Teaching treatment planning. A problem-solving model.

An effective physical therapist must be able to identify a patient's problems and the cause of the problems and to plan specific treatments with a sound rationale. This article presents a model used as a teaching tool for treatment planning may be used in both academic and clinical settings. Questions that are used in completing the model and examples of the model's application are presented. Teaching the problem-solving model and its use in one physical therapy curriculum are discussed.