PT 772 - Clinical Reasoning and Evidence-based Practice

1 credit hour

This course will provide the fundamental bases for the courses to follow. The primary goal of the course will be to develop an understanding of the clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making process and foster the resident’s development of these skills. The clinical reasoning process in this course and all succeeding courses includes meta-cognitive analysis of both clinical success and error in patient management. Models of clinical reasoning will be explored and emphasis will be placed on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and the developing evidence-based practice guidelines developed by the orthopedic section of the American Physical Therapy Association. Residents will be required to develop and present case studies demonstrating their developing clinical reasoning skills and understanding of evolving of evidence in practice management of common musculoskeletal conditions.