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The role of clinician emotion in clinical reasoning: balancing the analytical process

The role of clinician emotion in clinical reasoning: balancing the analytical process
The role of clinician emotion in clinical reasoning: balancing the analytical process
Introduction

This review paper identifies and describes the role of clinicians' memory, emotions and physical responses in clinical reasoning processes. Clinical reasoning is complex and multi-factorial and key models of clinical reasoning within musculoskeletal physiotherapy are discussed, highlighting the omission of emotion and subsequent physical responses and how these can impact upon a clinician when making a decision.

Discussion

It is proposed that clinicians should consider the emotions associated with decision-making, especially when there is concern surrounding a presentation. Reflecting on practice in the clinical environment and subsequently applying this to a patient presentation should involve some acknowledgement of clinicians' physical responses, emotions and how they may play a part in any decision made. Presenting intuition and gut-feeling as separate reasoning methods and how these processes co-exist with other more accepted reasoning such as hypothetico-deductive is also discussed.

Conclusion

Musculoskeletal physiotherapy should consider the elements of feelings, emotions and physical responses when applying reflective practice principles. Furthermore, clinicians dealing with difficult and challenging presentations should look at the emotional as well as the analytical experience when justifying decisions and learning from practice.
memory, emotion, physiotherapy, reasoning
1356-689X
1-5
Langridge, Neil
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Roberts, Lisa
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Pope, Catherine
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Langridge, Neil
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Roberts, Lisa
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Pope, Catherine
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Langridge, Neil, Roberts, Lisa and Pope, Catherine (2015) The role of clinician emotion in clinical reasoning: balancing the analytical process. Manual Therapy, 1-5. (doi:10.1016/j.math.2015.06.007). (PMID:26144683)

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Abstract

Introduction

This review paper identifies and describes the role of clinicians' memory, emotions and physical responses in clinical reasoning processes. Clinical reasoning is complex and multi-factorial and key models of clinical reasoning within musculoskeletal physiotherapy are discussed, highlighting the omission of emotion and subsequent physical responses and how these can impact upon a clinician when making a decision.

Discussion

It is proposed that clinicians should consider the emotions associated with decision-making, especially when there is concern surrounding a presentation. Reflecting on practice in the clinical environment and subsequently applying this to a patient presentation should involve some acknowledgement of clinicians' physical responses, emotions and how they may play a part in any decision made. Presenting intuition and gut-feeling as separate reasoning methods and how these processes co-exist with other more accepted reasoning such as hypothetico-deductive is also discussed.

Conclusion

Musculoskeletal physiotherapy should consider the elements of feelings, emotions and physical responses when applying reflective practice principles. Furthermore, clinicians dealing with difficult and challenging presentations should look at the emotional as well as the analytical experience when justifying decisions and learning from practice.

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Accepted/In Press date: 12 June 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 June 2015
Keywords: memory, emotion, physiotherapy, reasoning
Organisations: Faculty of Health Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 378784
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/378784
ISSN: 1356-689X
PURE UUID: 6c295471-861e-4b84-bd7f-dfe9dcad8b7d
ORCID for Lisa Roberts: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2662-6696
ORCID for Catherine Pope: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8935-6702

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Date deposited: 15 Jul 2015 09:08
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:53

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Author: Neil Langridge
Author: Lisa Roberts ORCID iD
Author: Catherine Pope ORCID iD

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