Advancing Clinician Skillset
This phase moves beyond the evidence to developing the clinical reasoning and skills needed to facilitate self-directed training. The focus is on integrating these strategies into your practice by refining how you facilitate shared decision-making and coordinate the clinical environment. By advancing these skillsets, you will gain the professional readiness to transform patient downtime into active recovery opportunities.
How to Navigate This Phase
Start with From Expert to Collaborator to practice shared decision-making and reflect on clinical habits that impact patient participation in self-directed activities.
Next, use the Candidate Selection Guide to analyze the physical, cognitive, and psychological factors that determine a patient's readiness for a self-directed role.
Finally, utilize Coordinating the Environment to identify strategies for navigating systemic barriers and optimizing the clinical setting for increased activity outside of formal therapy sessions.