Year 2
Teaching is delivered at the University and builds up on first year content, including pathophysiology. Six weeks are spent at a Trust site undertaking histories, examinations and procedural skills.
- Basic life support of adult – Mandatory (October)
- Re-cap of vital signs & intro to NEWS (September)
- Venepuncture (September)
- Cranial nerve assessment with common abnormalities (October)
- Sensory examination on a student (October)
- Motor examination on a student (November)
- Recap examination of male genital and rectal (November)
- Respiratory examination on a student including common abnormalities (December)
- Cardiovascular examination on a student including common abnormalities (January)
- Taking a 12 lead ECG (January)
- Intramuscular and subcutaneous injection technique (January)
- Gastrointestinal examination on a student including common abnormalities (January)
- Ophthalmoscopy, Otoscopy & ENT on a student and common abnormalities (March)
- Examination of lymph nodes of the head & neck, thyroid & swellings on a fellow student (April)
- Female genitalia examination on a model with common abnormalities (May)
- Musculo-skeletal examination on a fellow student (May)
Assessment Year 2
Students will undertake their first Assessment for Learning (formative) OSCE within the University. There is no assessment for progression (summative) OSCE for Year 2 students.
There is no formal assessment of clinical skills at the Trusts in Year 2.
Year 3
Students will rotate through a number of different Trusts and through medicine, surgery, paediatrics, GP, obstetrics & gynaecology. Teaching will take place at the University during academic weeks, focusing on speciality specific teaching, completed by January 2021.
- Speculum examination & obstetric palpation
- Arterial blood gases
- Breast examination
- Urinary catheterisation
- Child growth (online resources only)
- Paediatric BLS & adult BLS is delivered as part of mandatory induction.
Assessment Year 3
- Students Assessment for Learning (formative) OSCE will be undertaken at the Trust sites.
- Students Assessment for progression (summative) OSCE will be hosted by the University.
- Students are required to complete a number of Direct Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS). These require the student to ask a staff member beforehand to complete the e-portfolio form.
- Students are required to complete a number of Observed Examinations (OE). These include history taking, presentation and clinical examinations. They should be completed by a student on each opportunity to practise and uploaded to the e-portfolio.
Year 4
Students will rotate through a number of different Trusts and through medicine, surgery, paediatrics, GP, obstetrics & gynaecology, neurology & psychiatry. Teaching will take place at the University during academic weeks, focusing on speciality specific teaching, completed by January 2021
- Cannulation & Preparation of an IV fluid line
- Basic airway management
- Wound care ANTT & basic closure
- Paediatric BLS & Adult BLS is delivered as part of mandatory induction.
Assessment Year 4
- Students Assessment for Learning (formative) OSCE will be undertaken at the Trust sites.
- Students Assessment for progression (summative) OSCE will be hosted by the University.
- Students are required to complete a number of Direct Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS). These require the student to ask a staff member beforehand to complete the e-portfolio form.
- Students are required to complete a number of Observed Examinations (OE). These include history taking, presentation and clinical examinations. They should be completed by a student on each opportunity to practise and uploaded to the e-portfolio.
Year 5
Students will rotate through a number of different trusts and through GP, Surgery, Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Critical care, Psychiatry & Prep for Practice & Ward shadowing. Teaching will take place at the University during the 1st and last academic weeks.
- Blood cultures & basic suturing (September)
- Insertion of a nasogastric tube (simulation only, April 2022)
Assessment Year 5
- Students Assessment for progression (summative) OSCE will be hosted by the University and will take place in March 2022
- Students are required to complete a number of Direct Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS). These require the student to ask a staff member beforehand to complete the e-portfolio form.
- Students are required to complete a number of Observed Examinations (OE). These include history taking, presentation and clinical examinations. They should be completed by a student on each opportunity to practise and uploaded to the e-portfolio.
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