Online Course: Decision Making in Clinical Practice
Review the processes you use to improve your clinical reasoning
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Dale Whelehan
Chartered Physiotherapist and PhD candidate in surgical performance and the influence of sleep deprivation
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Introduction
Most of our time in clinical practice involves thinking and making decisions, but are we making the best decisions for our patients? Clinical reasoning is proposed as the most important skill of any clinician as it underlies all our decisions that guide our diagnoses and patient management. Research in the field of medicine shows that poor clinical decisions account for up to 80,000 deaths annually in hospitalised patients in the USA. In this course, Dale Whelehan will discuss the most commonly used approaches to clinical decision making (CDM) while also identifying the factors that influence it. This will allow you to assess your own approach to CDM and identify the variables that negatively influence the decisions you make.
Aims
This course aims to improve your understanding of the processes underlying clinical decision making and the factors that impede it.
Outline
This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:
- Video
- Reading activity
- Quiz
Target audience
This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.