Therapeutic Reasoning in Occupational Therapy: How to develop critical thinking for practice - Softcover

O'Brien PHD MS.ED.L OTR/L FAOTA, Jane Clifford; Patnaude DHSc OTR/L, Mary Beth; Reidy MS OTR/L, Teressa Garcia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323829961 ISBN 13: 9780323829960

Publisher: Elsevier, 2022

Synopsis

Build the clinical reasoning skills you need to make sound decisions in OT practice! Therapeutic Reasoning in Occupational Therapy: How to Develop Critical Thinking for Practice uses practical learning activities, worksheets, and realistic cases to help you master clinical reasoning and critical thinking concepts. Video clips on the Evolve website demonstrate therapeutic reasoning and show the diverse perspectives of U.S. and international contributors. Written by OT experts Jane Clifford O'Brien, Mary Elizabeth Patnaude, and Teressa Garcia Reidy, this "how-to" workbook makes it easier to apply clinical reasoning in a variety of practice settings.

• Dynamic, interactive approach reinforces your understanding with learning activities in each chapter
• Case studies and experiential learning activities flow from simple to complex, and represent occupational therapy across the lifespan
• AOTA’s Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 4th Edition and current OT practice are reflected throughout the book
• Practical learning activities and templates are clinically relevant and designed to support reasoning in a variety of practice settings
• Video clips on the Evolve website are contributed by practitioners, educators, and students, reinforcing content and showing how therapeutic reasoning applies to real-world cases
• Worksheets and/or templates are included in each chapter to enhance learning and for use in practice
• Assessments in each chapter measure therapeutic reasoning outcomes
• Student and practitioner resources on Evolve include printable PDFs of the in-text worksheets, video clips, additional case examples, templates for assignments, exemplars, and reflective activities

About this title

About the Author

Professor Jane Clifford O'Brien works in the Occupational Therapy Department at University of New England Portland, Maine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323829961
• ISBN 13: 9780323829960
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272