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Area of Science:

  • Clinical reasoning in physical therapy.
  • Health professions education.
  • Biopsychosocial model.

Background:

  • Physical therapy, like many health professions, lacks a clear definition of clinical reasoning.
  • This ambiguity hinders consistent teaching, assessment, and research in the field.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a comprehensive description of physical therapists' clinical reasoning based on existing literature.
  • To establish a unified understanding for advancing education, assessment, and research in physical therapy.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic concept analysis using Rodgers' evolutionary methodology.
  • Clarification of the concept's attributes and their interrelations through literature review.

Main Results:

  • Clinical reasoning in physical therapy integrates cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills.
  • It is contextual, incorporates therapist and client viewpoints, and is adaptive, iterative, and collaborative.
  • The ultimate goal is a biopsychosocial approach to patient management.

Conclusions:

  • A conceptualization of physical therapy clinical reasoning, based on current literature, has been developed.
  • This aims to unify understanding among practitioners, academicians, and educators.
  • Further research is needed to fully develop the concept, including the role of movement.