Expertise in Physical Therapy Practice

Abstract

Part I. Studying Expertise: Purpose, Concepts, and Tools 1. Professional Life: Issues of Health Care, Education, and Development 2. Understanding Expertise: Connecting Research and Theory to Physical Therapy 3. Methods for Exploring Expertise Part II. Portraits of Expertise in Physical Therapy 4. Expert Practice in Pediatrics: When Work is Play 5. Expert Practice in Geriatrics: You're Never Too Old 6. Experienced Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation: Experts in the Making 7. Expert Practice in Orthopedics: Competence, Collaboration, and Compassion 8. Expert Practice in Physical Therapy 9. Postscript: The Voices of our Experts - Ten Years Later Part III. Lessons Learned and Applied 10. Expert Practice and Clinical Outcomes 11. Clinical Reasoning and Expert Practice 12. Situated Expertise: The Wisdom of Practice in a Transdisciplinary Rehabilitation Clinic 13. Implications for Practice: Applying the Dimensions of Expertise for Staff Professional Development Part IV. Pursuing Expertise in Physical Therapy 14. Inquiry into Expertise: Future Directions 15. Implications for Doctoral Level Education in Physical Therapy 16. Implications for Practice and Professional Development Appendix: Data Collection Tools