Utilization of a Blueprint to Advance Clinical Reasoning in the Clinical Setting

Sponsored by the APTA Colorado CE SIG

Clinical reasoning is a relevant skill for physical therapy students to learn during clinical experiences. This course offers a guide in teaching clinical reasoning to students in various stages of learning. Course participants will be able to discuss the significance of infusing the learning sciences into the teaching and learning of clinical reasoning in the clinical setting and describe and apply four domains of learning theory to the development of the learner’s clinical reasoning abilities in clinical education. Participants will discuss a clinical reasoning blueprint as a guide to teaching, learning, and assessment of clinical reasoning as it applies to clinical education, and identify teaching, learning, and assessment strategies from the clinical reasoning blueprint for learners at the beginner, intermediate, and competent performance levels. Additionally, participants will apply teaching, learning, and assessment strategies form the clinical reasoning blueprint to clinical instruction given student cases.

When: Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 8:00am - 11:00am MT

This event will be held virtually via Zoom. 

Registration: FREE & open to all

CEs: 3 hrs of Category I Education

Speakers:
Jennifer Furze, PT, DPT, PCS is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair in Department of Physical Therapy at Creighton University in Omaha, NE. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in pediatric physical therapy and the coordinator of the Creighton University Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency program. Nationally, she is active as a leader in the Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy as the Director of Academic and Clinical Education. She has taught pediatrics in a systems-based lifespan approach model of the curriculum for over 15 years. Her published educational research centers around clinical reasoning in professional and residency education, effective teaching methods, and pediatric physical therapy education. Dr. Furze received her entry-level doctor of physical therapy degree from Creighton University in 1998 and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Scranton in 1995.

Lisa Black PT, DPT, Professor and former Director of Clinical Education (DCE) has been at Creighton University since 2004. Dr. Black has background experience in management and physical therapy practice in a variety of settings. Her teaching responsibilities include Professional Formation for the entry-level program and multiple topics for residency education. Dr. Black has scholarly interests in novice physical therapist development, clinical education, clinical reasoning and competency-based assessment across professional and post-professional education. She has served in numerous roles locally, regionally and nationally for the profession, including serving for the Education Section, in the Clinical Education SIG and was the inaugural chair for the Residency/Fellowship SIG. She graduated with her BSPT from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1982 and her transitional DPT from Creighton University in 2006.

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