Program Overview
Course Details
Through this sector-focused professional development course, you'll have the chance to hone your skills in examining adult patients in a systematic and organised way. We'll help you learn to accurately identify abnormalities and pathological changes, link these changes to specific disease processes, and identify any need for a more detailed investigation or referral.
We'll support you in learning to interpret clinical findings accurately, so you should already have a good understanding of anatomy, physiology and pathology.
The course is designed to improve your communication skills, so you can get qualitative information from patients and create appropriate action plans for focused clinical examinations.
Systems and examinations covered will include: cardiovascular, respiratory, abdominal, neurovascular, musculoskeletal, genitourinary, and ear, nose and throat.
PLEASE NOTE: The start dates given are for the week the course will commence. Please contact the module/programme leader for details of the day and times you will be expected to attend.
Highlights
Our dedicated academic team brings extensive health and social care experience to the course content. Along with their passion for service excellence in health and social care settings, they're also currently engaged in highly relevant research, which means they can add valuable context and insight to your learning.
The course is designed to provide the flexibility to fit in with busy home and working lives.
As you study this course, we'll encourage you to develop the skills, values and behaviours popular with employers. These include action planning, personal impact and confidence, self-awareness, social and ethical responsibility, respect, and commitment to quality.
The course is part of a professional development framework. You can use the credits gained on completing this course towards the University of Bolton's MSc Clinical Practice or one of our suite of MSc Advanced Clinical Practice programmes.
Key Features
The University of Bolton has been offering high-quality courses designed to meet the health and social care sector's needs for over 30 years, so we have the knowledge and experience to anticipate and respond to changes in the health and social care sector.
Our courses and programmes respond directly to the requirements of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF), which is at the heart of the career and pay progression aspect of Agenda for Change.
We review the course curriculum regularly to ensure we include and apply contemporary theories.
When you successfully complete this course, the University of Bolton will award you an Advanced Diploma of CPD in Clinical Examination Skills worth 20 credits at Level HE7.
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