OTA 240: Professional Reasoning

Professional and clinical reasoning is increasingly recognized as a crucial component of the occupational therapy process. This course provides opportunities for students to develop more advanced clinical reasoning skills applicable to all areas of occupational therapy practice through a case method. The case method is a component of problem- based learning that emphasizes individual and small group work to solve clinical problems that are presented as case studies. Students are presented with a variety of case formulas including paper or written cases, videotape cases, simulated client cases, and real client cases to promote the development of specific types of clinical reasoning, including scientific, procedural, interactive, narrative, and pragmatic reasoning. 2 lecture hours weekly.