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Main description:
This comprehensive textbook lets readers develop the strong theoretical and practical foundation needed for effective decision-making in occupational therapy. Emphasis on both clinical and professional reasoning gives readers the skills needed to make informed decisions as practitioners, managers, and educators. This textbook offers easy-to-follow explanations of current theories of clinical and professional reasoning, demonstrating their relevance to occupational therapy work.
"Thinking about Thinking" quotes offer thought-provoking perspectives on reasoning. Case examples and learning activities demonstrate how reasoning is applied in various clinical and professional scenarios. Each chapter includes learning objectives and a key word list. Photographs, figures, and tables support reader understanding.
Contents:
Foreword
About the Authors
Preface
Contributors
Reviewers
Acknowledgements
UNIT I:THE NATURE OF CLINICAL AND PROFESSIONAL REASONING
Chapter 1:Professional Reasoning as the Basis of Practice
Chapter 2:Therapists' Assumptions as a Dimension of Clinical Reasoning
Chapter 3: Information Processing Theory and Professional Reasoning
Chapter 4: Embodiment: Reasoning with the Whole Body
Unit II:ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL REASONING
Chapter 5:Scientific Reasoning
Chapter 6:Narrative Reasoning
Chapter 7:Pragmatic Reasoning
Chapter 8:Ethical Reasoning
Chapter 9:Interactive and Conditional Reasoning: A Process of Synthesis
UNIT III:TEACHING PROFESSIONAL REASONING
Chapter 10:Epistemology: Knowing How You Know
Chapter 11:Teaching for Expert Practice
Chapter 12:Communities of Practice: A Curricular Model That Promotes Professional Reasoning
Chapter 13:Curricular Approaches to Professional Reasoning for Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 14: Facilitating Clinical Reasoning in Fieldwork: The Relational Context of the Supervisor and Student
UNIT IV:PROFESSIONAL REASONING RESEARCH
Chapter 15: Review of Methodologies for Researching Clinical Reasoning
Chapter 16:Theory and Practice: New Directions for Research in Professional Reasoning
Appendix
Glossary
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: September, 2007
Pages: 462
Weight: 2g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Occupational Therapy
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