PA500400: Advanced clinical assessment
[Page last updated: 03 August 2022]
| Academic Year: | 2022/23 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology |
| Credits: | 30 CATS credits |
| Notional Study Hours: | 300 |
| Level: | FHEQ level 7 |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW60EX20OR20 |
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| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take PA500356 |
| Learning Outcomes: | * Analyse the pathophysiology, clinical presentation and red flags within a range of presentations and apply this to clinical reasoning * Demonstrate physical examination skills to gather relevant diagnostic information within a range of conditions * Identify and critically evaluate all available clinical information, and use this to formulate differential and/or working diagnoses, within the context of clinical ambiguity * Determine holistic patient care plans, including further investigations, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and ongoing continuity of care * Identify, critically evaluate and apply key evidence sources in order to effect (and support others to effect) medicines optimisation outcomes within a range of clinical conditions * Demonstrate effective communication and consultation skills in order to gather a full history from a range of patients (and carers, relatives, advocates, representatives etc.) within the context of clinical uncertainty and/or communication challenges * Use effective communication strategies to support patients (and carers, advocates, representatives) and healthcare professionals to make complex shared medicines optimisation decisions; taking into account patient views/beliefs/ICE * Identify and critically analyse clinical complexity and ambiguity, and use this to determine appropriate autonomous action or referral in order to provide best patient care within a range of complex presenting cases |
| Aims: | To provide a supportive framework to develop the professional knowledge, skills and competence that pharmacists require to conduct advanced clinical assessment of patients. |
| Skills: | * Clinical skills * Study skills * Written communication * Working with others * Scientific and practical skills * Improving learning and performance * Information and communication technology * Problem solving |
| Content: | Physiology/pathophysiology of body systems/ major presentations; Physical Examination Skills; Applied medical History taking: relating to:
* The respiratory system * The cardiovascular system * Musculo-skeletal system +Trauma * The Nervous system * Mental Health * ENT/Dermatology/Genito-urinary systems * Infections * Basic first aid/Anaphylaxis/Basic Life Support Clinical decision making Formulation Diagnostic reasoning Investigations Autonomous and team working Continuity of care and sectoral transfer |
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PA500400 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
PA500400 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
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