Expertise in Physical Therapy Practice by Gail M Jensen Pt Fapta

Expertise in Physical Therapy Practice by Gail M Jensen Pt Fapta

Examines what it takes to progress toward and ultimately become an expert in physical therapy. This work explores multiple dimensions of expertise: how expert practitioners develop, what knowledge they use, where they acquire that knowledge, how they think and reason, how they make decisions, and how they perform in practice.

Dr. Jensen is Vice Provost for Learning and Assessment, Dean Emerita, and Professor of Physical Therapy at Creighton University. She is known nationally and internationally for scholarly contributions in expert practice, clinical reasoning, professional ethics, and interprofessional education. Dr. Jensen is author or coauthor of more than 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has coauthored 13 books, including the fourth edition of Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions (Higgs, Jensen, Loftus, Christensen), Educating Physical Therapists, and in 2020, Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making in Physical Therapy. She led the research team that completed a National Study of Excellence and Innovation in Physical Therapist Education funded by the American Physical Therapy Association and several APTA components. She serves on a number of editorial boards and most recently became an associate editor for The Clinical Teacher. Dr. Jensen received her PhD in educational evaluation with a minor in sociology from Stanford University. She holds a master's degree in physical therapy from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Minnesota.

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ISBN 13	9781416002147
ISBN 10	1416002146
Title	Expertise in Physical Therapy Practice
Author	Gail M Jensen Pt Fapta
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Elsevier Health Sciences
Year published	2006-10-31
Number of pages	352
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