
    • Application of theories or models to practice and education
    • Program or service evaluations/Case studies
    • Methodological reviews
    • Current issues and trends in service delivery or education
    • Innovations in service delivery or education
    • Practice protocols
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  • Marcia Carter Scholarly Manuscript Award - New Open Access Articles

    2023-11-27

    The Marcia Carter Scholarly Manuscript Award Winner was announced at the ATRA 2023 Conference.  

    *This award is formerly known as the NART Scholarly Manuscript Award and is sponsored by NART and Sagamore Venture

    The 2023 award is presented to: 

    Shay Dawson (Central Michigan University), 

    Eric Scott (University of Michigan Medical School), 

    Lisa Elder (Craig Rehab Hospital), 

    Edna Omodior (Indiana University Hospital), and 

    Auriel Holman Harrison (Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center)

    For their manuscript: 

    "Kids B.E.A.R. Pain, A Pediatric Chronic Pain Protocol" that appeared in the Therapeutic Recreation Journal57(2), 2023, pp. 173-198. 

    A monetary award accompanies this honor. 

    As of 2023, in addition to the monetary award that accompanies this honor, the Marcia Carter Scholarly Manuscript Award Winner’s Manuscript will be granted the status of open access. This will also apply to the previous award winners and their articles from 2018-2023 listed below.

    Click "Read More" to view and read these new open access articles. 

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