This dynamic and fun two-hour session will use case-based learning, covering a real-world, outpatient orthopedic case to facilitate an active learning experience. Application of patient-centered and evidence-informed practice will be included with an emphasis on clinical reasoning and meta-cognitive processes utilizing the test retest model. The session is designed to help learners understand how to effectively obtain a thorough subjective examination that supports hypothesis development, planning of an appropriate objective examination and supportive treatment that seek to implement the hypothetico-deductive reasoning model. 

Patient presenting to physical therapy with referral from his GP for lumbar strain 8 weeks post incidence of severe low back pain with an apparent lateral shift.  Patient has a 20 year history of similar sx’s occurring 4-6x a year.  Despite having a long history of severe episodic low back pain, they have never undergone treatment of any kind.