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
This module has no attitude and behaviours information.