1st Edition

Matthews Model of Clinical Reasoning A Systematic Guide to Occupation-Based Evaluation and Intervention Planning

Edited By Laurie Knis-Matthews Copyright 2024
302 Pages 81 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 81 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 81 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Matthews Model of Clinical Reasoning (MMCR) provides occupational therapy practitioners with a systematic approach to develop their clinical reasoning skills during the evaluation and intervention process when collaborating with persons served across multiple practice locations. The three core constructs of person, environment, and occupation lay the foundation for practitioners to... Read more

SECTION 1 Clinical Reasoning and Evaluation

1 Exploring the Literature Related to Clinical Reasoning

ASHLEY N. FUENTES, ERIK M. HORN, SUSAN E. KUSHNER, DARYLL ADRIAN A. HENSON, JESSICA L. ORTIZ, LYNNE RICHARD, AND LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS

2 The MMCR Approach to Evaluation Guided by the Profession’s Domain of Concern

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND NANCY R. DOOLEY

3 Compartmentalizing Evaluation Information and Understanding the Person Served

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND LYNNE RICHARD

4 Compartmentalizing Evaluation Information and Understanding the Six Facets of the Environment

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND NANCY R. DOOLEY

5 Compartmentalizing Evaluation Information to Understand How Activities and Occupations Relate to a Person’s Story

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND MARGARET SWARBRICK

6 Putting It All Together to Identify Occupational Performance Issue(s)

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND MARGARET SWARBRICK

SECTION 2 Intervention

7 MMCR Five-Step Guide to Infusing the Frame of Reference/Practice Model Into a Person’s Story

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND LYNNE RICHARD

8 Overview to Intervention Planning: Spiraling Within the Top-Middle- Bottom Occupational Performance Issues

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND LYNNE RICHARD

9 Overview to Intervention Planning: Spiraling the Top-Middle-Bottom Occupational Performance Issues Across the Intervention Plan

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS

10 Overview to Intervention Planning: Spiraling the Top-Middle-Bottom Occupational Performance Issues Across the Intervention Plan Continued

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND MARGARET SWARBRICK

11 Strategizing the Beginning-Middle-Ending of the Specific Intervention Plan

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND MARGARET SWARBRICK

12 Strategizing How to Create Change During the Intervention Plan

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND MARGARET SWARBRICK

SECTION 3 Documentation

13 Documentation Overview and the Evaluation Summary

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND ASHLEY N. FUENTES

14 Documentation Continued: Goal Creation, Progress Notes, and Discharge Summaries

LAURIE KNIS-MATTHEWS AND ASHLEY N. FUENTES

SECTION 4 Case Examples

15 Case Example: Using the MMCR in an Outpatient Hand Therapy Clinic Over 8 Weeks of Intervention

PAIGE GARRAMONE, PAULINE GASPARRO, AND SHANIQUA BRADLEY

16 Case Example: Using the MMCR to Guide a Seven-Day Intervention Plan in an Inpatient Acute Rehab Hospital

CHRISTINE BODZIOCH, MARLEE MURPHY, SHANIQUA BRADLEY, AND ASHLEY N. FUENTES

17 Case Example: Using the MMCR to Guide a Six-Month Intervention Plan for an Adult With an Intellectual and Developmental Disability

MAUREEN GRAINGER, THAIS K. PETROCELLI, SHANIQUA BRADLEY, AND ASHLEY N. FUENTES

18 Case Example: Using the MMCR to Guide a Three-Month Intervention Plan in a Homecare Setting

VALERIE HENGEMUHLE, GERALDINE PAGAOA-CRUZ, SHANIQUA BRADLEY, AND ALLISON INSERRA

MMCR Glossary of Terms

Appendix 1A MMCR Guide to Understanding a Person’s Story (Triangle)

Appendix 1B Explanation of MMCR Guide to Understanding a Person’s Story (Triangle)

Appendix 2A MMCR Five-Step Guide to Infusing a Frame of Reference/Practice Model Into a Person’s Evaluation Selection and Intervention Plan

Appendix 2B MMCR Five-Step Guide to Infusing a Frame of Reference and/or Practice Model Into a Person’s Evaluation Selection and Intervention Plan (Explanation)

Appendix 3A MMCR Overview Guide to Intervention Planning

Appendix 3B MMCR Overview Guide to Intervention Planning (Explanation)

Appendix 4A MMCR Planning Guide to Address Specific Sections of the Overall Intervention Plan

Appendix 4B MMCR Planning Guide to Address Specific Sections of the Overall Intervention Plan (Explanation)

Appendix 5A MMCR Guide to Evaluation Summaries

Appendix 5B MMCR Guide to Evaluation Summaries (Explanation)

Appendix 6A MMCR Guidelines to Formulate a Short-Term Goal

Appendix 6B MMCR Guidelines to Formulate a Short-Term Goal (Explanation)

Biography

Laurie Knis-Matthews, PhD, OT, has been an occupational therapist for over thirty years, primarily focused on mental health practice. Laurie has been conceptualizing the MMCR since she began teaching full-time in academia over twenty-five years ago.

"The Matthews Model of Clinical Reasoning: A Systematic Guide to Occupation-Based Evaluation and Intervention Planning is a book both for occupational therapy students and seasoned practitioners. It offers a new model for understanding our clients and developing client—centered evaluations and intervention plans.  It provides not only a theoretical base from which to build depth but also detailed information in a step-by step approach to assessment and treatment.  Students will find this approach instructive while seasoned practitioners will find a new model method to add to their repertoire of client-centered care."


Victoria P. Schindler, PhD, OTR, BCMH, FAOTA, co-editor, Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, Professor Emeritus, Stockton University


"The Matthews Model of Clinical Reasoning presents a refreshing approach to the field of occupational therapy. It differs from the antiquated ways of past thinking by emphasizing a person’s life story rather than diagnosis. As an occupational therapist who switched practice areas after an extended absence from the profession, this model presented in a user-friendly format, was a great resource that taught me how to be more client-centered and occupation-based throughout the evaluation and intervention process for the people I serve. Dr. Knis-Matthews is an innovative changemaker whose book takes us on an exciting person-centered journey, creating a ripple effect from educator to student to future practitioner."

Mary-Jo Zinnie, licensed occupational therapist with 25 years of experience

"As a student in the midst of level II fieldwork, the MMCR model has provided me with a blueprint to strategize a person’s evaluation and intervention process. While I learned foundational information in my occupational therapy courses, this book presents, in a visual and friendly manner, how to apply this knowledge into practice. By examining the MMCR model case study chapters, I am able to generalize my clinical reasoning skills across various practice settings, evaluation findings, a person’s worldviews, and multiple occupational performance issues.  I recommend this book to any student wanting to learn more about applying clinical reasoning and ways to approach occupation-based intervention in a clinical setting."

Jessica Onorati, OTS, occupational therapy student currently in level 2 fieldwork