Table 1 Key contexts and metaskills of clinical reasoning (adapted from Higgs and Jones [24])
From: Understanding clinical reasoning in osteopathy: a qualitative research approach
Contexts | Practitioner | • Practice knowledge • Practice experience • Values and beliefs • Own professional practice |
|  | Patient | • Values and beliefs • Health and illness experiences • Knowledge and experience of the health discipline • Knowledge and experience of other health disciplines and the health care system |
|  | Community | • Patient’s family and friends • The health discipline • Local and global health systems • Workplace |
Metaskills |  | • Reflexivity • Metacognition • Emotional intelligence • Analytic skills and pattern recognition • Knowledge generation • Practice-model authenticity • Ability to derive knowledge and practice wisdom from reasoning and practice • Use of critical, creative conversation to make decisions |