Clinical Reasoning Part One - Presented by Elise Smeets (OT)

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Clinical Reasoning Part One - This course explores clinical reasoning as the core skill underpinning effective occupational therapy practice. Designed for clinicians at all stages, it breaks down how reasoning evolves across the full therapy workflow—from information gathering and assessment planning through to intervention, evaluation, and re-reasoning. Using a detailed case study, participants will learn how to deliberately apply different types of reasoning, including scientific, narrative, procedural, conditional, pragmatic, and ethical reasoning, while integrating key occupational therapy models. The course provides practical strategies for selecting assessments with clear purpose, avoiding common cognitive biases, and strengthening evidence-based, occupation-centred decision-making, helping clinicians make their thinking explicit and develop more advanced clinical reasoning in everyday practice.