Practice Knowledge & Expertise Health Prof

Joy Higgs (Author), Angie Titchen (Author)

9780750646888, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback, published 26 March 2001

252 pages
27 x 18 x 1.7 cm, 0.51 kg

It provides the reader with a contemporary review examining the notion of practice knowledge gained from professional experience and its relationship to professional practice expertise.

It is divided into four sections: the first broadly examines the nature and forms of knowledge and the relationships between knowledge and practice; the second considers the nature of professional expertise; the third explores these principles in action and the fourth looks at future developments.

An essential purchase for all students, educators, researchers and practitioners of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing and indeed all those in the health sciences field.

An essential purchase for all students, educators, researchers and practitioners of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing and indeed all those in the health sciences field.

* Brings the modern practitioner completely up to date with trends and developments in the field
* Relates theoretical examples to professional practice
* Explores how professional knowledge and expertise can be developed

Section 1: Knowledge and practice
Section 2: Professional craft knowledge and expertise
Section 3: Practice Knowledge in action
Section 4: Reflections.

Subject Areas: Physiotherapy [MQS]