The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy

The Korean Society of Physical Therapy (대한물리치료학회)
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A Pilot Study on Cognitive Styles in Clinical Reasoning Based on Clinical Specialty and Experience by Korean Physical Therapists

임상분야와 임상경력에 따른 임상추론의 인지적 방식에 관한 선행 연구

  • Ryu, Young Uk (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 류영욱 (대구가톨릭대학교 의료과학대학 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2012.09.17
  • Accepted : 2012.10.15
  • Published : 2012.10.25
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Abstract

Purpose: This study examined whether there are differences in cognitive styles between orthopedic and neurological physical therapists, and whether these differences change with clinical experience in clinical reasoning. Methods: A survey study was conducted on 88 orthopedic and neurologic physical therapists working in South Korea. The survey items used by May and Dennis (1991) were translated, and only those items related to data-gathering and information-processing were used. Results: The cognitive style was similar in the orthopedic and neurologic physical therapists, but the clinical experience affected the cognitive styles of clinical reasoning. Physical therapists with more than 60 months clinical experience responded most positively to the preceptive and systematic styles in clinical reasoning. Conclusion: These results suggest that physical therapy education should provide physical therapy students with a clinical reasoning process related specifically to a particular clinical field.

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Supported by : 대구가톨릭대학교

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