Expertise in Physical Therapy Practice - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 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

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card

ISBN: 9781455734870

Publication Date: 09-29-2006

Page Count: 352

Imprint: Saunders

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Key Features
- 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
New to This Edition
- 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.
Contents

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
Authors

Gail M. Jensen, PhD, PT, FAPTA, Professor, Dept of Physical Therapy and Dept of Medical Humanities; Vice Provost for Learning and Assessment, Dean Emerita School of Pharmacy and Health Professions Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Jan M. Gwyer, PhD, PT, Department of Physical Therapy, Duke University, Durham, NC, Laurita M. Hack, PhD, MBA, DPT, FAPTA, Department of Physical Therapy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Katherine F. Shepard, PhD, PT, FAPTA, Professor and Director of Physical Therapy, Doctor of Philosophy Program in Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Allied Health Professionals, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA