Topic 4 Glossary Terms

Question 1

Diagnostic Reasoning

Answer 1

The analysis underpinning the problem classification or physiotherapy ‘diagnosis’

Question 2

Psychosocial focused reasoning

Answer 2

The analysis associated with understanding individuals’ (and at times family’s, carers’) symptom, illness and/or disability experiences.

Question 3

Interactive Reasoning

Answer 3

The thinking and behaviour involved in the purposeful establishment and ongoing management of the patient/client-therapist therapeutic alliance and rapport.

Question 4

Collaborative Reasoning

Answer 4

The health care collaboration between the therapist and the individual (and sometimes trusted family member, parent/caregiver or close friend) in making choices about care, based on provision of the therapist’s analysis, evidence-based information about options, outcomes and uncertainties, and the patient’s preferences.

Question 5

Ethical Reasoning

Answer 5

The process of analysis that physiotherapists use to make decisions with a moral component.

Question 6

Procedural Reasoning

Answer 6

The analysis and decision-making regarding selection, implementation and progression of treatment procedures and management strategies.

Question 7

Prognostic Reasoning

Answer 7

The analysis and clinical judgment regarding whether a person’s health problem(s) can be resolved, improved or deterioration lessened.