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By
Joy Higgs, BSc, GradDipPty, MPHEd, AM, PhD, Strategic Research Professor in Professional Practice, The Research Institute for Professional Practice,
Learning & Education (RIPPLE); Director, The Education for Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University
Barbara Richardson, PhD, MSc, MErgs, Senior Lecturer, School of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, School of Health, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Madeleine Dahlgren, PhD, Department of Education and Psychology, Linkopings University, Linkoping, Sweden
Description
Health care professionals in the ever-changing world of contemporary medicine encounter challenges in the adequacy and capacity of their
knowledge. This text explores these issues and helps the reader to develop their knowledge to meet the needs of the community. It provides
a helpful reference to any kind of professional, whether from practice, education, or research backgrounds.
Audience
Practioners, students, educators and researchers in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, medicine and nursing
Contents
1. Recognizing practice epistemology in the health professions
2. Redefining the reflective practitioner:
3. Revisiting the philosophical
roots of practical knowledge
4. Practice knowledge - its nature, sources, and contexts
5. Professions as communities of practice
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Practice knowledge - critical appreciation
7. Blending self and professional - knowledge in person-centred care
8. The use and
generation of practice knowledge in the context of regulating systems and moral frameworks
9. Challenging evidence in evidence-based
practice
10. The role of practitioners in developing professional knowledge and practice
11. Clinical reasoning and practice knowledge
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Practice epistemology: implications for education, practice and research
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 240 pages, publication date: FEB-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5429-6
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5429-5
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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