| Area: | School of Occupational Therapy |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
| Seminar: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Other Requisite(s): | Substantial completion: Of an Undergraduate degree in a relevant health sciences or social sciences discipline.
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| Syllabus: | Clinical reasoning theories and strategies in the health professions. Validation and critique of strategies. Ethical and pragmatic considerations and decision making. Teaching clinical reasoning to students and novice practitioners. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to - Apply clinical reasoning theories to practice. Successfully use clinical reasoning strategies in clinical practice. Apply evidence from the literature to validate and critique scientific reasoning.Identify ethical and pragmatic issues impacting on decision making in clinical practice. Teach clinical reasoning relevant to practice. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
| Unit Texts: | Higgs, J., and Jones, M., eds., (2000). Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 2nd ed. Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment 35%, Literature review 30%, Video analysis 35%. This is a grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y | |
