Intro to Clinical Decision Making

What are the key frameworks in PT?

International Classification of Functioning and Disability, Patient/client management model, evidence-based practice

What are the key components of the ICF?

Activity, Body Functions and Structure, Participation

What are the key contextual factors of the ICF?

personal and environmental factors

what are the 3 components of examination (patient/client management model)

history, review of systems, tests and measures

What are standardized outcome measures?

measures that are performed the same way every time and focus on participation in activities and are used to show change in performance over time

what is the basic flow of the patient/client management model?

Examination, evaluation, referral or diagnosis/prognosis, intervention, outcomes

what is a PT diagnosis

indicates the impact of a condition on function, not a medical diagnosis

what does the patient/client management model describe?

what pts do and how they do it

what are the components of evidence-based practice?

best available evidence, clinical expertise, patient/client values and circumstances

why is evidence based practice important?

PT school is short and things change over time -> need for continual learning

what are the steps of evidence-based practice?

ask, access/search, appraise, apply, asses the effectiveness