Online Courses Handbook 2003

306928 (v.1) Clinical Reasoning 650

Area:	School of Physiotherapy
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Evaluation theories on a combination of scientific rationale and empirical approached to physiotherapy practice. The clinical reasoning process critically examines clinicians' existing belief systems, encourages critical inquiry and facilitates hypothetico-deductive and inductive strategies. The processes used include pattern recognition and hypotheses testing, factors influencing clinical decision making, errors of reasoning and reflective clinical practice.