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ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE OF PRACTITIONERS: EXPLORING CLINICAL REASONING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INDIVIDUAL PATIENT

Amir Ur Rehman, Muhammad A Siddiqui, Suhel Ashraff, Abdul Ghafoor Sajjad, Haider Darain

Abstract


This paper aims to describe the clinical reasoning behind the diagnosis and management process used by a physiotherapist working in a musculoskeletal outpatient department. The therapist was videotaped while attending to a patient having osteoarthritis of left knee, which he came across in his initial phase of musculoskeletal practice. In the analysis, the therapist was trying to reflect on his practice describing the thoughts and consideration on which he had diagnosed the condition of patient as osteoarthritis of knee. The model called hypothetico deductive reasoning served as the mainframe work for the reflection of practice employed by this physiotherapist. This paper explores these findings and relating them to the research in the field of reasoning. 


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Clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning, collaboration, diagnosis, illness experience, individual patient, musculoskeletal care, osteoarthritis, pain experience, person-centered healthcare, physiotherapy, reflective practice, relationship-centered care,

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v3i2.901

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