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Details

Obtain specific clinical measurements from patients under supervision

Considerations

• The anatomy and physiology, and relating to the physiological signals recorded
• The range of appropriate equipment and its use in clinical measurement
• The physics underpinning the measurement of electrical signals from patients
• The technical, scientific and clinical basis of clinical measurements
• The importance and implications of accuracy, reproducibility, bias, specificity and sensitivity in measurements
• Identification of sources of appropriate literature relating to the technical, scientific and clinical basis of clinical measurements
• The confident application of appropriate statistical tests to clinical measuring data, with an appreciation of accuracy, precision, resolution and bias
• Critical appraisal of procedures, applications and strategies
• Requirements for reports on clinical measurement outcomes for a range of users

Relevant learning outcomes