Clinical stuff Flashcards
What does the
Clinical Reasoning Cycle do?
Provides an overt description of the clinical reasoning (thinking, decision making) process that underpins effective practice.
In which SP sessions does the Clinical reasoning cycle happen?
All of them
Clinical reasoning cycle -
Step 1:
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Consider the Patient Situation -
*DESCRIBE (context, people, situation)
WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHEN, WHAT
Questions to ask in Step 1 of the clinical reasoning cycle:
WHO client is
WHERE they exist
WHAT thei percieved speech pathology related concerns are
WHEN these SP related concerns began
WHAT activities are important to them… and other information
How is the ICF relevant to getting a case history?
Hx collection gathers information about:
a) presenting condition
b) impact on everyday life
c) possible barriers/facilitators to management/intervention
ICF ensures a HOLISTIC view with a focus on the dynamic interaction between the health condition (a, above) and the clients contextual factors (b and c, above).
How are disability and functioning viewed by ICF model?
As outcomes of interactions between health conditions (diseases, disorders, injuries) and CONTEXTUAL FACTORS
ICF Environmental factors include:
- Social attitudes
- architectural characteristics
- legal and social structures
- Climate, terrain,…
ICF Personal factors include:
- Gender
- Age
- Coping style
- Social background
- education
- Profession
- Past and current experience
- overall behaviour patters
- character
- other factors that influence how disability is experienced by the individual…
3 levels of functioning, classified by the ICF:
- Body or body part
- Whole person
- Whole person in a SOCIAL CONTEXT
ICF: Body Functions:
physiological functions of body systems (including psychological functions).
ICF: Body Structures
Anatomical parts of the body such as organs, limbs and their components.
ICF: Impairments
problems in body funtion or structure, such as significant deviation or loss.
ICF: Activity
The execution of a TASK by an individual.
ICF: Participation
Involvement in a life situation.
ICF:
Activity Limitation
Difficulties individuals may have in executing activities (executing tasks).
ICF: Participation restriction
Problems an individual may experience in INVOLVEMENT in LIFE SITUATIONS
ICF: Environmental factors
phsyical, social and attitudinal environment in which people live and conduct their lives
ICF chapters under BODY FUNCTION
- Mental Functions
- Sensory Functions and Pain
- Voice and Speech Functions
- Functions of the Cardiovascular, Haematological, Immunological and Respiratory Systems
- Functions of the Digestive, Metabolic, Endocrine systems
- Genitourinary and Reproductive Functions
- Neromusculoskeletal and Movement-Related Functions
- Functions of the Skin and Related Structures
ICF chapers under BODY STRUCTURE
- Structure of the Nervous System
- The Eye, Ear and Related Structures
- Structures involved in Voice and Speech
- Structures of the Cardiovascular, Immunological and Respiratory Systems
- Structures Related to the Digestive, Metabolic and Endocrine Systems.
- Structures Related to Genitourinary and Reproductve Systems.
- Structures Related to Movement
- Skin and Related Structures.
ICF: Activites and Participation
- Learning and Applying knowledge
- General Tasks and Demands
- Communication
- Mobility
- Self Care
- Domestic Life
- Interpersonal Interactions and Relationships
- Major Life Areas
- Community, Social and Civic Life
ICF: Environmental Factors
- Products and Technology
- Natural Environment and Human-Made Changes to Environment
- Support and Relationships
- Attitudes
- Services, Systems and Policies
Ways to facilitate communication: - PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
- FM device to amplify teacher’s voice and transmit sound directly to children with hearing loss.
- AAC devices including ipads, visual scripts, communication books for improving expressive and receptive language.
Ways to facilitate communication: - NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN-MADE CHANGES TO THE ENVIRONMENT
- Soft furnishings, carpets, to decrease reverberation and improve sound quality.
- Closing doors, turning off a/c or TV to reduce ambient noise (esp. w/ elderly people).
Ways to facilitate communication: - SUPPORT AND RELATIONSHIPS
- Teach family/significant others to identify communication breakdown
- Teach strategies to overcome communication breakdown and promote communication succes (ie asking for repitition, “Show me”, using contextual information to gather meaning).
Ways to facilitate communication: - ATTITUDES
- Provide education about communication development and impairment
- Teach strategies for improving understanding (looking at individual, using available cues, list of pronunciations).
Ways to facilitate communication: - SERVICES, SYSTEMS AND POLICIES
- Adovate for appropriate services for clients.
* Provide information about supports/resources available.
Which 3 (plus 1) sources does good EB3P incorporate data from?
- Best research evidence
*Clinical Expertise - Patient values
(and clinical context in some models)
Clinical Reasoning Cycle: Step 2:
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Collect cues/information
- REVIEW (current info: handover reports, referral)
- GATHER new information (ASSESSMENTS - Hx, OMA, SS, formal/standardised +)
- RECALL knowledge ie make sense of info in light of what I know as an SP
Which clinical steps does the CBOS unit 1 - ASSESSMENT align with?
