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.
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
