Clinical reasoning, or clinical decision making, is a complex, contextualised and interactive phenomenon, not just a process. Do we understand how we go about this and can the literature on this in other health professions throw light on our understanding? This session will look at different types of knowledge and with discussion, will consider different types of reasoning, illuminating these ideas with case histories. Case histories will be provided in advance of the conference.

Felicity Moir is course leader for Chinese medicine at the University of Westminster, UK. She is a site visitor for the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board and also contributed to the BAcC's Standards of Practice for Acupuncture and Standards for Education and Training.