Description
Book SynopsisOccupational therapy practitioners use clinical reasoning in all areas of practice to determine who needs intervention, the most effective interventions, and expected outcomes. Successful professionals also use clinical reasoning to confidently assimilate new information, make decisions, argue well, and advocate for clients.
A particular challenge facing occupational therapy students and novice practitioners is that actual clients do not always fit a typical clinical picture. This text guides readers in learning how to identify relevant clinical data among the diverse details of clients’ histories, interests, comorbidities, and lifestyles through fully developed case examples that guide reasoning through hypothesis refinement and changing situations.
This essential text is aligned with the
Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and integrates frames of reference and evidence in practical ways. Learning activities challenge readers to thoughtfully integrate what they are learning into their own ways of reasoning.
Designed with the belief that systematic use of clinical reasoning strategies streamlines and supports using responsible, cost-effective interventions,
Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy guides students and practitioners in thinking efficiently, flexibly, and critically, providing clients with the best possible care.
Table of Contents
- Part I. Occupational Perspective for Clinical Reasoning
- Chapter 1. Overview of the Clinical Reasoning Process
- Chapter 2. Clinical Reasoning and Occupational Therapy’s Domain of Practice
- Chapter 3. Hypothesis Generation and Refinement
- Part II. Frames of Reference
- Chapter 4. Psychodynamic and Developmental Systems Frames of Reference
- Chapter 5. Behavioral Science Frames of Reference
- Chapter 6. Motor Learning Frame of Reference
- Chapter 7. Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing Frames of Reference
- Section III. Intervention
- Chapter 8. Occupation-Focused Practice Models
- Chapter 9. Occupational Therapy Intervention Process
- Chapter 10. Strategic Thinking and Outcomes
- Chapter 11. Complexity and Disruption in Clinical Reasoning
- Appendixes
- Appendix A. AOTA’s Occupational Profile Template
- Appendix B. Frames of Reference Summary
