Module information

Details

Title
Competencies in clinical care
Type
Stage Two
Module code
HLS142
Requirement
Compulsory

Module objective

By the end of the training period trainees will, in respect of competencies in clinical care, be able to:

  • analyse, synthesise, evaluate and apply knowledge
  • perform, adapt and master a range of technical and clinical skills and procedures
  • demonstrate the attitudes and behaviours necessary for professional practice as a consultant clinical scientist dealing with the complexities, uncertainties and tensions of professional practice at this level.

Knowledge and understanding

By the end of the training period the trainee will be able to demonstrate the ability to analyse, evaluate and synthesise relevant knowledge and its application to their professional practice in relation to:

  • how the clinical history contributes to the assessment of a patient
  • how a clinical condition might present.

Technical and clinical skills

By the end of the training period the trainee will be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of current relevant research, theory and knowledge and its application to the performance, adaptation and mastery of the following technical procedures and laboratory skills:

  • how a clinician might educate a patient concerning a particular disease, including prevention, therapy and outcomes.

By the end of the training period the trainee will be able to apply knowledge of competencies in clinical care to perform, adapt and master the clinical skills necessary to manage:

  • to give an example of a clinical history that led to a diagnosis
  • to write a clinical report concerning the results of an investigation
  • to write a short article describing the role of a patient support group.

Attitudes and behaviours

Information:

This module has no attitude and behaviours information.

Module assigned to

Specialties

Specialty code Specialty title Action
Specialty code HLS1-5-20 Specialty title Analytical Toxicology [V1] Action View
Specialty code HLS1-1-20 Specialty title Clinical Biochemistry [V1] Action View