Reference no: EM132466426

Situation 1

• Think back to a client (individual, family, group, agency, or community) with whom you have worked. Place a check mark next to each criterion you used to make your practice decision. If you have not yet worked with a client, think of the criteria on which you would probably rely.

Question 1: 1. Your intuition (gut feeling) about what will be effective

Question 2: What you have heard from other professionals in informal exchanges

Question 3: Your experience with a few cases

Question 4: Your demonstrated track record of success based on data you have gathered systematically and regularly

Question 5: What fits your personal style

Question 6: What was usually offered at your agency

Question 7: Self-reports of other clients about what was helpful

Question 8: Results of controlled experimental studies (data that show a method is helpful)

Question 9: What you are most familiar with

Question 10: What you know by critically reading professional literature

Situation 2

Imagine you have a potentially serious medical problem and you seek help from a physician to examine treatment options. Place a check mark next to each criterion you would like your physician to rely on when he or she makes recommendations about your treatment.

Question 1: The physician's intuition (gut feeling) that a method will work

Question 2: What he or she has heard from other physicians in informal exchanges

Question 3: The physician's experience with a few cases

Question 4: The physician's demonstrated track record of success based on data he or she has gathered systematically and regularly

Question 5: What fits his or her personal style

Question 6: What is usually offered at the clinic

Question 7: Self-reports of patients about what was helpful

Question 8: Results of controlled experimental studies (data that show a method is helpful)

Question 9: What the physician is most familiar with

Question 10:  What the physician has learned by critically reading professional literature

Question Discussion 1: Explain how and why your choices differed in Situations 1 and 2.

Question Discussion 2: Evaluate when using intuition or personal experiences is advantageous in making clinical decisions. Provide an illustration of this from your fieldwork experience.

Question Discussion 3: Analyze when using theories and research evidence is advantageous in making clinical decisions. Provide an illustration of this from your fieldwork experience.