Part I. Studying Expertise: Purpose, Concepts, and Tools
1. Professional Life: Issues of Health Care, Education, and
Development
2. Understanding Expertise: Connecting Research and Theory to
Physical Therapy
3. Methods for Exploring Expertise
Part II. Portraits of Expertise in Physical Therapy
4. Expert Practice in Pediatrics: When Work is Play
5. Expert Practice in Geriatrics: You're Never Too Old
6. Experienced Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation: Experts in
the Making
7. Expert Practice in Orthopedics: Competence, Collaboration, and
Compassion
8. Expert Practice in Physical Therapy
9. Postscript: The Voices of our Experts - Ten Years Later
Part III. Lessons Learned and Applied
10. Expert Practice and Clinical Outcomes
11. Clinical Reasoning and Expert Practice
12. Situated Expertise: The Wisdom of Practice in a
Transdisciplinary Rehabilitation Clinic
13. Implications for Practice: Applying the Dimensions of Expertise
for Staff Professional Development
Part IV. Pursuing Expertise in Physical Therapy
14. Inquiry into Expertise: Future Directions
15. Implications for Doctoral Level Education in Physical
Therapy
16. Implications for Practice and Professional Development
Appendix: Data Collection Tools
Dr. Jensen is Vice Provost for Learning and Assessment, Dean Emerita, and Professor of Physical Therapy at Creighton University. She is known nationally and internationally for scholarly contributions in expert practice, clinical reasoning, professional ethics, and interprofessional education. Dr. Jensen is author or coauthor of more than 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has coauthored 13 books, including the fourth edition of Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions (Higgs, Jensen, Loftus, Christensen), Educating Physical Therapists, and in 2020, Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making in Physical Therapy. She led the research team that completed a National Study of Excellence and Innovation in Physical Therapist Education funded by the American Physical Therapy Association and several APTA components. She serves on a number of editorial boards and most recently became an associate editor for The Clinical Teacher. Dr. Jensen received her PhD in educational evaluation with a minor in sociology from Stanford University. She holds a master's degree in physical therapy from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Minnesota.
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