Clinical Skills 5 develops clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills, to prepare students entering clinical placement and osteopathic practice. The unit further develops students’ skills in case-history taking, clinical examination, osteopathic manual techniques and management of common conditions presenting in osteopathic practice relating to the abdomen. There is a focus on the development of new skills in High Velocity Low Amplitude (HVLA) techniques for junctional regions and visceral manual osteopathic technique. Students participate in clinical placement observation hours alongside this unit which allows students to observe these skills used in practice by senior osteopathic students.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
In the case-history taking reflection, students will participate in a simulated case interaction with a peer and are required to demonstrate their history taking skills, identify and record the details of the patient case and write a short reflection on their performance. The case study analysis will require students to apply their knowledge relating to the presentation of abdominal conditions including, clinical features, screening, referral pathways and patient management strategies. The Observed Performance in a Simulated Setting (OPSS) is a face-to-face practical skills demonstration of the vital signs, abdominal examination, visceral osteopathic technique and spinal manual therapy techniques.
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):