Fieldwork Education:
Shaping a Foundation
for Clinical Reasoning - 3 views

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  #1 anthonyroscoe on 11 Dec 16

   

  Fieldwork in meant to teach the student how to integrate academic knowledge with application skills at increasing levels of intensity. This article reviews some concepts that aid in the transference of knowledge to practical skills. Having a role model or mentor is known to play a vital role in shaping, teaching, assisting, and coaching students to become future therapists. They must also observe the patient- therapist dyad. Clinical reasoning often emerges during the interaction between the therapist and the patient. The therapist's reason for decision making should be questioned early in the clinical observations. The therapist approach is one of the most difficult to understand. Educators must ask encouraging questions. As they relate theory and technique into their treatment they should ask probing questions at certain points in the clinical reasoning process. Then, they must interact with a consistent patient population. Students must repeat interactions with the same patients to learn how to effectively carry out treatment plans using patterns and trends. Story telling, chunking information, videotaping, and case studies all help in teaching and developing the clinical reasoning skills needed for a student to emerge into an entry level practitioner.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Fieldwork in meant to teach the student how to integrate academic knowledge with application skills at increasing levels of intensity. This article reviews some concepts that aid in the transference of knowledge to practical skills. Having a role model or mentor is known to play a vital role in shaping, teaching, assisting, and coaching students to become future therapists. They must also observe the patient- therapist dyad. Clinical reasoning often emerges during the interaction between the therapist and the patient. The therapist's reason for decision making should be questioned early in the clinical observations. The therapist approach is one of the most difficult to understand. Educators must ask encouraging questions. As they relate theory and technique into their treatment they should ask probing questions at certain points in the clinical reasoning process. Then, they must interact with a consistent patient population. Students must repeat interactions with the same patients to learn how to effectively carry out treatment plans using patterns and trends. Story telling, chunking information, videotaping, and case studies all help in teaching and developing the clinical reasoning skills needed for a student to emerge into an entry level practitioner.</div>

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