This course will define person-centered clinical reasoning grounded in the signs and symptoms approach used in orthopaedic manual physical therapy practice. The learner will explore concepts surrounding person-centered care, shared-decision making, hypo-deductive reasoning, severity, irritability, nature, stage, and stability and how these factors play a role in one's clinical reasoning. Evidence-informed behaviors and reasoning skills surrounding the interview process and physical examination will also be a center-point of this course which will guide the learner in establishing a person's prognosis and/or theranosis. The goal of this course is to lay foundational person-centered clinical reasoning knowledge that prepares the learner for future clinical reasoning refinement and clinical application.
Prerequisites
None.