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Introduction to Clinical Assessment and Investigation

Module information

Module details

Title
Introduction to Clinical Assessment and Investigation
Type
Rotation
Module code
S-CAI-R1
Credits
10
Phase
1
Requirement
Compulsory

Aim of this module

This module will introduce trainees to the practices and principles of communication, team working, quality and clinical assessment and investigation fundamentals to practice as a Clinical Scientist. Trainees will be exposed to different patient pathways and experiences in the context of healthcare science practices.

Work-based content

Training activities

# Learning outcome Training activity Type Action
# 1 Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 Training activities

Attend a multidisciplinary team meeting outside your specialty where imaging or pathology-related patient care is discussed, reflect on the meeting

 Type OTA Action View
# 2 Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 Training activities

Shadow three Clinical Scientists outside your specialty and reflect on their roles

 Type OTA Action View
# 3 Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 Training activities

Observe three routine tests performed outside your own specialty where the results are relevant to patient care within your specialty and reflect on the procedures

 Type OTA Action View
# 4 Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 Training activities

Follow three different patients through their pathway and reflect on the journey, which could include the following:

  • Screening
  • Initial assessment
  • Preventive/early diagnosis
  • Urgent care
 Type OTA Action View
# 5 Learning outcome 1,3,4,6 Training activities

Explore the evidence base for a diagnostic plan for a patient in your specialty and reflect on how this guides patient care

 Type OTA Action View
# 6 Learning outcome 1,3,5,6 Training activities

Review a quality assurance process outside your specialty and reflect on how this guides practice

 Type OTA Action View
# 7 Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 Training activities

Attend a specialist clinic in each of the following settings and reflect on the clinic:

  • Medical assessment
  • Integrated care
  • Community-based care
 Type OTA Action View
# 8 Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 Training activities

Observe three different treatments/interventions performed outside your specialty which are relevant to patient care within your specialty and reflect on the procedures

 Type OTA Action View
# 9 Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 Training activities

Shadow a critical care nursing team member and reflect on their role

 Type OTA Action View
# 10 Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 Training activities

Shadow three health care professionals relevant to your speciality and reflect on their roles, which may include, but is not limited, to:

  • Pharmacist
  • Physiotherapist
  • Dietician
  • Speech and language therapist
  • Play therapist
  • Music therapist
  • Dementia nurse
  • Psychologist
  • Occupational therapist
  • Genetic counsellor
 Type OTA Action View

Assessments

Complete 1 Case-Based Discussion

Complete 1 DOPS or OCE

Direct Observation of Practical Skills Titles

  • Apply an appropriate infection control procedure.
  • Safely perform vital signs monitoring on a patient.
  • Prepare the clinical environment for a patient test or treatment.

Observed Communication Event Titles

  • Gather a patient history relevant to the specialty from a patient, patient representative, or a member of the multidisciplinary team.
  • Present a patient history relevant to the specialty to a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Learning outcomes

# Learning outcome
1

Explore the contribution of clinical assessment and investigation to patient care.
2

Identify the roles and relationships of the multidisciplinary team undertaking clinical assessment and investigation.
3

Describe the working practices of clinical assessment and investigation.
4

Examine the impact of innovation on clinical assessment and investigation.
5

Review the effect of legislation on clinical assessment and investigation.
6

Compare and contrast the practice of clinical assessment and investigation across specialties.

Clinical experiences

Activities

Information:

There is no clinical experiential learning associated with this module.

Academic content (MSc in Clinical Science)

Important information

The academic parts of this module will be detailed and communicated to you by your university. Please contact them if you have questions regarding this module and its assessments. The module titles in your MSc may not be exactly identical to the work-based modules shown in the e-portfolio. Your modules will be aligned, however, to ensure that your academic and work-based learning are complimentary.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module the trainee will be able to:

  1. Apply integrative knowledge and clinical and scientific judgement to inform decision making with regard to assessment, investigation and transdisciplinary patient-centred care in pathologies and conditions in your specialism.
  2. Contextualise health, illness, and disability relevant to your specialism from a socio-psychological perspective.
  3. Reflect upon the integration of genomics, bioinformatics, and personalised healthcare relevant to your specialism to drive innovation and transformation in service delivery.
  4. Critically evaluate the evidence for public health provision in the wider context of the NHS and its wide range of different organisations.
  5. Reflect on the evidence for trans-disciplinary working in your specialism.

Indicative content

Learning Outcome Indicative content
Apply integrative knowledge and clinical and scientific judgement to inform decision making with regard to assessment, investigation and transdisciplinary patient-centred care in pathologies and conditions in your specialism
  • Common pathologies as relevant to the specialism, including anatomy and physiology
  • Physiological measurements and vital signs
  • Diagnostic tests, include imaging and pathology
  •  Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics as relevant to the specialism, with special reference to patient safety
  • Evidence-based practice
Contextualise health, illness and disability relevant to your specialism from socio-psychological perspective
  • Health inequalities
  • Sociology and psychology of health and illness
Reflect upon integration of genomics, bioinformatics and personalised healthcare relevant to your specialism to drive innovation and transformation in service delivery
  • Innovation in healthcare
  • Genomics, bioinformatics and personalised healthcare

 
Critically evaluate the evidence for public health provision in the wider context of the NHS and its wide range of different organisations
  • Healthcare service organisation
  • Epidemiology of common conditions related to the specialism
  • Screening principles in healthcare
  • Safety and infection control in the NHS
Reflect on the evidence for trans-disciplinary working in your specialism
  • Emergency procedures
  • Team working, formation and functions
  • Role of single-discipline and multi-professional teams in the care and management of patients, and in the delivery of services
  • Effective inter-professional team working

Module assigned to

Specialties

Specialty code Specialty title Action
Specialty code SPS1-2-22 Specialty title Vascular Science [2022] Action View
Specialty code SPS2-3-22 Specialty title Neurophysiology [2022] Action View
Specialty code SPS3-1-22 Specialty title Gastrointestinal Physiology [2022] Action View
Specialty code SPS3-2-22 Specialty title Urodynamic Science [2022] Action View
Specialty code SPS2-1-22 Specialty title Audiology [2022] Action View
Specialty code SPS2-1-23 Specialty title Audiology [2023] Action View
Specialty code SPS3-1-23 Specialty title Gastrointestinal Physiology [2023] Action View
Specialty code SPS2-3-23 Specialty title Neurophysiology [2023] Action View
Specialty code SPS3-2-24 Specialty title Urodynamic Science [2024] Action View
Specialty code SPS1-2-23 Specialty title Vascular Science [2023] Action View
Specialty code SPS2-1-24 Specialty title Audiology [2024] Action View
Specialty code SPS3-1-24 Specialty title Gastrointestinal Physiology [2024] Action View
Specialty code SPS2-3-24 Specialty title Neurophysiology [2024] Action View
Specialty code SPS1-2-24 Specialty title Vascular Science [2024] Action View
Specialty code SPS2-3-25 Specialty title Neurophysiology: Intraoperative Neuromonitoring [2025] Action View
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