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Enhancing Clinical Reasoning Skills in Physiotherapy through an On-line
International Discussion Forum
Andrew King, Jackie Shanley, Gavin Lewis, Partha Kommineni, Ramesh Debur, Savita Ravindra
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The Partnership
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Background
Development of clinical reasoning
A core skill for all health professionals
A key aspect of postgraduate professional development.
Changes as a therapist develops more expertise
Teaching of clinical reasoning can be challenging….
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The Learning Tool
Collaborative project between Coventry University and MS Ramaiah, Bangalore
Developed an on-line international learning environment
Aims
Enhance students’ clinical reasoning skills
Develop intercultural communication
Activities:
Resources: literature, videos,
Discussion forum
Real-time video conference
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Aims of the Research
To evaluate this new learning activity in terms of:
Developing clinical reasoning skills
Articulating clinical reasoning to other professionals
Discussing ideas with therapists from different cultural backgrounds
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Methodology
Ethical approval obtained from both institutions
Survey approach
An on-line questionnaire was used to collect data
Mixture of closed and open ended questions were used in order to
gain an understanding of student perceptions
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Findings
13 out of 20 students participated in the survey
Helped develop:
Clinical reasoning
Knowledge
Communication skills
Felt strongly that the experience enhanced their knowledge and confidence
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“Able to express my reasoning more clearly”
“I learnt how to apply my clinical reasoning to gait
analysis”
Clinical Reasoning
“…formulating hypotheses and possible explanations – related to the cues given
by the abnormal gait pattern”
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“Able to express my reasoning more clearly”
“I developed the skills of group learning, conversations and
interactions”
Communication
“It was a good exercise for
speaking in public”
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Knowledge
“I learned from other
students'’ answers”
“Interacting is a source of sharing knowledge”
“..opportunity to study in depth the mechanisms of normal and pathological
gait”
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International perspective
“Communicating with students in Coventry was interesting as we got
to share ideas about how it’s practised back there in the UK and
how different / similar it is in India”
“interesting to see how similar is clinical reasoning
in a different part of the world”
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Conclusion
The on-line international learning environment was easy to implement
through Open Moodle
Students enjoyed the experience and felt it enhanced their learning of
clinical reasoning relating to gait analysis
The international perspective added a novel flavour which enhanced
student engagement
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Any Questions?