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Using The Unfolding Case Study To Improve Clinical Reasoning, Greg Williams, Sara L. Nottingham
Using The Unfolding Case Study To Improve Clinical Reasoning, Greg Williams, Sara L. Nottingham
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Context: When authentic clinical experiences are unavailable, instructors may need to consider alternatives for evaluating clinical reasoning. Objective: Describe an educational technique that simulates clinical experiences to allow students to demonstrate clinical reasoning. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic created a situation where providing clinical experiences became impossible. Yet, students still needed to exercise clinical judgement as part of their athletic training education program. The unfolding case study technique aligns well with Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning and can be used to help students improve clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills. Description: An unfolding case study was used to …
The Hot Seat: Challenging Critical Thinking And Problem Solving Skills In Physical Therapist Students, Bill O'Dell, Jennifer Mai, Alecia Thiele, Andrew Priest, Kathleen Salamon
The Hot Seat: Challenging Critical Thinking And Problem Solving Skills In Physical Therapist Students, Bill O'Dell, Jennifer Mai, Alecia Thiele, Andrew Priest, Kathleen Salamon
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Purpose: Allied health profession students must develop critical thinking and problem solving skills to be able to make clinical decisions. The purpose of this paper is to describe an educational model used in a physical therapist education program to improve students’ confidence in clinical decision-making. Methods: The faculty chose topics for each forum and invited specific clinicians to present actual clinical cases to students in small group settings. The small groups spent 30 minutes focused on each case, and then rotated to a different clinician so each had exposure to three scenarios. After presenting subjective clinical information, the clinicians asked …