An Exploration of the Impact of Professional Experience and Background on Clinical Reasoning (original) (raw)

Focus on health professional education : a multi-disciplinary journal, 2005

Abstract

Background: Little is currently known about differences in reasoning between health professionals. Ideally, the contribution of skills and knowledge of different team members should result in positive outcomes both for the team members and the client, who should benefit from the diverse but complementary input from a range of professionals. These benefits imply the existence of shared philosophies and goals, and recognition by all team members of the value of the perspective that each practitioner brings. This article reports on the results of a study that explored similarities and differences in the focus of clinical reasoning between members of a multidisciplinary team in a health care setting. Methods: This multi-site study was located in the care of the elderly assessment and rehabilitation wards. Multiple semi-structured interviews (involving open-ended questions) were conducted with the members of two well-established multidisciplinary teams, with members from at least four disciplines, about the management of a specific patient. Results and Discussion: Similarities and differences identified in team members' reasoning are reported, and implications for patient care, team training and development and future research are discussed.

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