The main objectives of this masterclass are:
1. Relevance of psychosocial factors to patients’ clinical presentations;
2. Stress and coping and illness representation theory that helps explain patients’ thoughts, emotions and behaviours;
3. Suggestions on what physiotherapists should assess;
4. Strategies for how to assess psychosocial factors;
5. Common errors in psychosocial reasoning; and
6. Implications of psychosocial assessment and reasoning to physiotherapy management.
Presenter: Mark Jones
CPD Points: 1
