Competency information

Details

Identify cases that require urgent intervention and offer clinical advice on the follow-up and/or further management of the patient.

Considerations

  • Time-critical and grossly abnormal results requiring urgent clinical interventions for the disorders in this module.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 1 Outcome Perform the range of laboratory and point-of-care techniques used in the workplace to investigate nutritional disorders.
# 2 Outcome Perform the clinical and laboratory investigation and analysis and management of nutritional status.
# 3 Outcome Perform the clinical and laboratory investigation and analysis and management of digestion, absorption and pancreatic function.
# 4 Outcome Perform the clinical and laboratory investigation and analysis and management of disorders of iron metabolism and haem synthesis.
# 5 Outcome Perform laboratory techniques used in the workplace to investigate trace element and vitamin status.