August 2008–May 2010. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Graduate Research Assistant.
- Worked as a research assistant on projects focused on researching and disseminating excellence in occupational therapy education.
- Supported a systematic mapping research project by designing and developing a custom Microsoft Access database based on the team’s data coding guidelines. Microsoft Access development included using the visual front end as well as developing custom SQL scripts and VB script.
- Used Excel to manage a manual Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) process to move coded research data from an EndNote® repository to Microsoft Access.
- Provided training and documentation to support the use of the Microsoft Access research tool.
- Co-authored three articles, published in peer-reviewed journals:
- King, R., Hooper, B., and Wood, W. (2011). Using bibliographic software to appraise and code data in educational systematic review research. Medical Teacher, 33(9), 719-723.
- Hooper, B., King, R., Wood, W., Bilics, A., and Gupta, J. (2013). An international systematic mapping review of educational approaches and teaching methods in occupational therapy. The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76 (1), 9-22.
- Roberts, M. E., Hooper, B. R., Wood, W. H., & King, R. M. (2015). An international systematic mapping review of fieldwork education in occupational therapy Revue de mappage systématique internationale de la formation clinique en ergothérapie. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 82(2), 106-118.