ISBN:
9781416002147
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
09-29-2006
Page Count:
352
Imprint:
Saunders
List Price:
$89.95
Expertise in Physical Therapy Practice, 2nd Edition
by Gail M. Jensen, PhD, PT, FAPTA, Jan M. Gwyer, PhD, PT, Laurita M. Hack, PhD, MBA, DPT, FAPTA and Katherine F. Shepard, PhD, PT, FAPTA
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ISBN:
9781416002147
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
09-29-2006
Page Count:
352
Imprint:
Saunders
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This comprehensive text examines what it takes to progress toward - and ultimately become - an expert in physical therapy. It explores multiple dimensions of expertise: how expert practitioners develop, what knowledge they use, where they acquire that knowledge, how they think and reason, how they make decisions, and how they perform in practice to demonstrate what it takes to progress and ultimately become an expert in physical therapy.
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- Introduces the four core concepts that comprise the model of expertise: Knowledge, Clinical Reasoning, Movement, and Virtue
- A Data Collection Tools Appendix provides a step-by-step description of the process that the authors used to select, interview, and collect data from the experts in each case study to demonstrates the use of critical thinking and research-based analysis
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- Contributed chapters on Expert Practice and Clinical Outcomes, Clinical Reasoning and Expert Practice, and Implications for Practice
- Implications for Practice chapter covers the implementation and results of this model of expertise in a staff development program
- A Postscript "The Voices of our Experts 10 Years Later" where clinicians share the evolution of their expertise
- Two chapters on Inquiry into Expertise and Implications for Doctoral Level Education in Physical Therapy provide insights into the practical application of the core concepts of the physical therapy model of expertise and facilitate the continued development of expertise in physical therapy.
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Part I. Studying Expertise: Purpose, Concepts, and Tools
1. Professional Life: Issues of Health Care, Education, and Development
2. Understanding Expertise: Connecting Research and Theory to Physical Therapy
3. Methods for Exploring Expertise
Part II. Portraits of Expertise in Physical Therapy
4. Expert Practice in Pediatrics: When Work is Play
5. Expert Practice in Geriatrics: You’re Never Too Old
6. Experienced Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation: Experts in the Making
7. Expert Practice in Orthopedics: Competence, Collaboration, and Compassion
8. Expert Practice in Physical Therapy
9. Postscript: The Voices of our Experts - Ten Years Later
Part III. Lessons Learned and Applied
10. Expert Practice and Clinical Outcomes
11. Clinical Reasoning and Expert Practice
12. Situated Expertise: The Wisdom of Practice in a Transdisciplinary Rehabilitation Clinic
13. Implications for Practice: Applying the Dimensions of Expertise for Staff Professional Development
Part IV. Pursuing Expertise in Physical Therapy
14. Inquiry into Expertise: Future Directions
15. Implications for Doctoral Level Education in Physical Therapy
16. Implications for Practice and Professional Development
Appendix: Data Collection Tools
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