Steps 1 (Consider the client situation - DESCRIBE) and Step 2 (Collect cues/information - REVIEW info, GATHER new info, RECALL subject knowledge)
Clinical reasoning cycle: Step 3
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Process information
- INTERPRET (analyse data, understand signs/symptoms, compare normal/abnormal)
- DISCRIMINATE relevant/irrelevant info, recognise inconsistancies, narrow info to important stuff, recognise gaps in info
- RELATE cues to find relationships/patterns
- INFER theories/opinions logically from subjective and objective cues, consider alternatives and consequences.
- MATCH current situation to past situation with same client or other past clients
- PREDICT outcome
Clinical reasoning cycle:
Step 4
(lime)
Identify problems/issues
*SYNTHESISE subjective and objective data to diagnose problem. Report so info communicated meaningfully.
Which Clinical reasoning cycle steps align with CBOS unit 2: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Steps 3: Process information (INTERPRET, DISCRIMINATE, RELATE, INFER, MATCH, PREDICT)
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Step 4: Identify problems/issues (SYNTHESISE)
Clinical reasoning cycle step 5:
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Establish goal/s
*DESCRIBE desired outcome, timeframe –> SMART GOAL (WHO will do WHAT, HOW and by WHEN?)
Clinical reasoning cycle step 6:
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Take Action
*SELECT a course of action between different alternatives available
Which step/s of the clinical reasoning cycle align with CBOS unit 3: PLANNING EVIDENCE-BASED SPEECH PATHOLOGY PRACTICES, and with some of CBOS unit 4: IMPLEMENTATION OF SPEECH PATHOLOGY PRACTICES?
Step 5: Establish goals and
Step 6: Take Action (SELECT a course of action from between alternatives)
Clinical reasoning cycle: step 7
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Evaluate outcomes
*EVALUATE effectiveness of actions, compare intervention results with earlier client data or normative data. Similar process with step 3 - process information (yellow)
Clinical reasoning cycle: step 8
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Reflect on process and new learning
*CONTEMPLATE (Gibbs (1988) appropriate. What have I learnt from this process? What would I do differently next time? What else do I need to know?)
Which step/s of the clinical reasoning cycle aligns with CBOS unit 4: IMPLEMENTATION OF SPEECH PATHOLOGY PRACTICE
Step 7: Evaluate outcomes (evaluate effectiveness of therapy) 1.3-1.6
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Step: 5 (Establish goal/s) and Step 6 (Take action)
Which step of the clinical reasoning cycle aligns with CBOS Unit 7: LIFELONG LEARNING AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICE?
Step 8: Reflect on process and new learning.
What is the purpose of a SP assessment?
- Determine if communication and/or swallowing are disordered.
- Determine the nature and extent of the problem (client’s capabilities, consistency, severity of involvement, simulalbility, patterns)
- Look for causal factors and correlates of disordered behaviour.
- Utilise all relevant information to develop a set of recommendations for effective and efficient managment of problem (STRUCTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, NEUROLOGICAL)
- Determine prognosis (WITH/WITHOUT INTERVENTION)
Comprehensive assessment includes the components of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) (WHO, 2001):
identifying the underlying body functions and structures that impair the client’s communication and swallowing abilities
identifying the extent to which the communication and swallowing condition impacts on the client’s ability to perform everyday life activities
identifying how to facilitate the client’s participation in educational, employment and social interactions on a daily basis.
CBOS (2011, p.12)
First step in the assessment process is to gather background information about the client, including:
- Developmental information
- Medical history
- Current skills/ concerns
- family /support network
What can we do with info from a referral?
- Can help guide us with planning
- -> Prioritisation - when and for how long a client can attend the service (service dependant).
- -> Hypothesising about the kinds of difficulties a client may present with, based on the referral information helps us to plan our assessment more accurately and plan for management.
Please could you see Miss Samantha Webb, a 39 year old woman, who has recently been diagnosed with bilateral vocal nodules. She is experiencing some dysphonia that is impacting on her work as a teacher. Thank you.
Dr Parsons , ENT
How could I start planning for the first session?
What is dysphonia? What are voice problems?
What causes it? How does it present and what is its prognosis? How does it impact on her voice? What is the incidence/prevalence of dysphonia and voice problems, particularly in teachers? These pieces of information can help me to think about:
how to prioritise this case amongst other cases on my caseload
what kind of assessments might be useful
developing a preliminary clinical hypothesis of how this individual may present
Bob - 75yr old man admitted with stroke. Left hemiplegia including facial droop. Speech slurred. SP called for swallowing and speech assessment.
What ICF info do we already have?
Already have:
- Stroke - right side, as left hemiplegia.
- Facial droop
- Slurred speech
- 75 y.o.
Bob - 75yr old man admitted with stroke. Left hemiplegia including facial droop. Speech slurred. SP called for swallowing and speech assessment.
What ICF info do not yet have, that we need to collect?
Need to collect:
- Imapact on speech and communication
- Swallowing, hearing, muscle/body movement.
- Environmental and personal factors - family, culture, confidence, attitude, other health conditions.