In order to help you with differential diagnosis and treatment planning, you need to be able to collect relevant information from the subjective examination, and interpret it accurately to help your clinical decision making. 

Margaret and Ciaran cover:

  • What is clinical reasoning and why is it important?
  • Types of "thinking' in clinical reasoning (Type 1 and Type 2)
  • Problems encountered in the clinical reasoning process and different sources of 'bias in thinking.
  • Aims of the subjective examination
  • Purpose of specific questions in the subjective examination

Course Content

    1. Clinical Reasoning │ The Subjective Examination

    2. Handout

    3. Introduction

    1. Clinical Reasoning │ Video Presentation

    2. Cognitive Bias in Clinical Reasoning

    3. Clinical Reasoning Quiz

    4. Clinical Activity

    1. Knee Case Study

    2. Article │Screening for Serious Pathology

    1. Before you go...

About this course

  • $30.00
  • Learning time: 1 hour
  • Suitable for all levels

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course your will be able to:

  • Define concepts related to clinical reasoning (CR), what it consists of, types of reasoning strategies, and common errors encountered in clinical reasoning.

  • Differentiate between the specific aims of the subjective assessment and understand how by linking each question to an aim can assist with clinical decision making.

  • Analyse a subjective history case study to demonstrate application of clinical reasoning in determining a provisional diagnosis for a patient’s presenting complaint

Includes:

  • Handouts

  • Downloadable article

  • Case Studies

  • Clinical Reasoning exercise

  • Quiz

  • CPD certificates provided

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Instructor

Instructor Margaret Campbell

MHSc, PGDip HSc endorsed in HPE, Dip MDT, Cred MDT

Margaret graduated from the AUT School of Physiotherapy in 1991. Physiotherapy has allowed her travel extensively, and she brings a global perspective to physiotherapy management having worked in both the public and private health sectors in New Zealand, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. Margaret has been an undergraduate and postgraduate clinical educator for 15 years. She is passionate about creating education environments that cultivate collective learning experiences which are fun, draw out learners’ curiosity, make learners feel comfortable to question and challenge the status quo and which use reflective practice processes to evaluate and inform development of professional practice. Her post graduate study and research has had two primary focuses, the application of the McKenzie Approach to musculoskeletal management and the theory and practice of health professional education. Currently Margaret works as a Professional Practice Fellow at the Otago School of Physiotherapy Dunedin. Additionally she is an instructor with the McKenzie Institute, teaching their postgraduate courses within New Zealand.

Instructor Ciaran Regan

Ciaran is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist who completed undergraduate and postgraduate training at Auckland University of Technology. He is passionate about translating and sharing knowledge into digestible, practical and actionable material. Currently he teaches for various weekend workshops centered on motor learning and peripheral neurological assessment and management. Specific areas of interest include strength and conditioning, motor control assessment, neurological injuries, thoracic outlet syndrome, neuromuscular retraining and active flexibility development.