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Clinical Reasoning In First- And Third-Year Physical Therapist Students, Sarah Gilliland
Clinical Reasoning In First- And Third-Year Physical Therapist Students, Sarah Gilliland
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Background and Purpose. The development of clinical reasoning skills is a crucial component of professional physical therapist education. Prior research has described reasoning patterns in novice and expert practitioners, yet little is known about how professional physical therapist (PT) students develop clinical reasoning skills. The purpose of this study was to explore how first-year PT students perform clinical reasoning in comparison to third year PT students in their final semester.
Subjects. A simple random sample of 6 first-year (mean age 23.1 years) and 6 third-year (mean age 27 years) Doctor of Physical Therapy students were recruited.
Methods. …