Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions

Clinical reasoning lies at the core of health care practice and education. Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, therefore, occupies a central place in the education of health professionals, the enhancement of professional decision making of individuals and groups of practitioners with their clients, and research into optimal practice reasoning.

Key themes presented:

• Clinical reasoning as a composite of encultured capabilities
• Clinical reasoning embedded within situated practice including the wider socio-economic and political contexts, the practitioner''s and the client''s contexts, and shared goals such as promoting health communities
• The importance of narratives, language and culture in clinical decision making
• Changing reasoning practices linked to increasing autonomy of practitioners working without the requirement of medical referrals
• Clinical reasoning as an increasingly team-based practice, inclu