Module - Consultation and Physical Examination: Health Assessment Skills (level 6)

What you will learn

Structured and comprehensive consultation skills including history taking, problem solving, therapeutic communication and advice giving. Also system specific physical examination skills including Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Ear, Nose and Throat, Musculoskeletal, Neurological, Abdominal and Mental health assessment.

Modules

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion, you will be able to:

• Critically review the fundamental professional and legal issues which underpin the expansion of professional roles in the health care setting
• Demonstrate and critically evaluate the application of a structured comprehensive history taking process within a consultation, using communication strategies and consultation models
• Critically evaluate the application of physical examination techniques
• Critically reflect upon how this module has transformed your knowledge and skills and its application to your practice

Indicative core bibliography

• Bickley, L.S. and Szilagyi, P.G. (2013) Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. 11th Edn. London: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Bradley, D. (2014) Managing Minor Musculoskeletal Injuries and Conditions. Sussex: Wiley Blackwell
• Douglas, G., Nicol,F., and Robertson, C. (2013) Macleod's Clinical Examination. 13th edn. London: Churchill Livingstone.
• Epstein, O., Perkin, G.D., Cookson, J., Watt, I.S., Rakhit, R., Robins, A. and Hornett, G.A.W. (2008) Clinical Examination. 4th edn. London: Mosby Elsevier.
• Higgs, J., Jones, M.A., Loftus, S. and Christensen, N. (ed) (2008) Clinical reasoning in the health professions. 3rd edn. London: Butterworth Heinemann.
• Hopcroft, K. and Forte, V. (2011) Symptom Sorter 4th Edn. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing
• Rawles, Z., Griffiths, B. and Alexander, T. (2010) Physical examination procedures for advanced nurses and independent prescribers, evidence and rationale. London: Hodder Arnold.
• Seidal, H.M., Ball, J.W., Dains, J.E., Flynn, J.A., Solomon, B.S. and Stewart, R.W. (2010) Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination. 7th edn. London: Mosby

• You need to be a Health care professional with a relevant recordable qualification e.g RGN, Paramedic, Pharmacist.
• You are required to identify a facilitator in practice to oversee your achievement of competence (you will need to complete a Learning Environment Pre-course Assessment Tool (LEPAT) as part of the admissions procedure for this module).
• Your facilitator needs to be a doctor or a nurse practitioner with two years experience, and will need to commit to one hour per week. You need a minimum of 3 hours practice time per week.

Entry Requirements