7.1 — Clinical reasoning walkthroughs: three student profiles from referral to interpretation
Transition- 3:10 – 3:40
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Transition: "Clinical reasoning walkthroughs: three student profiles from referral to interpretation."
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4 contact hours · 0.4 AOTA CEUs · Module 7 · 16 slides
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Transition: "Clinical reasoning walkthroughs: three student profiles from referral to interpretation."
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Open here. "Clinical Reasoning Walkthroughs." Three student profiles from referral to disposition.
Say why this section matters for their caseload, then advance.
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Ask the poll: "Where does your reasoning most often stall?"
Options:
• Turning scores into a hypothesis
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Read the scenario aloud, slowly:
Intake: passed a kindergarten vision screening, no eye examination since, no glasses, homework is "a battle." Band 5–7. Findings — L1: near acuity at criterion both eyes; intermediate acuity at 60 cm one line below criterion with a one-line difference between the eyes; Maya leans toward the card. L2: fixation and pursuits at criterion; NPC break 9 cm, recovery 13 cm, stable across three trials. L3: at criterion through Level 4. L4: form copying reaches Level 3, orientation errors on diagonal intersections. L5: reading at criterion for grade; writing sample shows b/d reversals and an inconsistent baseline.
Then put these questions to the room:
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Read the scenario aloud, slowly:
Intake: glasses worn consistently, eye examination 8 months ago, headaches during silent reading, avoids reading homework. Band 8–11. Findings — L1: at criterion both distances. L2: fixation at criterion; saccades reach Level 3, with head movement on every horizontal shift at Levels 4 and 5 and two refixations per line; NPC break recedes across trials from 8 cm to 14 cm. L3: at criterion through Level 5. L4: at criterion through Level 4. L5: reading rate at criterion for the first two minutes then decays; line loss begins around four minutes; writing volume falls off in the final third.
Then put these questions to the room:
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Read the scenario aloud, slowly:
Intake: glasses, current examination, no discomfort reported, strong verbal performance, OT in elementary school discharged in grade 4. Band 12–16. Findings — L1 and L2 at criterion throughout. L3 at criterion through Level 5. L4: grid-pattern reproduction reaches Level 2; proportion and spatial organization break down as grid complexity increases; he rechecks the model repeatedly. L5: reading at criterion; writing sample shows adequate content, poor organization on the line, slow effortful production, visible frustration.
Then put these questions to the room:
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Read the scenario aloud, slowly:
Intake: no glasses, eye examination last year reported normal, no headaches, likes being read to and dislikes reading alone. Band 8–11. Findings — L1: at criterion both distances. L2: fixation at criterion; pursuits at criterion; saccades reach Level 4 with no head movement and no rate decay across the timed passage. L3: figure-ground reaches Level 2 — she cannot locate a target item on a dense page; discrimination and visual memory at criterion through Level 4. L4: at criterion through Level 4. L5: reading rate below criterion from the first minute and flat across eight minutes; she finds the line again quickly once she loses it.
Then put these questions to the room:
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Frame the slide: "The same four questions in every case."
Walk each point, one sentence each:
• What is the occupation named in the referral?
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Contrast the two columns: OT reports versus Route to eye care.
OT reports:
• Rate decay across a timed passage
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Set up the clip in one sentence, play it, then debrief with "what did you notice?"
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Describe what belongs here: De-identified writing or copy sample belonging to one of the cases..
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Describe what belongs here: Domain profile for the case you are walking through..
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Land the "so what": What you are certified to do is connect a referral question to a scored profile to a defensible decision — that chain is what the team is buying.
Explain the mechanism plainly: A score with no reasoning trail cannot be defended, replicated, or built on by the next therapist.
Then give them the moves — say each one as something they can do Monday:
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Two-minute case. Read it aloud:
The referral question was "why can this student not finish written work?" Your report describes the profile in detail and recommends OT twice monthly.
Put the question to them: "What is missing?" Give 60 seconds, no talking.
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Reflection prompt: "For the walkthrough we just finished, write the disposition you would document and the one thing you would tell the teacher tomorrow."
Offer the sentence starter: "Disposition:... One thing for the teacher:..."
Think for one minute, write, then take two shares.
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Knowledge check: "Interpretation is complete. What determines the disposition?"
Options:
• The lowest score on the profile
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