Clinical Reasoning In The Health Professions

by Higgs, Joy; Jones, Mark A.; Loftus, Stephen; Christensen, Nicole

• ISBN13: 9780750688857
• ISBN10: 0750688858
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-14
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical

Summary

Clinical reasoning is the foundation of professional clinical practice. Totally revised and updated, this book continues to provide the essential text on the theoretical basis of clinical reasoning in the health professions and examines strategies for assisting learners, scholars and clinicians develop their reasoning expertise. key chapters revised and updated nature of clinical reasoning sections have been expanded increase in emphasis on collaborative reasoning core model of clinical reasoning has been revised and updated

Table of Contents

Clinical reasoning and clinical decision making - nature and context	p. 1
Clinical decision making and multiple problem spaces	p. 3
The context for clinical decision making in the 21st century	p. 19
Clinical reasoning and models of practice	p. 31
Collaborative decision making	p. 43
Action and narrative: two dynamics of clinical reasoning	p. 55
Clinical reasoning and generic thinking skills	p. 65
Clinical reasoning and patient-centred care	p. 77
Factors influencing clinical decision making	p. 89
Dimensions of clinical reasoning capability	p. 101
Reasoning, expertise and knowledge	p. 111
The development of clinical reasoning expertise	p. 113
Expertise and clinical reasoning	p. 123
Clinical reasoning and biomedical knowledge: implications for teaching	p. 137
Knowledge, reasoning and evidence for practice	p. 151
Knowledge generation and clinical reasoning in practice	p. 163
Understanding knowledge as a sociocultural historical phenomenon	p. 173
Professional practice judgement artistry	p. 181
Clinical reasoning research trends	p. 191
Methods in the study of clinical reasoning	p. 193
A history of clinical reasoning research	p. 205
A place for new research directions	p. 213
Clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making approaches	p. 221
Clinical reasoning in medicine	p. 223
Clinical reasoning in nursing	p. 235
Clinical reasoning in physiotherapy	p. 245
Clinical reasoning in dentistry	p. 257
Clinical reasoning in occupational therapy	p. 265
Ethical reasoning	p. 279
Multidisciplinary clinical decision making	p. 291
Treatment decision making in the medical encounter: the case of shared decision making	p. 299
Algorithms, clinical pathways and clinical guidelines	p. 309
Clinical reasoning to facilitate cognitive - experiential change	p. 319
Communicating about clinical reasoning	p. 329
Learning to communicate clinical reasoning	p. 331
Learning the language of clinical reasoning	p. 339
Beyond the restitution narrative: lived bodies and expert patients	p. 349
Facilitating clinical decision making in students in intercultural fieldwork placements	p. 357
Using decision aids to involve clients in clinical decision making	p. 367
Teaching and learning clinical reasoning	p. 377
Teaching and learning clinical reasoning	p. 379
Helping physiotherapy students develop clinical reasoning capability	p. 389
Speech-language pathology students: learning clinical reasoning	p. 397
Teaching clinical reasoning in nursing education	p. 405
Assessing clinical reasoning	p. 413
Using simulated patients to teach clinical reasoning	p. 423
Peer coaching to generate clinical reasoning skills	p. 433
Using open and distance learning to develop clinical reasoning skills	p. 441
Cultivating a thinking surgeon: using a clinical thinking pathway as a learning and assessment process	p. 451
Teaching clinical reasoning and culture	p. 461
Teaching clinical reasoning to medical students	p. 469
Using case reports to teach clinical reasoning	p. 477
Using mind mapping to improve students' metacognition	p. 485
Index	p. 493
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