Main description:

Clinical reasoning is an essential non-negotiable element for all health professionals. The ability of the health professional to demonstrate professional competence, compassion, and accountability depend on a foundation of sound clinical reasoning. The clinical reasoning process needs to bring together knowledge, experience, and understanding of people, the environment, and organizations along with a strong moral compass in making sound decisions and taking necessary actions.

While clinical reasoning and the role of mentors has been a focus of the continued growth and development of residency programs in physical therapy, there is a critical need to have a broader, in-depth look at how educators across academic and clinical settings intentionally facilitate the development of clinical reasoning skills across one's career. Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making in Physical Therapy: Facilitation, Assessment, and Implementation fills this need by providing a comprehensive and in-depth focus on development of the patient-client management skills of clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making. It takes into account teaching and learning strategies, assessment, and technological applications across the continuum from novice to residents/fellows-in-training, along with academic and clinical faculty for both entry-level and specialist practice.

Drs. Gina Maria Musolino and Gail Jensen have designed this comprehensive resource with contributions from professional colleagues. The text centers on life-long learning by encouraging the development of clinical reasoning abilities from professional education through residency education. The aim and scope of the text is directed for physical therapy education, to enhance clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making for developing professionals and post-professionals in both clinical and academic realms, and for the development of clinical and academic faculty.

Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making in Physical Therapy uniquely offers both evidence-based approaches and pragmatic consultation from award-winning authors with direct practice experiences developing and implementing clinical reasoning/clinical decision-making in practice applications for teaching students, residents, patients, and clinical/academic faculty in classrooms, clinics, and through simulation and telehealth.

Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making in Physical Therapy is the first of its kind to address this foundational element for practice that is key for real-world practice and continuing competence as a health care professional. Physical therapy and physical therapist assistant students, faculty, and clinicians will find this to be an invaluable resource to enhance their clinical reasoning and decision making abilities.

Contents:

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributing Authors
Foreword by Edelle [Edee] Field-Fote, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Section I Theoretical Foundations: Guiding Practice for the Profession
Chapter 1 Clinical Reasoning: Why It Matters
Chapter 2 Teaching Clinical Reasoning: "Lessons Learned" in Medical Education
Chapter 3 Self-Assessment and Reflective Practice: Evolutions for Clinical Reasoning
Chapter 4 Expertise in Clinical Reasoning: Uncovering the Role of Context
Chapter 5 From Ethical Reasoning to Ethical Action
Chapter 6 Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making: An Abridged Literature Review
Chapter 7 Andragogy: Health Professions Clinical Reasoning Transitioning From Novice to Expert
Section II Clinical Reasoning: Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Chapter 8 A Curricular Perspective on Teaching Clinical Reasoning in Entry-Level Education
Chapter 9 Patterns of Clinical Reasoning Development in Entry-Level Physical Therapist Students
Chapter 10 The Clinical Reasoning and Reflection Tool: Clinical Application for Clinical Decision-Making
Chapter 11 Using a Comprehensive Framework to Assess Clinical Reasoning
Chapter 12 Using a Structured and Evidence-Based Approach to Remediate Clinical Reasoning: A Case Report Summary
Chapter 13 Clinical Reasoning Using System 1 and System 2 Modeling
Chapter 14 The Relevance of Metacognition for Clinical Reasoning
Chapter 15 Facilitation of Clinical Reasoning: Teaching and Learning Strategies Across the Continuum of Learners
Chapter 16 Assessment of Clinical Reasoning: Strategies Across the Continuum of Professional and Post-Professional Physical Therapy Education
Chapter 17 The Role of Standardized Tests in Assessing Clinical Reasoning and Critical Thinking
Chapter 18 Developing Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making Skills: Simulations and Debriefing
Chapter 19 Capturing Teachable Moments: Developing Clinical Problem-Solving of the Physical Therapist Assistant
Section III Clinical Reasoning: Research, Innovation, and Best Practice Exemplars
Chapter 20 Developing a Successful Clinical Approach: The Collaborative Partnership of the
Physical Therapist-Physical Therapist Assistant Team
Chapter 21 A Three-Dimensional Model for Developing Clinical Reasoning Across the Continuum of Physical Therapist Education
Chapter 22 Responding to the Call: Measuring Critical Thinking in Physical Therapist Education
Chapter 23 Telehealth: An Innovative Educational and Instructional Strategy to Develop Clinical Decision-Making in Physical Therapist Practice
Chapter 24 Mobile-Based Instructional Scaffolding: A Developmental Tool for Facilitating Physical Therapist Student Clinical Reasoning
Chapter 25 Promoting Clinical Reasoning Within Clinical Teaching in Post-Professional Residency and Fellowship Programs
Chapter 26 Evolving Expertise in Evidence-Based Practice With Contemporary Clinical Reasoning
Chapter 27 Early Career Faculty Development: Maximizing Social Capital for Meaningful Clinical Reasoning
Chapter 28 The Director of Clinical Education Leading the Way: Facilitating Clinical Reasoning and
Clinical Problem-Solving With the Clinical Education Team With Case Exemplars
Chapter 29 Reflection as a Clinical Decision-Making Tool: Navigating a Challenging Mentoring Situation-A Case Report Analysis
Acronyms
Financial Disclosures
Index