Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions - Edition 4 - Edited by Joy Higgs, AM, PhD, MHPEd, BSc, PFHEA, Gail M. Jensen, PhD, PT, FAPTA, Stephen Loftus, PhD, MSc, BDS and Nicole Christensen, PhD, MAppSc, BS, BA Elsevier Inspection Copies

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Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions,

Edition 4

Edited by Joy Higgs, AM, PhD, MHPEd, BSc, PFHEA, Gail M. Jensen, PhD, PT, FAPTA, Stephen Loftus, PhD, MSc, BDS and Nicole Christensen, PhD, MAppSc, BS, BA

Publication Date: 18 Oct 2018

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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.

New Features

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.

About the author

Edited by Joy Higgs, AM, PhD, MHPEd, BSc, PFHEA, Professor in Higher Education, Charles Sturt University, Sydney, Australia; Gail M. Jensen, PhD, PT, FAPTA, 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; Stephen Loftus, PhD, MSc, BDS, Associate Professor of Medical Education, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan, USA and Nicole Christensen, PhD, MAppSc, BS, BA, Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, California, USA

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

Book Reviews

"a must have book if you are interested in the foremost practice applicable knowledge, written by the leading authorities from the physiotherapy world"

"a valuable tool for those supervising students or newly qualified staff to support the development of their clinical reasoning."

ISBN: 9780702062247

Page Count: 532

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