Module 2 Flashcards
Reasoning
a cause, explanation or justification
Thinking
a persons ideas or options
Clinical reasoning
traditional terminology
Professional/Therapeutic Reasoning
inclusive of other areas in which OT practice
What is Professional Reasoning in Ot
- how therapists actually think
- Metacognitive process
- Process used to plan, direct, perform and reflect on client care
- performed quickly
List cognitive processes underlying professional reasoning
- individual reception, store and organisation of information in frame or scripts
- practitioners with experience have organised and stored scripts as long term memories
List frames or scripts development processes
- cue acquisition
- pattern recognition
- limiting the problem space
- problem formulation
- problem solution
How does theory and practice relate
practitioners blend theories with their own personal and practice experiences to guide actions
List the professional reasoning aspects (8)
- scientific reasoning
- diagnostic reasoning
- narrative reasoning
- interactive reasoning
- procedural reasoning
- conditional reasoning
- pragmatic reasoning
- ethical reasoning
Scientific Reasoning
- use of applied logical and scientific methods to understand condition affecting an individual
- can be impersonal or textbook knowledge not specific to client
Diagnostic Reasoning
- involves investigation and analysis of cause of conditions
- used to explain condition and select best intervention
- incorporates both personal and impersonal information
Narrative Reasoning
- involves the understanding of the meaning of a disease or disability have to an individual
- ised to understand clients perspectives, roles, occupational functioning
- client centred, including past, present and future
Interactive Reasoning
- involves the understanding of current supports and attitudes towards service systems
- used to build interpersonal relationship with clients
and understand environments influences - concerned with clients likes/dislikes and encourages both verbal and nonverbal communication with client
Procedural Reasoning
- involves the understanding of clients conditions, likely prognosis and evidence based interventions
- used to guide evidence based interventions
- use therapy routine thought to be effective with problems identified
Conditional Reasoning
- involves the understanding of a clients conditions and how change is conditional upon participation in the therapeutic process
- used to anticipate situations in treatments
- used with more experienced therapists
Pragmatic Reasoning
- involves implementing therapy possibilities into current realities
- used to consider how therapy van operate given resources and reimbursement issues
- generally not focused on client or their conditions but rather physical and social aspects that surrounds therapy encounter
Ethical Reasoning
- involves a moral conflict with one or more action conflicting with another
- used to analyse an ethical dilemma
- tension often evident as therapist attempts to determine what is right
Stages of Professional Reasoning in OT
- formulating impression
- information gathering and planning
- monitoring