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BJ Schmoll, PhD, PT, is Associate Professor and Director, Physical Therapy Department, The University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI 48503

This excerpt was created in the absence of an abstract.

When I was invited to provide a commentary on the article by Shepard and Jensen, I did not hesitate in accepting. Such exchanges of views are vital for developing our capacities as "reflective persons and practitioners."

The article appears to be based on four implicit assumptions. First, the development of "reflective practitioners" is a desirable outcome for physical therapy education, given the changes in the profession, health care, and society. Second, faculty members possess the attributes of reflective practitioners. Third, faculty members can teach students how to become reflective practitioners. Fourth, students can learn to be reflective practitioners.

I concur with the first implicit assumption that the development of reflective practitioners is a desirable outcome for physical therapy education. My reasons for agreeing with this assumption vary, however, from those offered by the authors....

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