Integrative Clinical Reasoning Part 1: Decision-Making Building Blocks
Presented by Eric Robertson
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Part 1 of this two-part series tackles the complex task of weaving together various nomenclature and clinical reasoning models into a coherent systematic approach for understanding how to best manage patients. Throughout this course, components of pain science, clinical guidelines, and traditional management theories will be synthesized. It should be utilized as a review on its own to assist with advanced patient management or as part of the OCS Prep series.
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Eric Robertson
Eric Robertson is an associate professor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, and an associate professor of clinical physical therapy at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. Previously, he served as director of graduate physical therapy education for Kaiser Permanente of Northern…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Introduction to Integrative Clinical Reasoning
TEST Good clinical reasoning focuses on doing the basics well. This chapter will present and define some of the building blocks for good clinical reasoning, such as commonly utilized statistics and terminology. It will also present various clinical reasoning models in brief.
2. Multifactorial Clinical Reasoning
An introduction to multifactorial clinical reasoning is provided, and then case examples are utilized to demonstrate how this process occurs and facilitates patient management.
3. Multifactorial Clinical Reasoning Tools
This chapter introduces several tools clinicians can utilize to assist with clinical reasoning. Critical definitions of various aspects of clinical reasoning, such as "central nociplastic changes" and "peripheral nociceptive influence," will be defined.
