Individual physical therapist | |
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Overall guideline adherence | 1. See the guideline as a valuable quality tool |
2. Decide to make an effort to improve their adherence to the guidelines | |
3. Keep patient records that contain sufficient information to enable reflection on the quality of their work | |
Self regulation and goal setting | Set goals and make plans, using self-monitoring, self-judgement, self-reaction, self-evaluation and maintenance of procedure |
4a. Improve work quality by means of self-regulation | |
4b. Regularly reflect on work content (self monitoring) | |
4c. Judge personal performance | |
4d. React on the basis of judgement | |
4e. Evaluate the effect of actions | |
4f. Maintain this procedure | |
Clinical reasoning diagnostics | 5a. Correctly and completely assess the patients’ complaints in all the subsets of the ICF |
5b. Categorize the patient correctly on the basis of episode duration, course and the presence of psychosocial variables (choose the correct patient profile) | |
5c. Choose adequate examination objectives and examination strategies | |
Clinical reasoning questionnaires | 5d. Apply questionnaires |
Clinical resoning treatment plan | 6a. Choose applicable treatment objectives and treatment strategies |
6b. Apply a hands off approach in the case of acute LBP with a normal course 6c. Apply a limited number (maximum 4) of treatment sessions in case of acute LBP with a normal course | |
6d. Provide adequate advice to the patient | |
6e. Formulate sound arguments when they diverge from the guideline recommendations | |
Psychosocial (ps) factors | 7a. Assess psychosocial factors |
7b. Integrate factors in the treatment-plan and decide about how to deal with these factors | |
7c. Address factors in the treatment of the patient with low back pain | |
Practice quality manager | |
Quality management | 1. Decide to start a quality improvement project |
2. Plan and make preparations for a quality improvement project | |
2.1 Provide the necessary materials and means for optimal quality of care | |
2.2 Involve experts, if applicable | |
2.3 Develop or maintain a practice culture of openness and mutual respect | |
3. Manage the quality improvement project | |
3.1 Bring the available materials to the attention of colleagues | |
3.2 Guard the open practice culture | |
3.3 Bring the possibility of cooperation with other disciplines to the attention of colleagues | |
3.4 Support colleagues in their deliberation/cooperation with other relevant disciplines | |
3.4 Assure the possibility for retraining | |
4. Evaluate the quality improvement project | |
5. Ensure care of continuation |