CRITICAL THINKING CLINICIAN

Helping physical therapists with critical thinking and building scientific curiosity.

Updates on Blog, Podcast, and Resources

Sleep While You Are Alive

Sleep deprivation influences nearly all measures of performance

5 days ago
8 min

Why Some People are Wary of the Term “Exercise”?

Addressing misconceptions and issues regarding intensity, soreness, and pain

Oct 6
9 min

Using Professional Baseball to Explain Cognitive Bias.

Using professional baseball to explain the influence of cognitive bias.

Sep 27
4 min

Crucial Conversations Are Non-Optional

Crucial conversations are the foundation for addressing the issues. We must all be willing to challenge current beliefs.

Sep 27
3 min

Regardless of age, physical therapists can help you build muscle

Whether someone is exercising for general health, beach season, or part of a PT program, age will not prevent them from building muscle.

Sep 16
8 min

How Do We Handle Failure in Healthcare?

“Fail fast, fail often” doesn’t apply to healthcare, but there are strategies clinicians can use to benefit from failure.

Sep 4
4 min

The Importance of Early Physical Therapy

When should you see someone for low back pain? This is a tricky question as it comes with the big “it depends” tag attached. Studies show...

What does it mean to Live Clinically?

Living clinically is employing critical thinking in everyday situations. It is assessing the available information, identifying and addressing judgments and biases, and accurately applying available information to positively influence patient lives.

Treating and knowing what evidence to use in clinical practice is challenging. Healthcare is full of misinformation, our schooling barely scratches the surface, and many treatments touted in continuing education lack efficacy. How do physical therapists determine what best practice is?

This site is designed to help physical therapists with critical thinking and building scientific curiosity. These tools will allow any therapist to critically appraise research, reflect on clinical practice, and provide evidence-based treatment for the betterment of their patients

Distance Mentorship Program

Interested in receiving mentorship from a current clinician?

The PT Solutions Distance Mentoring Model is for current DPT students looking to advance in the physical therapy industry and their professional career upon graduation. Practicing clinicians are paired with a student based on individual interests and personality.

4 months with each assigned mentor
Monthly/quarterly meetings
Opportunity for mentoring from several different perspectives and career paths
Personalized guidance for career preparation

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