Module Consultation and Physical Examination: Health Assessment Skills (level 6)

Program Overview

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The aim of this module is to enable you to develop consultation and physical examination skills related to specific body systems across the lifespan. The module will be of relevance to health care professionals working with patients across the full age spectrum.

You will need to complete an induction prior to the commencement of your first module. We have a comprehensive online induction package to welcome you to both the University and your programme of study. Alternatively, classroom-based induction days take place at our Lancaster campus and are usually scheduled for the first week of each semester.

Graduate destinations

Having completed this module you may wish to bring these credits (at level 6 only) into the University Advanced Diploma (UAD) Practice Development: Enhanced Health Assessment or Emergency Care. Please discuss this opportunity with the module leader before completion of this module.

Alternatively, you may wish to use this module towards a degree such as the BSc (Hons) Nursing Practice.

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Course Details

Program Outline

Course outline

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Course summary

Structured and comprehensive consultation skills including history taking, problem solving, therapeutic communication and advice giving. Also system specific physical examination skills including Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Ear, Nose and Throat, Musculoskeletal, Neurological, Abdominal and Mental health assessment.

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Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion, you will be able to:

Critically review the fundamental professional and legal issues which underpin the expansion of professional roles in the health care setting

Demonstrate and critically evaluate the application of a structured comprehensive history taking process within a consultation, using communication strategies and consultation models

Critically evaluate the application of physical examination techniques

Critically reflect upon how this module has transformed your knowledge and skills and its application to your practice

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Indicative core bibliography

Bickley, L.S. and Szilagyi, P.G. (2013) Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. 11th Edn. London: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Bradley, D. (2014) Managing Minor Musculoskeletal Injuries and Conditions. Sussex: Wiley Blackwell

Douglas, G., Nicol,F., and Robertson, C. (2013) Macleod's Clinical Examination. 13th edn. London: Churchill Livingstone.

Epstein, O., Perkin, G.D., Cookson, J., Watt, I.S., Rakhit, R., Robins, A. and Hornett, G.A.W. (2008) Clinical Examination. 4th edn. London: Mosby Elsevier.

Higgs, J., Jones, M.A., Loftus, S. and Christensen, N. (ed) (2008) Clinical reasoning in the health professions. 3rd edn. London: Butterworth Heinemann.

Hopcroft, K. and Forte, V. (2011) Symptom Sorter 4th Edn. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing

Rawles, Z., Griffiths, B. and Alexander, T. (2010) Physical examination procedures for advanced nurses and independent prescribers, evidence and rationale. London: Hodder Arnold.

Seidal, H.M., Ball, J.W., Dains, J.E., Flynn, J.A., Solomon, B.S. and Stewart, R.W. (2010) Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination. 7th edn. London: Mosby

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Modules

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Programme Specification

Programme specification (PDF)

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Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods

Full details are available in the

programme specification

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Timetables

The teaching timetable should be available from the end of August. Access to the timetable is through the Student Hub – you will be able to access the Student Hub after you have completed online registration. The teaching day is 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday; please keep your other commitments open until confirmation of your teaching timetable, and bear in mind that many courses will offer placements or fieldwork which sometimes extends into the evenings and weekends.