What is it about?
Paediatric physical assessment skills: understanding of the differences in ages for examination purposes, history taking, treatment  and planning.

Who is it for?
A qualified health care pracitioner - nurse, paramedic, health visitor, pharmacist or other AHP with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience.

What will participants learn?

On completion you can:
Undertake a thorough but focused and systematic history and examination in the following areas: cardiovascular, respiratory, abdomen spine, CNS, musculoskeletal and HENT. 
Present and record findings on history and examination. 
Produce a basic differential and working diagnosis from findings elicited through history, examination and clinical tests. 
Safely triage a patient on the basis of the clinical assessment. 
 

How will it be delivered?

You attend five full-day direct contact sessions delivered every other week for a period of ten weeks. Your exam will be on week 14. Depending on your start month you attend on the following days each week: October is Fridays, January is Thursdays and April is Fridays. +

How will participants be assessed?
 Summative OSCE’s, x2 

What experience / qualifications do participants need?
For patient safety reasons it is required that:
Applicants must be a practitioner currently employed in a specialist/advanced area of practice in a clinical role requiring a level of autonomy in diagnostics and case management, with appropriate access to advanced practitioners.

Code

CCH3101-N

Level
6

Credits
20

When is it?  

'26 September 2019

Where is it?
Teesside University, either Middlesbrough Campus or Centre for Professional and Executive Development Darlington Campus

University Contact Details
Name: Karen Grimwood
Email: K.Grimwood@tees.ac.uk    
University E-Mail: SOHSC-ContractsGeneric@tees.ac.uk 

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