CRITICAL THINKING CLINICIAN

Helping physical therapists with critical thinking and building scientific curiosity.

Updates on Blog, Podcast, and Resources

What Is Missing From Schooling?

Mental models, reflective practice, curiosity, and uncertainty are necessary to succeed in our careers and life.

Nov 10
14 min

How Do We Prevent Injuries?

Assessing return to sport and injury prevention models

Nov 4
17 min

How Do You Decide If a Diet Is Healthy?

There is no such thing as a “best” diet.

Oct 30
13 min

Can We Prevent Injuries?

Injury prevention is more complicated than we are commonly made to believe.

Oct 18
10 min

Sleep While You Are Alive

Sleep deprivation influences nearly all measures of performance

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.

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

LEARN MORE