Clinical Reasoning for Occupational Therapy 2026

Understanding Risk Assessment and Management

Programme overview

A practical and interactive half day course to enhance occupational therapists’ understanding and application of clinical reasoning in relation to risk assessment, risk management and mitigation, and documentation within practice.

Course aims

Why attend

Effective clinical reasoning underpins safe, person-centred occupational therapy practice. This half-day course is designed to support Band 5 and Band 6 occupational therapists in developing confidence and consistency when making and documenting risk-based clinical decisions.

By attending this course, participants will learn through interactive case-based discussions, apply learning to realistic scenarios, promoting reflective practice and peer learning in a supportive environment.

Who should attend

Newly qualified or junior occupational therapist (Band 5-6).

Draft agenda

08:00

Welcome and introductions

  • Course overview
  • Ice breaker
  • Course aims

08:30

Understanding risk of occupational therapy practice

  • What is risk
  • Why do we care about risk

09:00

Clinical reasoning

  • How do we identify risk
  • Applying clinical reasoning to risk-based decision making

10:00

Break

10:15

Clinical Reasoning and risk assessment tools

  • Overview of tools

10:30

Interactive workshop

  • Case-based scenarios
  • Group discussion and application of reasoning

11:30

Documentation and defensible decision-making

  • Recording clinical reasoning

11:50

Summary and key takeaways

How to book

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