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Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions 4th edition


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Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions 4th edition

Paperback by Higgs, Joy (Professor in Higher Education, Charles Sturt University, Sydney, Australia); Jensen, Gail M. (Professor of Physical Therapy, Faculty Associate, Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Dean, Graduate School, Vice Provost for Learning and Assessment, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA); Loftus, Stephen (Associate Professor of Medical Education, Oakland University William Beaumont...

Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions

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ISBN:
9780702062247
Publication Date:
18 Oct 2018
Edition/language:
4th edition / English
Publisher:
Elsevier Health Sciences
Pages:
532 pages
Format:
Paperback
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Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions

Description

Clinical reasoning lies at the core of health care practice and education. Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, therefore, occupies a central place in the education of health professionals, the enhancement of professional decision making of individuals and groups of practitioners with their clients, and research into optimal practice reasoning. Key themes presented: Clinical reasoning as a composite of encultured capabilities Clinical reasoning embedded within situated practice including the wider socio-economic and political contexts, the practitioner's and the client's contexts, and shared goals such as promoting health communities The importance of narratives, language and culture in clinical decision making Changing reasoning practices linked to increasing autonomy of practitioners working without the requirement of medical referrals Clinical reasoning as an increasingly team-based practice, including shared decision making with clients The need for sound strategies and tools to facilitate the expanding collaborations in health care across disciplines and with clients and carers Advanced education approaches promoting expansion and enhancement of reasoning strategies The importance of building good practices for learning clinical reasoning into curricula and into students' own practice development approaches Strengthening links between orthodox and complementary medicine reasoning practices New to this edition: All chapters updated and 20 new chapters added Concrete examples, cases and vignettes were added to bring discussions to life for the reader Reflection points strategically placed to assist readers to extend their insights and build learning from their own practical experiences and theoretical knowledge Devices of particular value to reflective practitioners and educators. This is a book for teachers and learners, practitioners, practice leaders, researchers and curriculum managers. Indeed, it is a valuable resource for educators seeking to ground their teaching practices in educational theory, sound knowledge of clinical reasoning and practice-based evidence, and researchers seeking to expand their research horizons. All chapters updated and 20 new chapters added Concrete examples, cases and vignettes were added to bring discussions to life for the reader Reflection points strategically placed to assist readers to extend their insights and build learning from their own practical experiences and theoretical knowledge Devices of particular value to reflective practitioners and educators.

Contents

Section 1 Understanding clinical reasoning Clinical reasoning: Challenges of interpretation and practice in the 21st century Re-interpreting clinical reasoning: A model of encultured decision making practice capabilities Multiple spaces of choice, engagement and influence in clinical decision making Clinical reasoning and models of practice The development of clinical reasoning expertise Expertise and clinical reasoning Section 2 The changing context of clinical reasoning and practice The context of clinical reasoning across the health professions in the 21st century Changing demographic and cultural dimensions of populations: Implications for healthcare and decision making Clinical thinking, client expectations and patient-centred care Next generation clinical practice guidelines Action and narrative: Two dynamics of clinical reasoning The language of clinical reasoning Evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning: In tension, tandem or two sides of the same coin? Methods in the study of clinical reasoning Section 3 Collaborative and transdisciplinary reasoning Collaborative decision making in liquid times Ethical reasoning Shared decision making in practice Using decision aids to involve clients in clinical decision making Clinical decision making, social justice and client empowerment Clinical decision making across orthodox and complementary medicine fields Section 4 Clinical reasoning and the professions Clinical reasoning in medicine Clinical reasoning in nursing Clinical reasoning in physiotherapy Clinical reasoning in dentistry Clinical reasoning in occupational therapy Clinical decision making in emergency medicine Clinical decision making in paramedicine Clinical decision making in optometry Clinical reasoning in dietetics Clinical reasoning in pharmacy Section 5 Teaching clinical reasoning Pedagogies for teaching and learning clinical reasoning Teaching clinical reasoning in medical education courses Teaching clinical reasoning in nursing education Speech-language pathology students: Learning clinical reasoning Clinical reasoning and biomedical knowledge: Implications for teaching Cultivating a thinking surgeon, using a Clinical Thinking Pathway as a learning and assessment process: ten years on Interprofessional programs to develop clinical reasoning Assessing clinical reasoning Section 6 Learning clinical reasoning+ Learning to communicate clinical reasoning Developing clinical reasoning capability Remediating learning and performance of clinical reasoning in medicine Learning about factors influencing clinical decision making Learning reasoning using simulation Learning to use evidence to support decision making Learning to research clinical reasoning Learning clinical reasoning across cultural contexts Peer learning to develop clinical reasoning abilities

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